Feb. 18th, 2011

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Protests against union-busting.

And one of the commenters, Celtic Union, makes a great point:
What is the Chamber of Commerce if it is not a union?

It has local chapters and a national organization. It richly funds political candidates and lobbies for legislation which benefits their business interests - many times at the expense of American workers and their very jobs. It shares information among its members. You have to pay to be a member. It works exactly like a union.

The thing about the Chamber of Commerce is that it is an organization which is dedicated to crushing the American Worker - it works to DEFEAT Americans economically. This makes it an anti-American organization. It fights against fair wages. It fights against decent benefits. It fights against organized labor and collective bargaining. It fights anything which helps the average American Working Person to get ahead. Look at the candidates and legislation it has supported over the years and tell me that this organization is NOT trying to defeat the American Worker! It is a group of businesses which has organized itself into a union which fights against working Americans.

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... what is the Chamber of Commerce if it is not a union - a union organized for the purpose of defeating American workers and dedicated to achieving that goal?
That last bit is one of the tightest sound bites I've ever seen.
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The first part, with Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) will likely piss you off, but the last three minutes are fabulous.

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