Article in todays newspaper claimed that Union donations to Democrats at the Federal level were down 40%.......
just sayin................
and they wonder why the term thug comes to mind? .....you've hit upon one facet, motivation, unions are on their back foot, the prevailing winds are against them, example from the NY Times;
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Postal Service Is Nearing Default as Losses Mount
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
Published: September 4, 2011
“Our situation is extremely serious,” the postmaster general, Patrick R. Donahoe, said in an interview. “If Congress doesn’t act, we will default.”
In recent weeks, Mr. Donahoe has been pushing a series of painful cost-cutting measures to erase the agency’s deficit, which will reach $9.2 billion this fiscal year. They include eliminating Saturday mail delivery, closing up to 3,700 postal locations and laying off 120,000 workers — nearly one-fifth of the agency’s work force — despite a no-layoffs clause in the unions’ contracts…
At the same time, decades of contractual promises made to unionized workers, including no-layoff clauses, are increasing the post office’s costs. Labor represents 80 percent of the agency’s expenses, compared with 53 percent at United Parcel Service and 32 percent at FedEx, its two biggest private competitors. Postal workers also receive more generous health benefits than most other federal employees.
more at-
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/05/b...uggles-to-stay-solvent-and-relevant.html?_r=1
That example above, is something anyone can understand........now add to that the Wisconsin, where the birthplace of Public sector unions [have] just suffered a bellwether defeat, Dues are no longer collected by the state, the union must now basically count on voluntarily submittals that have shown almost exactly that %, a drop off, approx. 30-35% when left to the device of the actual member to send it in, they don't by over a third.
Any new stimulus will be a boon for unions how have the Feds behind them ala the Davis-Bacon act any work via fed $$ must be set at the union wages levels, the Unions are threatened by the reps backed by the TP and indies to cut off the flow of money, its really that simple, despite the NLRBs best efforts and counter productive machinations ala the Boeing issue, lack of congressional sppt for Card Check, and the economic malaise where in cushy union benefits are not seen as helpful and in fact are counter productive in many cases, they don't have a sympathetic ear except amongst their own, they have never been threatened with this kind of push back before, so, they are going to the mattresses......
This is not helpful, this rhetoric is not appealing to moderates Indies etc...on the back of Maxine Waters and the other 2 congresscritters ala "they" want to se folks haning from trees etc....they will lose that sppt. and any violence that occurs? The blood is on their hands.