@dkmich

Pardon me, but what is PPH? When I tried to look it up, I got:

PPH may refer to

Patent Prosecution Highway, a set of cooperation agreements between some patent offices
Permanent Private Hall, a type of educational institution affiliated to the University of Oxford
Postpartum hemorrhage
Pound per hour (symbol pph), mass flow unit (used in aviation to measure fuel flow, for instance)
Primary pulmonary hypertension, see Pulmonary hypertension
Procedure for prolapse and hemorrhoids, see Stapled hemorrhoidectomy
Palomar Pomerado Health, a public health district in San Diego County, California
Part per hundred (percentage)
People per hour, a measure of the rate of flow of people moving past a fixed point or through a system. (e.g. 237 people per hour went through the security checkpoint.)
PeoplePerHour, the business founded by Xenios Thrasyvoulou (CEO) and Simos Kitiris (CTO), its website (peopleperhour.com), or its applications.
Propylphenidate, a analogue of methylphenidate

Thank You, dkmich!

I am sick of unions, PPH, and all the rest of them pandering, sucking up, and toeing the Democratic Party line no matter how badly their constituents get screwed. When I get pleas from PPH, I turn my back on them just like I finally turned my back on the lesser of evil vote. I'm done. Even inaction is action. Everyone makes their own bed, and now they can all lay in it as far as I'm concerned. I risked me and mine to vote for Jill Stein and will take my lumps with Trump. It is their turn.

@MrWebster

From the UE Union Political Action website, an important excerpt:

Does UE's Approach Differ From That of Other Unions?

Yes. Because UE emphasizes rank-and-file involvement and grass-roots-style activism to a much greater extent than many other unions. UE, for example, doesn't have a national PAC (Political Action Committee) to contribute money to candidates, an approach that for many unions has become a substitute for mobilizing the membership. We organize people - not their wallets!

“There is a difference between political action and playing politics. When we fought the politicians and we won what legislation we did, UE didn't play politics; we engaged in political action. We didn't rub bellies with the politicians. There was plenty of air between us. You could see light. Today, try to find some air and light between the bellies of labor leaders and the bellies of politicians. No go. you won't find it. They are playing politics.”

— UE Leader James Matles at the 1975 UE National Convention.

emphases in original

1: It does appear that at least some of America's unions are "getting the message"; and

2: The more I learn about UE, the more I like them!!

What is more than a bit disconcerting about some unions is that they supported Clinton during the primaries against Bernie. As was noted by some pundits, when endorsements were left to the base of unions, the base supported Bernie. Where unions gave their support to Hillary it was with input only from upper union management. One of the most bizarre and truly corrupt endorsements was by the SEIU for Hillary over Bernie. I saw an interview with the head of the SEIU after the election on Democracy Now and she was totally unrepentant over supporting Hillary in the primaries. A candidate who did not even come close to supporting $15/hr min. wage, nor from Wikileaks, gave a fucking shit about low wage workers except as a point of political posturing.

Just recently the democratic mayor of Baltimore vetoed a city council law to mandate a $15/hr min. wage whose implementation was spread over a 5 year period. The head of the local SEIU union was interviewed and his negative reaction. It seemed to me that his loyalties were to a person and the democratic party, and not to his union. The same is true for people like Cecile Richards of Planned Parenthood which gave an unprecedented endorsement during primaries in the name of Planned Parenthood during primaries to Clinton.

(Just a note, three union leaders which backstabbed Bernie and their union bases during the primaries, were featured speakers at the Womens March in DC.)

@Lookout @MrWebster SEIU might as well be a piece of the Democratic Party.

What is more than a bit disconcerting about some unions is that they supported Clinton during the primaries against Bernie. As was noted by some pundits, when endorsements were left to the base of unions, the base supported Bernie. Where unions gave their support to Hillary it was with input only from upper union management. One of the most bizarre and truly corrupt endorsements was by the SEIU for Hillary over Bernie. I saw an interview with the head of the SEIU after the election on Democracy Now and she was totally unrepentant over supporting Hillary in the primaries. A candidate who did not even come close to supporting $15/hr min. wage, nor from Wikileaks, gave a fucking shit about low wage workers except as a point of political posturing.

Just recently the democratic mayor of Baltimore vetoed a city council law to mandate a $15/hr min. wage whose implementation was spread over a 5 year period. The head of the local SEIU union was interviewed and his negative reaction. It seemed to me that his loyalties were to a person and the democratic party, and not to his union. The same is true for people like Cecile Richards of Planned Parenthood which gave an unprecedented endorsement during primaries in the name of Planned Parenthood during primaries to Clinton.

(Just a note, three union leaders which backstabbed Bernie and their union bases during the primaries, were featured speakers at the Womens March in DC.)

https://www.thepeoplessummit.org/

Coming up in early June in Chicago.
with RoseAnn, Bernie, Naomi, and Shaun King.

Sure hope they announce a third party....now is the time!

@MrWebster (Just a note, three union leaders which backstabbed Bernie and their union bases during the primaries, were featured speakers at the Womens March in DC.)

Of course they were. Just like Mike Honda, who opposed TPP and Social Security privatization or cuts, was a "corporate Democrat" who just got taken out by "true progressive" Ro Khanna.

What is more than a bit disconcerting about some unions is that they supported Clinton during the primaries against Bernie. As was noted by some pundits, when endorsements were left to the base of unions, the base supported Bernie. Where unions gave their support to Hillary it was with input only from upper union management. One of the most bizarre and truly corrupt endorsements was by the SEIU for Hillary over Bernie. I saw an interview with the head of the SEIU after the election on Democracy Now and she was totally unrepentant over supporting Hillary in the primaries. A candidate who did not even come close to supporting $15/hr min. wage, nor from Wikileaks, gave a fucking shit about low wage workers except as a point of political posturing.

Just recently the democratic mayor of Baltimore vetoed a city council law to mandate a $15/hr min. wage whose implementation was spread over a 5 year period. The head of the local SEIU union was interviewed and his negative reaction. It seemed to me that his loyalties were to a person and the democratic party, and not to his union. The same is true for people like Cecile Richards of Planned Parenthood which gave an unprecedented endorsement during primaries in the name of Planned Parenthood during primaries to Clinton.

(Just a note, three union leaders which backstabbed Bernie and their union bases during the primaries, were featured speakers at the Womens March in DC.)

@TomP

..... the way it's acting today, the rank-and-file workers will abandon them.

Unions are supposed to stick up for their membership. Not for Wall Street and the fucking derivatives markets. And union rank-and-filers know that, even if the union bosses don't.

Especially since there are unions out there now like UE (United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America) and the IWW who will do what they are supposed to do!

EDIT: Fixed IWW link above.

it will die. I doubt they take her warning seriously. We'll see how it goes.