Setting the record straight on Nevada union endorsements.

[jasmine621]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/jan/15/pilar/

Just in case anyone is interested in some fact.

[Lucinda]

1. Thanks for the link!

And if I haven't said it already...welcome to DU!

[KennedyGuy]

2. bu-bu-bu-but the culinary union..sniff...

[sandnsea]

3. "push their candidate to victory"

"Some of those unions say they are motivated by a dual desire: to push their candidate to victory and to deal the Culinary an embarrassing blow.

Eight Nevada unions have endorsed New York Sen. Hillary Clinton. Four are backing former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards. Three, including the Culinary, support Obama."

Interesting stuff.

[tandot]

4. First to K & R. However, I doubt that many DUers are really interested in facts

It is just so much easier to smear a candidate without first checking the facts.

[sandnsea]

6. Or reading the article themselves

Or they'd see it said the unions are just trying to get their candidate elected, like I posted above.

[tandot]

7. Well, even if they read the article, some just pick and choose parts that support their view.

Because, it is not that they "are just trying to get their candidate elected" ... it is apparently a conflict between unions that has been going on for some time:

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/jan/15/pilar/

The rivalry among unions seeped into public view last week when the teachers union joined a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of nine at-large caucus sites on the Strip, which it says give Culinary members disproportionate sway. Those sites are intended to make caucusing more accessible to shift workers at casinos allowing them to participate without returning to designated caucus sites closer to their homes.

The lawsuit poked a figurative finger in the eye of the Culinary, which has 60,000 members.

This union-on-union conflict is unusual, but labor officials say it is part of a long-standing resentment of the Culinary fueled to some extent by its size and clout. Its drumbeat often drowns out the voice of other unions.

Still, some labor figures and Democratic insiders say the Culinary and its political director, Pilar Weiss, have alienated other unions with tactics they regard as bullying.

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[sandnsea]

8. Yes the older established unions

were fighting the newer unions back in 2003 too. Nothing new. The older unions were collecting a lot of money while our standard of living went down the toilet. The newer unions are fighting back.

[tandot]

9. This is between the unions and they have the right to fight back or sue

if they feel it is necessary. However, some people here have claimed that Clinton is the one "suppressing" the vote and disenfranchising the Culinary Union from voting for Obama.

Why should Clinton tell the Union who is supporting her not to sue? Clinton didn't sue, it was the Union's decision.

[jackson_dem]

5. So Hillary is not behind the teacher's union lawsuit?

Will that stop the swiftboating of Hillary over the lawsuit?