AFL-CIO Budget Declares Organizing Unimportant

1. It's a well-known fact that without enough unionization we only have fascism for a government !

2. These "union exec" are happy to be accepted in the circles w fascist ! They'll take the perks ! Vacations , junkets, Big Cars ,etc. Before they were neutralized Unions had coop stores in the community ! Since they've only paved the way for "online shopping" i.e. bezos.

3. The existing national union leadership is corporately owned just like the US Congress. The oligarchy has bought everything and must be erased in order to restore representative government & workers rights in America.

4. Unions could do a lot to create a cohesive social force that extends beyond local labor concerns. Capitalistic enterprises work fine without US American manufacturing, and as long as the distribution networks are functioning well, they will continue to. The unions best chance now to protect workers is through lobbying and pro-worker candidates, only service workers that are safe from automation have leverage at the local level. The AFL-CIO needs to invite all interested parties to join and form as broad a support as possible to support and protect ourselves and future generations. Solidarity, peace and prosperity.

5. It kind of makes sense to support candidates that are organizing instead of redundant energy. If it's a real supporter.

6. Unions are simply lobbyists for the Democratic Party.

7. We need more unions and organizing, more involvement from the people. We are living under a corrupt U.S. EMPIRE that DOES NOT REPRESENT the people. The people have a near ZERO influence on our govt and the laws we are being made subject to.

8. The shops are running the Union Halls the Unions are supposed to be protecting the workers from. The Fox's are running the poultry farms. They don't want competition from new union shops and the actual members don't want to compete in a larger membership. All orchestrated by the shop owners controlling the local labor market. They control it by not trying to grow they are far more into control than expansion.
   It stopped being about the worker and being about the shops. The shops manipulate the labor market by not bidding on contracts if that will build membership overflow that in turn will create the need for more competition to move in and employ the surplus of skilled labor.
   The Free Market System and Capitalism is broken in America by corruption. Monopolies control everything and just say no we don't
   as they contribute to political campaigns. That's why a new campaign starts the day after elections.

9. AFL-CIO = C.I.A.

10. They have been hiring Republicans. Unions are only as strong as their members. As members of the operating Engineers who are retired, I must. Say. OE's financial group lost half our retirement and most of our annuities. Then hired another group that had been sued for doing the same thing. They also told us who to vote for, that corporate whore HRC. No democratic vote at all. We had been union people all our lives. Fought on the picket lines at 14. Unions need something. People just don't give a damn and the state of the country has a lot to do with it.

11. His outlook is solid and I can't blame him for having it. But historically this was always the problem with the AFL-CIO; The IWW was formed because even then the leadership with concerned with access and not shaking the boat; they backed ww1, had an upswing and have been coasting on the high created by more radical movements ever since. As a candidate, twice; I confronted the State public sector union (PEF) about their complete disregard of entry level members, and their lack of solidarity with other workers; the reaction was a mix of befuddlement and condescension. The 2nd time of was less nice and told them they are losing because of their failures during my lifetime; someone needed to tell this cretins that they were failing, all the government access had not saved members with cuts, or my seasonal state job from being made into a ind contractor bullshit job.

12. AFL-CIO Senior organizers align themselves with criminal politicians to fleece the union coffers for political donations and kick backs.

13. I was at a Teamster drive , basically they ask you for a couple bucks a week to lobby for workers interests. So, after I said yes , the conversation turned to politics and these business agents told me Joe Biden is for the working class. I was stunned at their political ignorance, and went on to tell them that Joe is not for the working class or unions. That son of a bitch met with a anti union oligarch & Comcast in his first meeting with big money . He turned down to meet with unions on the same fucking day!. That's why unions are in decline . They are not radical and are wed to the Democratic party !. Enough !!

14. 1972 was the key point, when Geo McGovern abandoned labor for college educated para professionals, but
    the AFL-CIO was kept on by Dem party as an interest group. AFSCME was main force after that. But unions
    screwed themselves, little brother became the same as big brother, abused their power while refusing to
    organizing those who needed help most. Union workers were fine with min wage workers changing their
    grandpa's diapers. The unions became their own special interest group.

15. AFL-CIO is just a liberal communist organization they only take care of immigrants and minority’s, working American tax payers get no representation from this sham organization.

16. The more intelligent upper-half of society hoards all the land, wealth, healthcare, political power and unions. A fake morality, for who wants to give anything to the slaves of society, the 50% working poor.

17. AFL-CIO = CIA

18. I contacted the IWW yesterday. Real strength comes from a strong working class. Workers unite! ✊🏽✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼

19. Wow! This man is so spot on. I am (at this very moment) sending an edited copy of this video (the part with the story of "The Flight of The Phoenix") to the Sanders campaign. Astounding analogy and thereby, narrative. Mr. Fletcher needs to sit down with Faiz Shakir and Bernie – STAT!

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