I am surprised the unions were down with this green energy BS. Loss of this sector means loss of union jobs meaning loss of union dues. They are strong in PA Dem politics. If someone has an explanation, I would like to hear it. This doesn't make sense to me.
Unfortunately, many union workers also vote party line. I have seen more than my share of union workers given lists of appropriate union approved candidates to vote for. All promoted by the union as union supporting politicians - you want to keep your job, vote for this person. So, it would seem as though the energy sector union leadership and workers in PA are going to possibly come up short end on this one. I just want to know how the leadership, and the workers, thought that Shapiro was going to be a good choice to protect those union jobs.
Listening to Lindell yesterday, who was watching the cyber stuff in real time, he said they were tracking votes being dumped at increments for Fetterman several thousand at a time. Oz conceded quickly. He never was a strong candidate to begin with. But Mastriano has not conceded. He knows the whole thing is BS. No way did Fetterman and the rest of those hacks get that many votes. PA is a lot redder than it looks. It is the corruption of the political machine in PA that is the problem. It will just depend on how hard the candidates themselves can push back. The courts cannot dismiss their cases for standing like they have all the rest. That is why Oz throwing in the towel so early and not saying a word about all the cheating is such a tell. Mastriano doesn't strike me as a quitter. It will up to him and the voters to get some eyes on this if it is possible. This is war and we have a long way to go to get this corruption ripped out at the roots. This is far from over. Good luck there Patriot.
The only unions that matter in PA are public sector unions. Rats still pay private sector unions lip service, but there isn't as much money in it for Rats ... They don't work as hard for them as they used to.
True that. But they all work together to make large union supporting blocks with lots of money to throw around. My brother is a high level iron workers union officer. He had to go to PA after Dougherty, Ed Sweeney, and others, were charged in racketeering in Philly back in 2015. They were involved in firebombing a non union business trying to keep a stranglehold on local construction jobs. My brother had to go to Philly in an attempt to help clean up some of the corruption the union left behind. It was a mess. His job was to make sure the pension plans were intact. They were not funded to the level they should have been. My brother's responsibility was to look out for the members and correct the deficits. There was a whole lot of shady political associations as well. All part of doing business in Philly and Pittsburg I guess.
Even though the energy sector is not what it once was, there are still enough workers in that sector that a reduction will have huge impacts on those workers and their families. The construction and other industry unions still have strong political affiliations. Add to them all the public sector unions like teachers, police, fire, etc, and that is a formidable force. I just think it is sad that private industry union members continue to support politicians that in essence are selling them and their jobs down the river and their dues are helping to pay for the destruction.
I am surprised the unions were down with this green energy BS. Loss of this sector means loss of union jobs meaning loss of union dues. They are strong in PA Dem politics. If someone has an explanation, I would like to hear it. This doesn't make sense to me.
Union leadership not workers.
Unfortunately, many union workers also vote party line. I have seen more than my share of union workers given lists of appropriate union approved candidates to vote for. All promoted by the union as union supporting politicians - you want to keep your job, vote for this person. So, it would seem as though the energy sector union leadership and workers in PA are going to possibly come up short end on this one. I just want to know how the leadership, and the workers, thought that Shapiro was going to be a good choice to protect those union jobs.
I know many high level union hacks they didn't vote Fetterman. They always vote left even for Hillary.
Listening to Lindell yesterday, who was watching the cyber stuff in real time, he said they were tracking votes being dumped at increments for Fetterman several thousand at a time. Oz conceded quickly. He never was a strong candidate to begin with. But Mastriano has not conceded. He knows the whole thing is BS. No way did Fetterman and the rest of those hacks get that many votes. PA is a lot redder than it looks. It is the corruption of the political machine in PA that is the problem. It will just depend on how hard the candidates themselves can push back. The courts cannot dismiss their cases for standing like they have all the rest. That is why Oz throwing in the towel so early and not saying a word about all the cheating is such a tell. Mastriano doesn't strike me as a quitter. It will up to him and the voters to get some eyes on this if it is possible. This is war and we have a long way to go to get this corruption ripped out at the roots. This is far from over. Good luck there Patriot.
The only unions that matter in PA are public sector unions. Rats still pay private sector unions lip service, but there isn't as much money in it for Rats ... They don't work as hard for them as they used to.
True that. But they all work together to make large union supporting blocks with lots of money to throw around. My brother is a high level iron workers union officer. He had to go to PA after Dougherty, Ed Sweeney, and others, were charged in racketeering in Philly back in 2015. They were involved in firebombing a non union business trying to keep a stranglehold on local construction jobs. My brother had to go to Philly in an attempt to help clean up some of the corruption the union left behind. It was a mess. His job was to make sure the pension plans were intact. They were not funded to the level they should have been. My brother's responsibility was to look out for the members and correct the deficits. There was a whole lot of shady political associations as well. All part of doing business in Philly and Pittsburg I guess.
Even though the energy sector is not what it once was, there are still enough workers in that sector that a reduction will have huge impacts on those workers and their families. The construction and other industry unions still have strong political affiliations. Add to them all the public sector unions like teachers, police, fire, etc, and that is a formidable force. I just think it is sad that private industry union members continue to support politicians that in essence are selling them and their jobs down the river and their dues are helping to pay for the destruction.