The Conservative Cave

Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: Chris_ on September 02, 2013, 09:37:57 PM

Title: CITING OBAMACARE, 40,000 LONGSHOREMEN QUIT THE AFL-CIO
Post by: Chris_ on September 02, 2013, 09:37:57 PM

Quote

CITING OBAMACARE, 40,000 LONGSHOREMEN QUIT THE AFL-CIO

In what is being reported as a surprise move, the 40,000 members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) announced that they have formally ended their association with the AFL-CIO, one of the nation's largest private sector unions. The Longshoremen citied Obamacare and immigration reform as two important causes of their disaffiliation.

In an August 29 letter to AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, ILWU President Robert McEllrath cited quite a list of grievances as reasons for the dissolution of their affiliation, but prominent among them was the AFL-CIO's support of Obamare.

Breitbart (http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/09/01/Citing-Obamacare-40-000-Longshoremen-Quit-the-AFL-CIO)

Quite the endorsement.  Si se puede!

Title: Re: CITING OBAMACARE, 40,000 LONGSHOREMEN QUIT THE AFL-CIO
Post by: Bad Dog on September 02, 2013, 10:27:37 PM

You should definitely add this to the "Own It" thread.  Trumka must be pooping pickles about now.

Title: Re: CITING OBAMACARE, 40,000 LONGSHOREMEN QUIT THE AFL-CIO
Post by: Mike220 on September 02, 2013, 10:34:24 PM

The crazy thing is the ILWU is doing it because the plans the AFL-CIO are supporting aren't socialist enough. Go figure.

Title: Re: CITING OBAMACARE, 40,000 LONGSHOREMEN QUIT THE AFL-CIO
Post by: RobJohnson on September 03, 2013, 04:17:14 AM

Quote from: Chris_ on September 02, 2013, 09:37:57 PM

Breitbart (http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/09/01/Citing-Obamacare-40-000-Longshoremen-Quit-the-AFL-CIO)

Quite the endorsement.  Si se puede!

Wow!

Title: Re: CITING OBAMACARE, 40,000 LONGSHOREMEN QUIT THE AFL-CIO
Post by: JohnnyReb on September 03, 2013, 05:28:46 AM

That's racist.....he looks like a white Hispanic.

Title: Re: CITING OBAMACARE, 40,000 LONGSHOREMEN QUIT THE AFL-CIO
Post by: Linda on September 03, 2013, 07:50:59 AM

I love the fact they are abandoning obama, just not the reason behind it....

Their (liberals in general)  motto  should be

"Do unto others but not to me."

Title: Re: CITING OBAMACARE, 40,000 LONGSHOREMEN QUIT THE AFL-CIO
Post by: RobJohnson on September 04, 2013, 03:02:15 AM

They will end up with some type of Obamacare exemption out of this.

Title: Re: CITING OBAMACARE, 40,000 LONGSHOREMEN QUIT THE AFL-CIO
Post by: Mr Mannn on September 04, 2013, 06:20:30 AM

Union bosses minus the dues of 40K members to live on...whatever will they do?