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Unionization a Part of Obama’s Agenda?
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“ShadowBosses” author Mallory Factor argues the President is pushing an expansion of union membership and power.
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- Date Aug 22, 2012
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“ShadowBosses” author Mallory Factor argues the President is pushing an expansion of union membership and power.
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Well in tonight's chalk talk we laid out our American taxpayers are financing.
The union -- how the president's health care law.
-- is in the judgment of our next guest an effort to unionize 21 million health care workers -- factor.
Well all of these many more -- stunning.
Packets of information together.
And has written a brilliant new book -- old bosses.
Government unions.
Control America and rob taxpayers -- Our great to have you rate to be here what -- chalk talk their -- doing -- -- thing I got a good material or we're got a lot more muted clobbered ever and we're gonna we're gonna turn first.
Two the very idea that this is a significant part of -- true Obama.
Jen this was the real agenda real agenda.
By the ageing the government employee unions with the unionized.
Health -- They only have about a million and a half health care workers unionize but as government.
Starts.
Paying.
More and more.
To our health care services they're gonna start unionizing them already ten states.
Have unionized -- independent contractors you'll see nurses doctors and remember as you so well put it.
Pointed out every million members is a built into dollars and blues that's a stunning number stunning -- and and what unions -- principally to benefit from this this effort this initiative.
Of the Obama -- SCI use Service Employees International Union which the president was part of he was an organizer.
Asks me.
Right and up by the way -- present -- is is really our first union label president.
I guess I haven't bought about a February in -- not term pension anyway under Gingrich's food stamp president.
But he is -- he's a man he is certainly a historic figure in so many ways.
But interestingly -- there's a lot of history coming through.
Into -- now.
One of those is the right to work hand in the unions the power at a time when most people think that unions as being something if you will.
Almost in the relegated to the dustbin of history about well under 7%.
Union are organized labor in the private sector.
My cash as you point out on the book 37% of public employees.
Our -- they sure are and 41%.
Even more under union control.
Because of forced collective bargaining.
What's happened is the Democrat party.
Figured out that it may start.
Giving money to these politicians.
The politicians would give money back to them in a never ending cycle of corruption and greed.
And this goes back because of the fifties.
-- -- and daughter does and so it all began.
But right to work states we've got how many were right to work state -- well what do you we have we have 23 and running through.
And in -- you point out.
That it's in the whole story of what's going on here no it isn't.
It's it's -- good part of the story because in right to work states.
You don't have anywhere near the unionism obviously -- -- in this forced unionism states but.
There's only seven states.
Where you are not forced into collective bargaining.
Sixteen of those right to work states.
When there even when there's a union they can't portion of AM a chicken but they.
Are your sole representative so they you tend to 60% more people do pay and then so your rights or overwhelmed by the the presence of the union than in the workplace.
And do you think that's going to change Gerri how strong is the right to work movement.
And how is this confrontation between revision point hours from rising.
Union power and riches with which to move ahead.
Their efforts and in the private sector is wrong with the poll both unions have about fourteen billion dollars you would find that they spend.
To push politicians to -- their nests.
And what what happens is that the numbers have no idea.
Who they -- actually the politicians are supporting and what they do with their money it is -- shocking.
-- they're very -- -- How how much of a role do you think unions are gonna play.
In this presidential election you wouldn't have the Democrat party that we have today.
If government employee unions.
Didn't have this treasure trove of money they're the piggy bank.
And there were also the engine of socialism in our country mean the money that they supply to our politicians is that actual gasoline -- that engine.
We're gonna see on what the conclusions are in the weeks ahead.
Are much luck with the book congratulations Mallory chateau bosses government unions control America and robbed taxpayers.
Why -- says Mallory --