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Offline Chris_

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CITING OBAMACARE, 40,000 LONGSHOREMEN QUIT THE AFL-CIO
« on: September 02, 2013, 09:37:57 PM »
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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.
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Quite the endorsement.  Si se puede!
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Re: CITING OBAMACARE, 40,000 LONGSHOREMEN QUIT THE AFL-CIO
« Reply #1 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.
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Re: CITING OBAMACARE, 40,000 LONGSHOREMEN QUIT THE AFL-CIO
« Reply #2 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.
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Re: CITING OBAMACARE, 40,000 LONGSHOREMEN QUIT THE AFL-CIO
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2013, 04:17:14 AM »
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Re: CITING OBAMACARE, 40,000 LONGSHOREMEN QUIT THE AFL-CIO
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2013, 05:28:46 AM »
That's racist.....he looks like a white Hispanic.
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Re: CITING OBAMACARE, 40,000 LONGSHOREMEN QUIT THE AFL-CIO
« Reply #5 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."
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Re: CITING OBAMACARE, 40,000 LONGSHOREMEN QUIT THE AFL-CIO
« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2013, 03:02:15 AM »
They will end up with some type of Obamacare exemption out of this.
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Re: CITING OBAMACARE, 40,000 LONGSHOREMEN QUIT THE AFL-CIO
« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2013, 06:20:30 AM »
Union bosses minus the dues of 40K members to live on...whatever will they do?
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