Exclusive: Obama Pays His Union Dues

Exclusive: Obama Pays His Union Dues
Breitbart Story
by RNC Chairman Reince Priebus


Well it seems that Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, might be giving away some "inside" info in a video !!

He claims to have knowledge of an Obama 2nd term from the way it sounds !!

He talks of his many “conversations” with Obama and his administration, and last year even bragged:

Last year, Trumka also boasted about the constant contact he has with the White House: “I have conversations every day with someone in the White House or the administration.”

Video seizes on union leader's boast of daily contact with White House (from 3/9/2011)



(by RNC Chairman Reince Priebus)

Big Labor boss Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, knows more about President Obama’s second term agenda than you do. He bragged about it on Sunday, talking about his many “conversations” with Obama and his administration about their plans for the future. While perhaps not surprising, it’s certainly troubling.

President Obama has spent the last three years putting union interests ahead of American economic interests—or as he likely sees it, returning a favor. Unions send millions of dollars to Democratic campaigns, and this year alone, they are expected to spend $400 million to support Obama’s reelection. And they don’t just donate money; they also have plans for their own voter-mobilization efforts.

President Obama has built his political life with the support of Big Labor, according to his mid-career memoir, The Audacity of Hope. Writing about his 2004 Senate primary race, he says, “the leaders of several of the largest service workers unions … broke ranks and chose to endorse me over Hynes…. So I owe those unions. When their leaders call, I do my best to call them back right away.”

I would think they need to create some real full time jobs before paying back the Unions !

Is Obama "Ready" to "pay back" the Unions ?

A better question:...Can he Afford to ?

AFL-CIO head Richard Trumka says that he has met with Pres. Obama about his second term (May 6, 2012)

an example of "Union" power ?

When American plane manufacturer Boeing wanted to build a plant in South Carolina, a right to work state, Obama’s National Labor Relations Board, an unelected panel of government bureaucrats, said no. They demanded construction halted until Boeing gave in to union demands.

In so doing, they held jobs hostage to the special interests. At a time of painfully high unemployment, they played politics. And President Obama let them. He formally opposed a bill that would have overruled the NLRB’s action. Such behavior underscores the danger of an administration beholden to Big Labor: jobs are a secondary priority.

When the NLRB eventually dropped the outrageous case, their true intentions were revealed. As a Wall Street Journal editorial argued, “[NLRB’s] decision to drop the case so quickly after the [unions] cut their deal exposes how politically motivated the Boeing suit was.”