Unions key to Obama re-election

[robdogbucky]

Rots of Ruck:


Courting unions seen as key for Obama win in 2012
Joe Garofoli, Chronicle Staff Writer

San Francisco Chronicle April 9, 2011 04:00 AM Copyright San Francisco Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
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"Four years ago, candidate Barack Obama drew rock-star-size audiences as his image morphed into iconic poster art and his speeches into a song by Black Eyed Peas singer will.i.am. But when he launched his re-election campaign Monday, President Obama cautioned "we may not have the exact same newness..."

...He needs to act fast, as unions fighting GOP-led attempts to roll back wages and benefits in 28 states are more politically engaged than they have been in generations. Obama needs union backing to reach working-class white voters in swing states such as Ohio, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, experts say, as well as their cash if he's going to raise at least $750 million in his bid to stay in office...

...But Obama hasn't "given a forthright, vigorous defense" yet of union workers in Wisconsin and Ohio, McCartin said. And Obama's promise to sign the Employee Free Choice Act, which would make it easier for unions to organize, sounds hollow given that the legislation has no chance of being approved by the GOP-controlled House...

..."Our members are really upset at Obama," said DeMoro, whose membership supported a single-payer health care plan that Obama did not push. "He's favored the corporate class far more than the working class. It will be very difficult to get the nurses activated..."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/04/09/MNU51IQGUP.DTL&tsp=1



Okay, so the rubber hits the road. As LBJ said, "Put up or shut up."



Just my dos centavos

robdogbucky

[ReturnoftheDjedi]

1. the attacks on Unions will only serve to re-energize them as a political force

[bvar22]

2. You can't be Pro-Free Trade,

and Pro-LABOR at the same time.
Obama has already made his choice.

[JoeyT]

3. Yep

Still waiting on the renegotiate NAFTA and other free trade into fair trade promises.

[bvar22]

4. Don't forget EFCA (Employee Free Choice Act)

"When I am elected, it (EFCA) will become the Law of the Land."---Campaign Obama