SEIU: Violent Thugs

Cong. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Chicago Alderman Joe Moore (49th Ward) are both big fans of the SEIU. And why not? The thugs of the SEIU turn out in force to support these two long-term, entrenched Machine politicians. Bloggers in the 49th Ward pointed out a year ago that the SEIU is a band of hooligans, crooks and shady characters. We were not just whistling Dixie, comrade. A fascinating article titled "Progressives seethe at violent SEIU" is in the current online issue of The Union News, and it slams the SEIU but good. "Just this week," writes The Union News, "violence broke out at a union conference in Michigan when members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) - the nation's largest labor organization - attempted to protest a scheduled speech by the president of the California Nurses Association (CNA). The two unions have been attacking each other vociferously for months, each organization claiming that the other was at fault for one or another transgression, and in recent weeks the war has escalated out of control..." READ THE FULL ARTICLE at The Union News... ALSO SEE: AFL-CIO's "Rapid Response"