AFL-CIO head jumps all over Bush in Tacoma

[Nambe]

The News Tribune

John Sweeney, the AFL-CIO's mild-mannered president, delivered a fiery speech to union leaders in Tacoma on Thursday, portraying the election as a critical showdown for the working class and exhorting workers to do everything they can to defeat President Bush.

The November election is "the battle of our lives," Sweeney said.

"With your help, we're going to beat the son of a Bush," Sweeney told a crowd of about 600 cheering union delegates and guests gathered at the Sheraton Tacoma Hotel for the 2004 Washington State Labor Council Convention. ..

[Libby2]

1. Good for him

He's got it exactly right too.

[Krupskaya]

2. About freaking time...

...Sweeny showed some fire.

[cthrumatrix]

3. sounds like he is informed about the "e-voting" problem....

everyday we here more and more horror stories about e-voting and yet we accept that 30% of the vote in November will be e-voting.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

4. This is true up and down the labor front

My lawyer friend at AFSCME (and formerly with the Teamsters) says organized labor recognizes this is a fight for their very existence.
The rank and file have got to get this through their heads.

[Radius]

5. Lots

Of people who work in non union shops dont understand or like labor unions. In the south for example most states are right to work.