SEIU Endorses Barack Obama, Steals #OWS Slogan, & Descends Into Banality

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  November 16th at 04:30 PM  | 

On some days, there must waves of nostalgia that wash over the SEIU rank and file for former-SEIU-boss-turned-corporate-insider Andy Stern and his cohort Anna Burger. At least, prior to Stern’s company doing questionable drug deals with the Obama administration, as a union boss, Stern was more creative than his successors. Take, for example, the SEIU’s endorsement of Barack Obama for next year’s election. That, in | Read More »

Just days before Socialist Saturday, unions remind Americans of Obama roots

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  September 27th at 02:45 PM  | 

Aesop, meet Obama. Just days before Socialist Saturday (see #hashtags below), a series of union-related events are beginning to become large enough of an embarrassment to the Obama administration that they may be hard for the media to ignore any longer. With the abrupt departure of SEIU über-boss Andy Stern, the rejection (and subsequent departure) of his hand-chosen successor, Anna Burger, the President’s friends at | Read More »