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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRAT BETRAYS LABOR BY ENDORSING ANTI-UNION SCOTT BROWN
http://boldprogressives.org/massachusetts-democrat-betrays-labor-by-endorsing-anti-union-scott-brown/Republican Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown is in a tough race against progressive champion Elizabeth Warren. On Friday, Brown rolled out an endorsement by state representative Chris Fallon. We know where your heart is, and your heart is with the people of Massachusetts particularly, the people of Malden, said the state rep. of Brown.
But Fallon and Browns hearts have been in very different places, when it comes to an issue the people of the state should be very concerned about: union rights.
Last year, there was a rollback of labor rights in the state, as some municipal employees faced cutbacks in their right to collectively bargain over health care. Although the majority of Democrats and Republicans in the state house voted to support this rollback of rights, Fallon was one of a minority of Democrats who opposed the changes and proudly stood with organized labor.
Meanwhile, Scott Brown has proved antagonistic to labor unions. He backed Scott Walkers budget that decimated public employee collective bargaining in Wisconsin, calling it the will of the people. At the height of the battle over bargaining rights in the state, he appeared on MSNBC and actually praised Scott Walker. Watch it:
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MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRAT BETRAYS LABOR BY ENDORSING ANTI-UNION SCOTT BROWN (Original Post)
xchrom
Sep 2012
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DontTreadOnMe
(2,442 posts)1. What the hell is going on in MASS?
I went to school in Boston... this is really pissing me off. Democrats for Brown?
Hey folks in MA.. time to organize!
ananda
(28,877 posts)2. I do not understand this craziness in MA either!
IMHO, they should be channeling Teddy Kennedy
not Ronald Reagan.
Ninga
(8,277 posts)3. Who the hell is this DINO? Money is the answer. Brown either porked up the guys district
or the GOP wrote a check to his campaign coffers.
Here in Ohio, 7 term GOP Congress critter, Steve LaTourette, WAS KING at bringing pork back to his district and received DEM support for doing so.
This MASS story needs some investigation.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)4. Take away all of his perks
make him run as a (R) next time.
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Zorra
(27,670 posts)6. Reagan Democrat Traitor. nt