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2016 Postmortem

Omaha Steve

(99,570 posts) Fri Oct 23, 2015, 06:46 PM Oct 2015

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Here is the AFSCME letter to members about the Hillary endorsement

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Here is the AFSCME letter to members about the Hillary endorsement (Original Post) Omaha Steve Oct 2015 OP

Thanks for posting. Hoyt Oct 2015 #1

Was there a vote? verifiable ballots? or just "we heard". Half-Century Man Oct 2015 #2

Executive board vote only Omaha Steve Oct 2015 #3

Are you a member? HerbChestnut Oct 2015 #5

I did not get to voice an opinion Omaha Steve Oct 2015 #10

It's a great endorsement for Hillary! Agschmid Oct 2015 #4

Is that the last big union on board? I hope so - so we can be DONE hearing from them! reformist2 Oct 2015 #6

I have been an AFSCME member for 30 years. hollowdweller Oct 2015 #7

Did you try Google? Agschmid Oct 2015 #8

Has she ever supported pro Union legislation? NCTraveler Oct 2015 #9

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

1. Thanks for posting.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 06:55 PM

Oct 2015

Half-Century Man

(5,279 posts)

2. Was there a vote? verifiable ballots? or just "we heard".

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 07:11 PM

Oct 2015

Just asking.

Omaha Steve

(99,570 posts)

3. Executive board vote only

Reply to Half-Century Man (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 07:15 PM

Oct 2015

Nobody asked me.

HerbChestnut

(3,649 posts)

5. Are you a member?

Reply to Omaha Steve (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 07:19 PM

Oct 2015

Did you get to vote in the poll they mentioned?

Omaha Steve

(99,570 posts)

10. I did not get to voice an opinion

Reply to HerbChestnut (Reply #5)

Sat Oct 24, 2015, 06:58 AM

Oct 2015

I wasn't asked.

Agschmid

(28,749 posts)

4. It's a great endorsement for Hillary!

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 07:16 PM

Oct 2015

reformist2

(9,841 posts)

6. Is that the last big union on board? I hope so - so we can be DONE hearing from them!

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 07:38 PM

Oct 2015

All these unions are doing is repeating the mantra that Hillary is doing well in the polls, so we had better fall in line too and not hurt our chances. Zero analysis as to why Hillary is better than the other candidates, like Bernie. It's just more echo-chamber. But why Hillary? Nobody really knows. It's like the Twilight Zone.

hollowdweller

(4,229 posts)

7. I have been an AFSCME member for 30 years.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 07:45 PM

Oct 2015

They have a history of supporting candidates who do not do anything to help their members.

It's no damn wonder so few people are members.

I personally would like to see unions withhold their support with out concrete promises from candidates.

So has Hillary supported any pro union legislation? Did she pass any as a senator??

Agschmid

(28,749 posts)

8. Did you try Google?

Reply to hollowdweller (Reply #7)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 07:52 PM

Oct 2015

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)

9. Has she ever supported pro Union legislation?

Reply to hollowdweller (Reply #7)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 08:54 PM

Oct 2015

Side by side with Sanders here.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/110-2007/s227

Much more out there. But as involved as you are in the process you knew that. They had the majority but couldn't get past the cloture vote.

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