https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/05/26/did-union-bosses-lie-to-their-members-about-obamas-gun-control-ambitions/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 11:47:05 -0400<![CDATA[In 2008, most union bosses had to work hard to convince their union members to vote for Barack Hussein Obama. Despite the fact that the Machinists&#8217; union boss Tom Buffenbarger considered Obama a &#8220;thespian&#8221; and &#8220;Janus, the two-faced Roman god of ancient times,&#8221; others union bosses like the SEIU&#8217;s Andy Stern were wholly on board the Obama bandwagon early on. Another of Obama&#8217;s major supporters was the AFL-CIO&#8217;s Richard Trumka, who told union members that they were racists if they did not vote for Obama:]]>Thu, 26 May 2011 12:30:40 -0400<![CDATA[LaborUnionReport]]>https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/05/26/did-union-bosses-lie-to-their-members-about-obamas-gun-control-ambitions-n39151