Posted on 08/24/2009 1:26:29 PM PDT by WhiteCastle
After enraged constituents started showing up at Congressional town-hall forums to oppose ObamaCare, the unions acted quickly to counterdemonstrate on behalf of the Democratic agenda item. In at least one case, union representatives used violence to intimidate and harrass ObamaCare opponents. The same union, which represents a large percentage of government workers and would be presumably immune from any health-care reform action, issued memos demanding volunteers to “drown out” opposition to ObamaCare. But why?
This report from the Detroit Free Press explains that the unions....
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
Thanks, I’ve been wondering why the unions were involved. I knew it had to be something like this.
A PETITION ON FACEBOOK FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RESTORATION
A 4TH OF JULY TEA PARTY SPEECH
...and on the lighter side, take your mind off the Obamanation for a few minutes and enjoy some beautiful Western US scenery slideshows.
We were ACORNed in front of Lois Capps office in Santa Barbara by SEIU, America Works, PUEBLO, and CORE. They just mindlessly chanted in an attempt to keep average citizens from asking specific questions about the bill. Once the Fed Med is in place it can be used to punish and reward special interest groups the way earmarks are used to reward and punish voting blocks now.
The relevant excerpt is here:
Antilabor forces say it’s welfare for the UAW and Democrats’ union allies. Labor supporters say it falls short of what’s needed as tens of thousands of union members are pushed into early retirement as employers cut back health care coverage.
They’re both talking
It will be interesting to see what the unions thugs will do when their private employers decide to dump them over the socialized medicine system which is called public option. I bet these low life SOB will be conducting one strike after another to avoid being dumped into the socialized medicine system because they know it sucks and it is very bad quality.
Not as bad as the quality of the work these folks put out.
Yes, that too.
There are Union protestors outside a grocery store chain next to my house - I yell at them every time I drive by - I call them Obama thugs, Obama voters, I tell to get out of here. They always turn away - probably been told not to engage.
I think we need to counter these people - with bigger signs. The only interest that Union has in the employees is their Union dues.
I’ve been trying to get this word out since Aug 7th:
Taxpayers to fund Union Retiree health plans
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2309871/posts
Section 164 Page 65: Taxpayers will subsidize a retiree reinsurance health fund up to 10 billion dollars to assist participating employment-based plans (unions, community organizers, etc.) with the cost of providing health benefits to retirees and to eligible spouses, surviving spouses and dependents of such retirees
those protesters outside the grocery store are not union members....the union hires them to picket selected target locations (and paying them MINIMUM WAGE WITHOUT BENEFITS!!)
I lived in a part of Michigan where Kroger had sold off some of their stores to a private non-union operator. That was in the early 1980’s. I still saw the pickets there every day in 1992!
Americans would be FURIOUS if this word gets out. They don’t like unions anyway. And we GAVE the UAW the keys to the kingdom in the auto bailouts.
To now find out the Dems have snuck this greasy provision in a HEALTH CARE bill would blow the whole thing up. People would be disgusted.
They already suspect it’s about politics and power. This little provision PROVES it.
Once (in their minds) healthcare is passed, there will be a direct path of $$$ from the federal gov. to SEIU totally autorized by LAW.
They still would lose their gold plated healthcare benefits under single payer.
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