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Why Labor's Rank and File Won't Campaign for Obama

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board."

True, when union members are "motivated," they can do truly

incredible things. But the election campaign of Obama is not a

motivating event. The same article continues:

"... [AFL-CIO] labor leaders say they will mount their biggest

campaign effort [to elect Obama], with far more union members than

ever before -- at least 400,000, they say -- knocking on voters'

doors to counter the well-endowed "super PACs' backing

Republicans."

And: "The Service Employees International Union [SEIU], with

million members, aims to mobilize 100,000 of its members this year

-- twice as many as in 2008 -- to make phone calls and knock on

doors. "What's different in our approach this year is massive

investment in activating member volunteers,' said Brandon Davis, the

service employees' political director."  (March 12, 2012). 

Sadly, the AFL-CIO and SEIU are dreaming out loud if they think

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