The Service Employee International Union (SEIU) was among the biggest donors to President Obama's campaign, contributing $33 million. The union is also consistently among the biggest donors to Democrats in Sacramento and aggressively fought wage cuts during state budget negotiations. The SEIU, by the way, not only spent 33 million dollars to help propel Obama to the Presidency but has also liberally supported Democratic candidates across the nation. But its reach goes beyond this spending. It can supply the free labor that is priceless during a campaign for door to door solicitations, phone banks, and pamphleteering. The SEIU is one of the most politically astute unions. Its leadership is deeply involved as the key decision-makers - as well as funders - of a powerful-and furtive group of billionaires who call themselves the Democracy Alliance (I have written about them many times) The group includes people such as George Soros and SEIU's own Anna Burger, who serves as the vice-chairperson of the Democracy Alliance. Now the SEIU is throwing its weight around in California, getting the Obama Administration to threaten withholding of federal stimulus money unless wage cuts for home health care workers is rescinded.
Read the Rest of the Story
No comments:
Post a Comment