Labor Day? Try Union Day.

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How soon before we have May Day parades through Washington with full review?

Here are the top ten union highlights.

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Labor Day Special: Top 10 Union Highlights of the Obama Administration
Big Labor has reasons to celebrate: an ally in White House and a cheerleading left-wing media.

By Jeff Poor
Business & Media Institute
9/1/2010 2:29:53 PM

Jan. 20, 2009, was supposed to be the start of a new post-partisan political climate in Washington. To some journalists, that day was confirmation that a message had been sent that the people’s government had “declared independence” from special interests. New President Barack Obama had said months earlier that was what was wrong with Washington, and announced his intention to change it.

It’s now been one year, seven months and 12 days, and the “special interests” have been sent packing from Washington, right? Well, not exactly. In fact, not at all – if you define Big Labor as a special interest, which it is. Take Andy Stern, the former president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). During his tenure as the leader of that union, he was the most frequent visitor to the Obama White House.

On Labor Days past, we’ve seen a sort of labor union celebration, particularly from pro-union voices in the media. But in commemorating the 129th celebration of Labor Day in the United States, the Business & Media Institute has compiled the 10 top moments for Big Labor. Here are just the most obvious ways in which willing voices in the media and the Democratic leadership in Washington have joined forces to push a not-so-savory union agenda.

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