Posted by
Defend America on Friday, March 12, 2010 7:12:24 PM
Hardball time.
In
what seems intended as a shot across the bow of House Dems wavering on
health reform, top officials with the labor powerhouse SEIU
have bluntly told a Democratic member that they will pull their support
for him — and will likely field a challenger against him — if he votes
No on the Senate bill.
Dem Rep Mike McMahon of New York met
yesterday with a top SEIU official and told him he’s likely to vote No,
the official tells me. The official: Mike Fishman, president of SEIU
32bj, the largest property workers union in the country, with 120,000
members in eight states.
Fishman told McMahon that the union
would not support him if he voted No — and suggested the hunt for a
primary or third-party challenger would follow.
http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/labor/big-union-warns-dems-if-you-dont-back-reform-we-wont-back-you/