#SOTU Recap: SSDD (Or, Something Sounded Familiar)

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  January 25th at 07:15 AM  | 

Listening to Barack Obama’s State of the Union Speech last night was like listening to just about every one of his SOTU speeches… Actually, with the exception of Obama’s promise to sign a law making Congressional insider trading illegal [Martha Stewart may have some resort recommendations for Nancy Pelosi], listening to Obama’s SOTU speech really was listening to his other speeches, as this RNC video | Read More »

Machinists Union President Buffenbarger Blasts Obama…Again!

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  January 28th at 12:34 PM  | 

Among all the union bosses cutting backroom deals with the White House in 2009, one has been noticably absent and that is Tom Buffenbarger, the president of the International Association of Machinists. Buffenbarger, most-famously known for his 2008 tirade (see below) against then-candidate Obama is apparently on the White House’s growing list of enemies and, therefore, is apparently not welcome in all of the back | Read More »