Leo Gerard is President of the 1.2 million member Steelworkers Union — also the biggest union in Arkansas.  Last cycle, the Steelworkers gave $25,000 to the DSCC, whose head Bob Menendez is now praising Blanche Lincoln for “standing up” to them as a “DC special interest.” In spite of this, Menendez now says he expects [...]

The sneering comments by a “Senior White House Aide” regarding organized labor and how they should use their money were echoed by Robert Gibbs today. Ed Schultz responds, stating the obvious: “If it wasn’t for labor, Barack Obama would not be the President of the United States, and all these ‘experts’ would not be in [...]

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