Today is Labor Day. How is Barack Obama spending his day? Well, "President Barack Obama is celebrating Labor Day in Detroit, previewing his ideas for job creation and economic growth at a rally with thousands of supportive labor union members."
"In Detroit on Monday, Obama was also expected to tout his efforts to save the auto industry and millions of jobs by providing federal bailouts in 2009 for General Motors Corp. and Chrysler Group LLC. The AFL-CIO rally was being held in a GM parking lot." Read the story here.
Let's take a look at the unions. Obama is a big supporter of SEIU. He has stated in this video his support for SEIU. Comments he made: "Helping you organize to build more and more power." "Paint the nation purple."
According to Wikipedia, "Andrew L. "Andy" Stern (born November 22, 1950), is the former president [7] [8] of the 2.2 million-member Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the fastest-growing union in the Americas. SEIU is the second largest union in the United States and Canada after the National Education Association.[9][10] Stern was elected in 1996 to succeed John Sweeney. Stern is intent upon influencing federal legislation that helps revitalize the labor movement through universal health care, expanding union ranks via the Employee Free Choice Act,[11] stronger regulations on business, profit sharing for employees, higher taxes, and efforts consistent with the improvement of the lives of workers.[12]"
Andy Stern is also known for his comment "If we can't use the power of persuasion, we will use the persuasion of power." See the video here. Andy Stern is a frequent visitor to Obama. You can read more on Andy Stern here.
Let's take a look at some other Unions. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed a complaint against the Boeing Co. for OPENING a new plant in South Carolina., which is a "right to work state".
According to this article, "The Obama National Labor Relations Board moved to eliminate secret ballot election protections this week. The NLRB removed barriers that enabled workers to protect themselves from union bosses’ bullying and coercive tactics."
Also in this article, "What union bosses often neglect to tell workers is that if enough workers sign cards, there’s no need for an election. They’d already be unionized."
In this article, "The same week the Obama Administration announced it was making an effort to scale back burdensome rules on small businesses, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the federal government’s labor union advocate, demonstrated an unprecedented overreach of its authority today by issuing a punitive new rule requiring all private-sector employers to post a notice in their business informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act."
Now, I'm sure there are some good unions out there and there are some good people in those unions. Rob Chanin, who is the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), General Council makes comments like, "It's not about kids, it's about power" that is a problem for me. Watch the video here. Our children need correct education and teachers who care. Have you watched Jay Leno's "Jaywalking" lately? It is such an embarrasement to see young adults who have no idea about our history, but, yet they know about the current fads and musicians.
When I see and hear about how the unions protest, it makes me wonder why people wonder how our kids learned to be bullies. Adults should act with diginity and respect for others. Adults should not bully other adults. America is known to be a "kind and gentle nation".
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