WHO’S THE BOSS?: Obama Works To Appease His Union Bosses As His Re Election Campaign Nears Re-Election

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• Vice President Biden To Union Bosses: "[W]e Owe You." (Michael O'Brien, "Biden To Labor Group: We Owe You," Th

Hill , 5/12/09)

• "Biden Also Suggested That As Long As The Obama Administration Has Labor's Support, TheAdministration Will Support Labor." (Michael O'Brien, "Biden To Labor Group: We Owe You," The Hill , 5/12/09)

And Unions Warn That Without More Advocacy By Obama, Tens Of Thousands Of Union Members“May Be Lost To The Democratic Cause.” “Officials from another AFL-CIO affiliate, the InternationalAssociation of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, said that tens of thousands of its members have been laioff and that they don't see the White House advocating for them. ‘They may be lost to the Democratic cause

said Rick Sloan, a spokesman for the union.” (Peter Wallsten, “Obama And Unions: Many In Labor Movement Frustrated With President,” T

Washington Post , 2/19/11)

In 2008, Unions Spent Over $400 Million To Elect Obama And Other Democrats. “Unions spent morethan $400 million in 2008 to help elect President Barack Obama and other Democrats, with public-sectorunions such as AFSCME among the biggest contributors.” (Kris Maher & Doug Belkin, “State Plans Anger Unions,” The Wall Street

Journal , 2/16/11)

• Former SEIU President Andy Stern: "We Spent A Fortune To Elect Barack Obama -- $60.7Million To Be Exact -- And We're Proud Of It." (Michael Mishak, "Unplugged: The SEIU Chief On The Labor Movement And

The Card Check," The Las Vegas Sun, 5/10/09)

UNIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN PAID BACK HANDSOMELY FOR THEIR INVESTMENT

Obama Appointed Former Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA), A "Longtime Union Ally" And Daughter Of ATeamster, As Labor Secretary. "Mr. Obama's labor secretary, longtime union ally and former CaliforniaRep. Hilda Solis, is the daughter of a Teamsters shop steward. She recently moved to quash a Bushadministration regulation that would have increased scrutiny of union finances to root out corruption." (S.A

Miller, "Unions Benefit From Obama Decisions," The Washington Times, 5/5/09)

By May 2009, “[Obama] signed four pro-union executive orders, most notably one requiring federalconstruction projects to favor ‘project labor agreements’ that set aside jobs for union workers.” (S.A.

Miller, “Unions Benefit From Obama Decisions,” The Washington Times, 5/5/09)

“The United Auto Workers union would appear to be the big winner in the Chrysler bankruptcy saga

having exercised its considerable political muscle to win a 55% stake in the country's third-largest automaker.” (Tom Krisher and Dave Carpenter, “UAW Wins Big Chrysler Stake But Can't Run Company,” The Associated Press, 5/2/09)

Obama Recess Appointed Craig Becker, A Former Lawyer For Both SEIU And AFL-CIO, To TheNational Labor Relations Board After His Nomination Was Blocked By The Senate. “Despite intenseRepublican objections, President Obama on Saturday used recess appointments to fill 15 administrationposts without Senate confirmation, including Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board. … All 41Senate Republicans wrote Obama this week urging him not to use a recess appointment for Becker, a formetop lawyer with Service Employees International Union and the AFL-CIO, whose nomination was rejected bthe Senate last month, 52-43.” (Kevin Bogardus, “Obama Makes Labor Board Appointment During Recess Over GOP Objections,” Fox News,

3/27/10)

• Becker’s Appointment Is A Means For “Much Of What Organized Labor Hopes To AccomplishVia [The Employee Free Choice Act To] Be Realized Through The Rule-Making Power Of TheNLRB.” (Dmitri Iglitzin and Steven Hill, “Obama’s Pro-Union Nominations to Labor Relations Board Stalled,” The Huffington Post , 01/25/10)

• “[SEIU President] Andy Stern’s Go-To Guy: Meet Craig Becker, Labor’s Secret Weapon.” (Editorial

“Andy Stern’s Go-To Guy,” The Wall Street Journal , 5/14/09)

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Union Bosses Don’t Believe Obama Fights Hard Enough On Their Behalf, Leading To A “Strained”Relationship. “Mr. Obama has had strained relations with unions in general, and many do not believe hefights hard enough for their issues; public employee unions have been especially critical lately, since heproposed a two-year freeze of federal employees’ pay.” (Jackie Calmes, “Wisconsin Puts Obama Between Competing Desires,” The Ne

York Times, 2/20/11)

And Unions Are Frustrated That Obama “Did Not Deliver” During His First Two Years In Office.“Almost all of them are frustrated that Obama did not deliver on more of his promises to labor whileDemocrats enjoyed substantial majorities in both the House and the Senate.” (George E. Condon Jr., “Obama Meets With

Labor Leaders,” National Journal , 12/17/10)

“Now, Many Union Leaders Are Bristling At White House Efforts To Reset Its Relationship WithCorporate America.” (Peter Wallsten, “Obama And Unions: Many In Labor Movement Frustrated With President,” The Washington Post , 2/19/11)

• “Many Unions Were Not Pleased With The Administration’s Renegotiation Of The U.S.-SouthKorea Trade Deal, For Instance, Or The Hiring Of Bill Daley As White House Chief Of Staff.” (Kev

Bogardus, “Trumka: White House Review Of Government Regulations A ‘Distraction,’” The Hill , 1/19/11)

DNC’s Charlotte Pick Seen As A “Stinging Rebuke” To Unions. “In picking North Carolina as the site of their 2012 convention, Democrats didn’t just pick a state that’s relatively unfriendly to unions. They pickedthe least unionized state in the entire country. It was a stinging rebuke to one of the Democratic Party’s moloyal and influential constituencies. And labor leaders are fuming at the slight.” (Molly Ball, “Labor Fumes Over Charlotte

Pick,” Politico, 2/5/11)

• The Unions Feel “Betrayed” By The Surprise Choice. “Labor sources said the decision to go toCharlotte took them by surprise — the Democratic National Committee did not warn them it wascoming or try to soften the blow — and they’re still absorbing the news. But privately, inconversations and e-mails among themselves, members of the labor community feel betrayed, unionand Democratic sources say.” (Molly Ball, “Labor Fumes Over Charlotte Pick,” Politico, 2/5/11)

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WHO’S THE BOSS?: Obama Works To Appease His Union Bosses As His Re Election Campaign Nears Re-Election