Good job, Ripped!
"The Service Employees International Union inappropriately lobbied Team Obama to withhold billions of dollars in federal stimulus money from California if the state does not reverse a scheduled wage cut for the labor group's workers."
The SEIU is on the Bilderberg team (probably where most of the money came from in the first place) is applying pressure on California, where the population dwarfs that of Nevada! But, of course, Nevada will be counting on the illegal aliens to overpower native Californians.
Divide and conquer is the name of the game!
SEIU prez: Union spent $60.7 million to elect Obama
- May 11, 2009 13:55:27
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In an interview with the Las Vegas Sun, Service Employee International Union President Andy Stern had this to say about last year's presidential election: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/may/10/stern-unplugged-s...
We spent a fortune to elect Barack Obama — $60.7 million to be exact — and we're proud of it.
Atlas Shrugs has more on SEIU's big wallet: http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/05/obama...
They ought to be proud.
The SEIU's massive investment in Barack Obama appears to have paid off already.
The Service Employees International Union inappropriately lobbied Team Obama to withhold billions of dollars in federal stimulus money from California if the state does not reverse a scheduled wage cut for the labor group's workers.
The LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cal-healthcare11-2009...
Officials in the governor's office say a politically powerful union may have had inappropriate influence over the Obama administration's decision to withhold billions of dollars in federal stimulus money from California if the state does not reverse a scheduled wage cut for the labor group's workers.
The officials say they are particularly troubled that the Service Employees International Union, which lobbied the federal government to step in, was included in a conference call in which state and federal officials reviewed the wage cut and the terms of the stimulus package.
California Secretary of Health and Human Services Kim Belshe said she could not recall another instance in which the federal government invited a significant stakeholder group into such government-to-government negotiations.
"The involvement of a stakeholder in this kind of state-federal deliberative process is unusual at best," she said. "This was really atypical and outside any norm I am familiar with."
In addition to several state and federal officials, participants in the April 15 conference call included an SEIU associate general counsel in Washington, a lobbyist for SEIU in California and a representative from SEIU's policy staff in California, according to a list provided by the Schwarzenegger administration.
We spent a fortune to elect Barack Obama — $60.7 million to be exact — and we're proud of it.
Atlas Shrugs has more on SEIU's big wallet: http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/05/obama...
They ought to be proud.
The SEIU's massive investment in Barack Obama appears to have paid off already.
The Service Employees International Union inappropriately lobbied Team Obama to withhold billions of dollars in federal stimulus money from California if the state does not reverse a scheduled wage cut for the labor group's workers.
The LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cal-healthcare11-2009...
Officials in the governor's office say a politically powerful union may have had inappropriate influence over the Obama administration's decision to withhold billions of dollars in federal stimulus money from California if the state does not reverse a scheduled wage cut for the labor group's workers.
The officials say they are particularly troubled that the Service Employees International Union, which lobbied the federal government to step in, was included in a conference call in which state and federal officials reviewed the wage cut and the terms of the stimulus package.
California Secretary of Health and Human Services Kim Belshe said she could not recall another instance in which the federal government invited a significant stakeholder group into such government-to-government negotiations.
"The involvement of a stakeholder in this kind of state-federal deliberative process is unusual at best," she said. "This was really atypical and outside any norm I am familiar with."
In addition to several state and federal officials, participants in the April 15 conference call included an SEIU associate general counsel in Washington, a lobbyist for SEIU in California and a representative from SEIU's policy staff in California, according to a list provided by the Schwarzenegger administration.
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"The Service Employees International Union inappropriately lobbied Team Obama to withhold billions of dollars in federal stimulus money from California if the state does not reverse a scheduled wage cut for the labor group's workers."
The SEIU is on the Bilderberg team (probably where most of the money came from in the first place) is applying pressure on California, where the population dwarfs that of Nevada! But, of course, Nevada will be counting on the illegal aliens to overpower native Californians.
Divide and conquer is the name of the game!
Have you seen "Darth Greenspan"? The picture is amusing but the article is profound.
http://mises.org/story/3444
Darth Greenspan
There was a time that unions were necessary. Then came laws establishing minimum wage and the 40 hr work week. In all probability some are probably a bit better then others, but I don't like the numbers I've heard associated with UAW while GM had to get a nice little bailout.
Maybe the people who were so generous with getting Obama elected should be asked to pay for some of his policies. It would definitely be a more constructive waste of money.
Unions are more necessary now than ever. Why are so many white collar professions organizing?
Any group that forces people to pay membership dues at the peril of being fired should not have the right to waste them on campaign funds or to tell people who to vote for.