Roger that.
Hey- did you see Governor Romney's attack on federal employees last night?
Here is my response.....
Basically, don't use your federal position or federal resources to support a candidate. Don't lean on your employees. However, you can have, and express, political opinions outside of work.----Jim
Roger that.
Hey- did you see Governor Romney's attack on federal employees last night?
Here is my response.....
President of United Steel Workers responds to Palin's trotting out her steelworker husband-
Sarah Palin, explain yourself, or stop using the USW as a prop
Posted September 3, 2008 at 5:02 pm, in From the President
By Leo W. Gerard
International President
When presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain introduced Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his intended vice presidential running mate, those of us in the lower 48 learned that her husband, Todd Palin, not only was a champion snowmobiler and commercial fisherman but also a steelworker.
At the press conference, Palin trotted him out, stressing his steelworker credentials. Here’s a good union man, she emphasized.
But his United Steelworker card doesn’t include an automatic auxiliary membership for her. Or her running mate at the top of the Republican ticket, McCain, whose record on labor issues would require some serious penance before he could ever earn a union card.
John McCain opposes the Employee Free Choice Act, which would enable workers to collectively bargain and secure contracts with corporations more easily, like the employment contracts CEOs demand to have with corporations. McCain has jeopardized retirement by championing Bush’s privatization scheme for social security. McCain has voted for every American-job-killing free trade deal, without regard to human rights or environmental standards. And he has proposed, instead of providing health insurance for all Americans, a plan to tax the insurance of those lucky enough to still have employer-provided coverage.
Ms. Palin needs to stop trotting out her husband as an exhibit until she explains her positions on workers’ issues. Just exactly where does she stand on the Employee Free Choice Act?
Her family has benefitted from her husband’s ability to be part of a labor union. Workers in labor organizations earn higher wages and are more likely to have pensions and health insurance. Because he works for BP and is a member of the USW, which collectively bargained a good contract for workers at BP, Todd Palin earns a good wage and has good health insurance. The Employee Free Choice Act would make it easier for other Americans to join unions and earn better money and obtain health insurance. Polling shows that 70 percent of Americans support for the Employee Free Choice Act.
Inquiring minds want to know, Ms. Palin. Where do you stand on Employee Free Choice? Where do you stand on privatization of social security? Where do you stand on job-killing free trade?
Are you with McCain – and against workers – on these issues? If so, you need to stop using your husband’s membership in the USW as a prop, because then his union card cannot possibly cover up your or John McCain’s worker-savaging positions.
More: http://blog.usw.org/2008/09/03/sarah...usw-as-a-prop/
Now that's just stupid..She gave them kudos and they are whining about it?
Just goes to show you, you can't never win with these idiots..way to bite the tit that will feed you Gerard
I was kidding Greg.
Tom
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Unions sure have done wonders for the Auto and Airline industry. Union leaders are out to just line their own pockets. Yeah our Fed Employee Union really took a stand for us.
CB
“Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution.” - Huxley’s Brave New World
Well since we're still discussing this, I searched Snopes.com for Sarah Palin information. Apparently, this letter, written by Anne Kilkenny, has been making the rounds on the Internet. Snopes.com checked it out and Anne Kilkenny does exist, does live in Wasilla, and confirms that she wrote the letter.
One of the most interesting (scary) items for me was the claim that the Wasilla city fathers made Ms. Palin hire a town administrator because she was in danger of being recalled for her firings of town employees. If she can't run a city of 5,000...She also took over a town with zero debt and managed to run up a $22M deficit.
Overall Ms. Kilkenny does not paint a very pretty picture of the potential Vice President.---Jim
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/kilkenny.asp
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