Thread: SEIU to focus on minority voters for Obama

SEIU to focus on minority voters for Obama



By Sam Hananel November 17, 2011 7:20 am

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Service Employees International Union endorsed President Barack Obama's re-election bid on Wednesday, saying it would deploy its formidable political machine earlier and on a wider scale than it did four years ago.

SEIU President Mary Kay Henry said the union plans to reach out to all 2.1 million members by Labor Day and focus on getting more Hispanic and black voters to the polls.

"We're trying to do it on a scale that we've never done before," she said.

The politically powerful union is the latest labor organization to jump in with an early endorsement of the president, following the United Food and Commercial Workers Union and the National Education Association. It could signal even broader campaign spending by labor groups, which poured about $400 million to help elect Obama in 2008.

The SEIU is starting early, in part, because of reports that some Obama supporters are less enthusiastic than they were four years ago, Henry said. But while some union leaders have expressed disappointment with Obama's commitment to create jobs and willingness to back the union agenda, the SEIU has remained a steadfast supporter.

One of Obama's earliest backers in 2008, the SEIU spent about $60 million to help him win the presidential race. That led the union to become an influential voice in forming administration policy, particularly on Obama's health care overhaul plan. Former SEIU president Andy Stern has been one of the most frequent White House guests and is a member of Obama's debt commission.

Obama's campaign manager, Jim Messina, welcomed the endorsement, saying the SEIU and Obama "share many common goals," including the right to collective bargaining, better access to affordable health care and keeping workplaces safe.

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SEIU President Mary Kay Henry said the union plans to reach out to all 2.1 million members by Labor Day and focus on getting more Hispanic and black voters to the polls.

"We're trying to do it on a scale that we've never done before," she said.

Just Come Right out and say it "Illegal Alien's" ... I see another push by the Marxist ~n~ Chief to break Election Laws and steal another election

Originally Posted by AirborneSapper7

Just Come Right out and say it "Illegal Alien's" ... I see another push by the Marxist ~n~ Chief to break Election Laws and steal another election

There's no evidence that IAs are voting here in NYC. Every registered voter checked the little box that asked "Are you a citizen?" and provided a utility bill with their name.

See, no problems here.

So many Americans would have much better opinions about unions if some of the unions like SEIU were not supporting illegal aliens and amnesty for illegals.

W

There should be some SEIU members who could file unfair labor practices on this group; I'm sure they are not all Obama supporters. My union (UBC) just keeps getting crazier and crazier---not only political activity, but rampant financial skullduggery.

Anyone know of a legal counsel or advocacy group that could help a member? We used to have problems mainly in New York due to mafia infiltration, but now have them across the country with numerous cases of embezzlement. I Started reading about it several years ago in this blog:
http://nlpc.org/union-corruption-update ... ion-update

But you can actually get a list of actions directly from the US Department of Labor. I would save an avg. of 120 per year is way too much, but it sure is hard to find any legal challenge to this climate of corruption. And it is not just the money that disappears or, in the case of UBC, rampant tax evasion and unemployment cheating. We, the taxpayers, have to pay additional money for the enforcement of the law, too.:
http://www.dol.gov/olms/regs/compliance ... ment_1.htm

Any one know of any interested legal firms or conservative advocacy groups? Many of them want to shut unions down entirely, which I don't agree with. I would just like to see them operate without the corruption.