Labor Unions Wine And Dine With Hillary
Ed McElroy, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, hosted a dinner last night at Finn and Porter's for Sen. Hillary Clinton. Guests included ubiquitous International Assoc. of Firefighters Pres. Harold Schaitberger, Jimmy Williams, the president of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, Ed Hill of the electrical workers, Larry Cohen from CWA, and the presidents of the Air Traffic Controllers, Airline Pilots and Postal Workers' unions.
Reports were that she was "terrific," according to an attendee. Ex-Sen. John Edwards dined with the group last week. Sen. Barack Obama's visit is TBD.
This has been a problem with unions for a long time. The leadership is made up of political partisan hacks or petty criminals. The union members are pulled around by the nose and forced to contibute to politicians and policies that many do not support.