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Unions Slump on Bad Obama Bet

Donaldjh Wrote: Feb 18, 2013 12:19 PM

Very informative and on my observations the past 50+ years very accurate regarding the destruction they have done to our economy and their very self serving attitudes. Proof of the financial damage and their thuggery (lack of respect for others) is the decripet condition of the State of Kalifornia and the last election. The State (and I use that word loosely) of Kalifornias voters voted overwhemingly to leave the Unions in power over the elected governent. Governor Moonbeam let the unions into the public workforce in exchange for monetary and volunteer support when election time came around. Since then the picture of Kalifornia has become like the preverbial "toilet flush" headed for the cesspool.

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Unions Slump on Bad Obama Bet

Alarm bells are going off for labor unions around the country.

Four years after electing the most pro-labor president of the last half-decade, it looks like the scheme has backfired.

In 2008 and 2012 labor unions used everything, including a little body English, ballot stuffing and voter intimidation to elect a president who would bring the prestige of presidential backing to recruitment efforts for labor unions.

Since then not only have labor unions taken historic defeats in former union strongholds, like Wisconsin and Michigan, labor union membership is declining at a rate that will make them a...