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Gallo Notes: “Union Workers’ Wallets Labor For Childers”

Gallo Notes-August 27, 2008

Wall Street Journal-“ One of the most underreported stories at this week's Democratic National Convention is that Big Labor is making a big comeback.”

The article is called, “Big Labor’s Comeback” and it is worth reading. The battleground ledger in Mississippi has two names above the long list of Union contributions at the top of the page. The first name is former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove and the next is Congressman Travis Childers. The deposit odometer on both candidates’ campaign account is spinning upward faster than a barrel of oil ahead of Gustav.

Congressman Childers may tell the people back home in the First District that he’s his own man, but Pelosi and the Unions back in Washington most likely hear the homeboy singing another tune. On the one report I’ve found, Childers has racked up an amazing $181,500.00 in just Union contributions! For that kind of money, they don’t want to hear anything about some freshman Congressman, “being his own man”.

Here are just a few of the Unions along with Congressman Barney Frank and Queen Mother Nancy Pelosi coming to the aid of Mississippian Travis Childers.

-National Air Traffic Controllers Association- $11,000.00
-Service Employees International Union $10,000.00
-United Food and Commercial Workers International Union $10,000.00
-International Assn of Firefighters $10,000.00
-AFL-CIO Cope Political Contributions Committee $ 7,500.00
-Machinist Non-Partisan League $10,000.00
-Laborers’ Political League $ 5,000.00
-International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $15,000.00
-American Federation of Teachers $10,000.00
-United Transportation Union PAC $ 5,000.00

Those are just a few of the many Unions solidly behind Cong. Childers. The Card Check legislation is going to be front and center in the next Congress and it could have a devastating effect on future business in Mississippi. In simple terms, the new law, if passed, would allow Unions to solicit 51% of employees to sign their name as requesting Union representation. If they are successful, the employees would be automatically unionized and under the dictates of the Union bosses in respect to Union dues, mandated strikes, etc. Also, because the ballot would no longer be secret, Union bosses would have full information on available list.

This is such an important issue that voters should be asking Congressman Childers and Ronnie Musgrove where they stand on “Card Check” But if you do, be prepared for both to “labor” over an appropriate answer.

Paul Gallo
Supertalk.fm

Posted August 27, 2008 - 10:02 am

6 Comments:

Paul is correct. Passing this law would be tantamount to making thousands of people in Mississippi involuntary members of a union. That would be a disaster for our state and that along is enough reason to vote against both Childers and Musgrove.

Ship Island

Posted by ship island on 08-27-2008 at 02:42 PM [link]

Travis had already met the devil at the crossroads, long before he became a Congressman long before he started taking monies from big companies and labor unions he sold his soul to the devil for a glimpse of wealth by selling out the citizens of his own home county ( Prentiss ) . We already know what he will do to get ahead and we already know who he will lay with to get a taste of what he wants ,now the citizens of this state will see what we have known for years, and I hope the citizens of this state realize what he is before he also sells our souls along with his.....

Posted by PrentissCountyJustice on 08-27-2008 at 03:31 PM [link]

Yes, TRY to ask them.

When someone asks Musgrove, he goes running the other way after mumbling something about being in support of the “workers.” What BS. He will hem and haw and say this is not what the bill does. And folks should call BS on him lying about it too.

Travis has not spoken about his union “problem” yet. Someone should raise that question...and ask if he knows the percentage of union workers in the First District. I suspect they could all fit into a phone booth.

Posted by donbeddoe on 08-27-2008 at 04:05 PM [link]

MS voters have to decide if they want a guy like Musgrove, with questionable character and questionable behavior as governor, to become one of 100 in the Senate. It is upsetting and embarrassing to hear about judgeships, agency head positions and even economic development grants going to the highest bidder during that four year period. We don’t need that kind of behavior in Washington.

Posted by donbeddoe on 08-27-2008 at 09:20 PM [link]

Travis is a realy good lier. If you trade with him he beats you. Always has. Noone will call him on his lies so he will win but they should. This is not good news for everybody

Posted by prentiss pub on 08-28-2008 at 06:47 AM [link]

when you do call him out on his lies, he runs to patsy b. or in front of a camera and says “greg davis is being mean to me...dont let desoto county be mean to me” and wins an election.

wont happen again....

speaking of...someone call the mayor of farmington, mississippi in alcorn county and ask about his conversation with congressman childers...regarding some potential federal $$$$...

Posted by HernandoMan on 08-28-2008 at 08:25 AM [link]

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