Unions Pissed Off With Obamacare- Say They Were Lied To

Well, no duh. Stand in line.

http://www.kgw.com/news/national/208791091.html

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some labor unions that enthusiastically backed President Barack Obama's health care overhaul are now frustrated and angry, fearful that it will jeopardize benefits for millions of their members.

Union leaders warn that unless the problem is fixed, there could be consequences for Democrats facing re-election next year.

"It makes an untruth out of what the president said — that if you like your insurance, you could keep it," said Joe Hansen, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. "That is not going to be true for millions of workers now."

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But last month, the union representing roofers issued a statement calling for "repeal or complete reform" of the health care law. Kinsey Robinson, president of the United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers, complained that labor's concerns over the health care law "have not been addressed, or in some instances, totally ignored."

"In the rush to achieve its passage, many of the act's provisions were not fully conceived, resulting in unintended consequences that are inconsistent with the promise that those who were satisfied with their employer-sponsored coverage could keep it," Robinson said.

 

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that people are just now starting to realize they were lied to about this healthcare bill. It seemed pretty obvious at the time that everybody was being lied to, but the Obama supporters refused to admit it.

 

Many still do, and still claim the premiums will go down. It's silly and sad.

 

To be fair, I can understand the sheep (unions...) blindly supporting this as well as those who see this as the beginning of the end of health insurance companies and a national single paying plan.

But as a practical matter this was a true cluster-*gross expletive deleted* from the very beginning.

 

Hope & Change, Smoke & Mirrors, Bait & Switch.....the list goes on...

 

Does the Union ever really support the Republican party?

 

the unions that figured out ahead of time recieved exceptions from obama..man, this is only going to get worse

 

No, unions don't endorse republican candidates. Most of the reasons are out dated and wrong but once a sheep always a sheep.

 

......replete with intoxicating warm & fuzzies.

 

what is funny is that many used to..the end came with the advent of public unions..when we gave the power of those that earn off of those that are taxed and gave them the power to negotiate their own terms..well thats where you you get self interest in conflict with the interest of the country

 

Last time the Unions supported the Republican party Reagan fucked them over royally.

 

Wasn't Reagan once president of the actors' union?

 

No, that was the air traffic controllers.

 

http://www.sagaftra.org/ronald-reagan

 

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865560028/This-week-in-history-Ronald-Reagan-fires-11345-air-traffic-controllers.html?pg=all

 

Yeah, they should have been fired.....for walking off their jobs. The turds.

 

If they were on strike technically they were not under contract.

 

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I have no pity for those unions nor their rank and file on this issue. They made their bed; they get to lie in it.

Also, I'm reminded of one of my favorite tweets ever: https://twitter.com/donnabrazile/status/306778350574260224