Labor Union Blog

WIN Week In Review April 25-27, 2008

By Doug Cunningham

Hillary Clinton beat Barack Obama in the Pennsylvania Presidential Primary this week. She thanked unions for the win. Ted Kirsch is president of the Pennsylvania American Federation of Teachers, a union backing Clinton. He says blue collar workers gave Clinton this win.

[Kirsch]: “Well, the blue collar workers are the people of this country. They’re not the money people. They’re the people who are suffering from the Bush economy. And that’s why the people who are hit hardest by the issues are voting for Hillary.”

This is a cross-post from the Firedoglake blog.

If you’re a U.S. woman and aren’t getting paid for doing the same work as men, it’s your fault.

If you’re a woman and are overweight or smoke, you’re personally responsible for contributing to the sinking U.S. life expectancy rate.

If you’re a woman and you ask for the same pay for doing the same job as your male co-worker, you only have a small window of time to do so. Otherwise, you’re to blame if you don’t figure out real fast the game is rigged against you.