Richard Trumka is expected to become the AFL-CIO's next president in September. Trumka is a trained lawyer and, from what I can tell, a well-trained union attack dog who has been focusing on tea-party and town-hall meeting attendees opposing the passage of Obamacare. According to an excerpt from this article, he has an impressive track record:
"A multi-state UMW strike in 1993 provides a good example of Trumka's style of persuasiveness. As union president, he ordered more than 17,000 miners in seven states to go on strike. Among his goals was to ensure that nobody would find work in a mine without paying dues or agency fees to the union. Violence was frequent. That wasn't surprising given Trumka's explicit call to strikers to "kick the shit out of" employees and mine operators resisting demands. Trumka's enforcers vandalized homes of opponents, fired shots at a mine office, and cut power to another mine, temporarily trapping 93 miners underground.
Union goons in that strike also committed another act: murder. On July 22, 1993, heavy-equipment operator Eddie York was shot in the back of the head as he drove past strikers away from a work site. He died instantly. UMW heavies proceeded to beat York's would-be rescuers. Several weeks later, he offered this rationalization: "I'm saying if you strike a match and put your finger in, common sense tells you you're going to burn your finger." In other words, if you don't show solidarity with the union, you'll pay the price."
Apparently, Trumka is one of the "guns" Obama vowed to bring to the health care fight. Is anyone surprised? Do you remember Obama's meteoric rise in the most corrupt political system in the country? Do you remember the friends Obama chose along the way? We have a thug in the White House, and like a typical thug, he's bringing in the high-powered bully boys to try to force the opposition to roll over. Don't do it. Don't roll over and let the thugs win.
Borrowed from: viewfromarockingchair.blogspot.com
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