You know, those unions some here have been dissing because they oppose the middle class tax hike in the Senate Bill. Well, they are out with ads to save the Massachusetts Senate seat.
SEIU Ad: Scott Brown Votes 96% Republican, Is Backed By Pro-Palin Tea Parties (VIDEO)
The Service Employees International Union is up with a new ad in the Massachusetts special Senate election, reminding voters in this Democratic state that GOP candidate Scott Brown is a Republican -- and tying him to the Tea Parties and Sarah Palin.
Richard Trumka's warning takes on increased relevance in light of Massachusetts:
But no matter what I say or do, the reality is that when unemployment is 10 percent and rising, working people will not stand for tokenism. We will not vote for politicians who think they can push a few crumbs our way and then continue the failed economic policies of the last 30 years.
Let me be even blunter. In 1992, workers voted for Democrats who promised action on jobs, who talked about reining in corporate greed and who promised health care reform. Instead, we got NAFTA, an emboldened Wall Street - and not much more. We swallowed our disappointment and worked to preserve a Democratic majority in 1994 because we knew what the alternative was. But there was no way to persuade enough working Americans to go to the polls when they couldn't tell the difference between the two parties. Politicians who think that working people have it too good - too much health care, too much Social Security and Medicare, too much power on the job - are inviting a repeat of 1994.
Trumka Blasts Chevy Tax as "driv[ing] a wedge between the middle class and the poor."
Thank God for the unions and the working man and woman.
Solidarity Forever.
Update I: SEIU Blog: SEIU Members Expose the Real Scott Brown
Today, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) took to the airwaves to educate Bay State voters about how out of step Scott Brown is with the Commonwealth's values. The new independent expenditure $685K statewide ad "Massachusetts Values" begins airing today throughout the state. It will run on television and online through the January 19th special election.
$685,000. That's what the SEIU is doing for Coakley and the Democratic Party.
You can help. Go here and donate $10, $25, whatever you can afford:
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Update II: AFL-CIO also helping Coakley, sending out a mailer and providing volunteers:
In an e-mail to reporters, national AFL-CIO spokesman Eddie Vale claimed that the AFL-CIO has tens of thousands of volunteers who will be phone-banking and canvassing through the election, and the unions will also be doing robocalls.
TPM: AFL-CIO Mailer: Brown 'Wants To Make History Repeat Itself' From The Bush Yearshttp://