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Defend America on Wednesday, March 03, 2010 3:37:48 PM
Published: March 2, 2010
ORLANDO, Fla. — The nation’s union leaders said on Tuesday that they were “appalled” at remarks made by
President Obama condoning the mass firing of teachers at a Rhode Island high school.
Coming the day after union presidents sharply complained to Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
over stubbornly high unemployment, stagnant wages and the
administration’s failure to do more to create jobs, the statement —
voicing a rare vehemence toward a Democratic president — underlined the
disillusionment of an important Democratic constituency.
Because
unions have been so crucial to the Democrats election after election,
political experts say labor’s ambivalence, or worse, toward the
Democrats could greatly deepen that party’s woes this fall.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/03/business/03labor.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1267648528-zccLAuqTP1UVojEzUEmsfw