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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Friday, February 28, 2003 ::
Bush's Labor Buddy That a GOP Administration would side with Big Labor this way is striking enough, but especially so in the case of Mr. McCarron. He's notorious for stomping on union dissent, and he's one of those labor bosses who made out like Tyco in the Ullico scandal. Mr. McCarron has returned nearly $300,000 he gained through the insider knowledge he had of the union-owned insurance company's investment in Global Crossing.
But none of this seems to bother the White House, which has courted Mr. McCarron since he took his union out of the liberal AFL-CIO in 2001 in a dispute over back dues. Mr. McCarron hosted Mr. Bush at two Labor Day picnics and was a rare labor leader invited to the President's economic forum in Waco last August. He's also led the union contingent backing Mr. Bush on Alaskan oil drilling, among other issues. Though the Carpenters give more than 80% of their political cash to Democrats, Mr. Bush no doubt hopes he can win Mr. McCarron's re-election endorsement in 2004.------------------------------------------- posted 8:50 PM :: reference link ::
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