Why the Arkansas Runoff is Important

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  June 10th at 01:46 AM  | 

Union bosses suffered a seeming setback on Tuesday as Arkansas voters rejected the union attempt to make an example out of Blanche Lincoln.  But the setback is not all that it seems. The Black Sheep Survives the Slaughterhouse From the beginning, Tuesday’s Arkansas Showdown was really more about the national Democratic Party and who owns it  than it was about Blanche Lincoln.  Blanche Lincoln was | Read More »

Is the SEIU playing the race card in Arkansas run off?

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  June 5th at 09:11 AM  | 

Presumably, President Obama still supports Sen. Blanche Lincoln over her runoff opponent, SEIU-backed Lt. Governor Bill Halter.  However, with Tuesday’s Democratic runoff election going down to the wire, it’s becoming harder to tell. Given the close ties between the SEIU and the White House, it’s hard to imagine the White House doesn’t know that the SEIU is using President Obama’s picture alongside Bill Halter’s on | Read More »