Trump is NOT winning White Working Class Voters: AFL-CIO Endorsed Clinton. - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Hillary Clinton on Thursday won the endorsement of the AFL-CIO, the nation's largest labor federation, in another sign of her consolidation of the Democratic party heading into next month's convention. The AFL-CIO's general board voted to endorse Clinton over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a move that had been expected after Clinton secured enough support among delegates to become the presumptive Democratic nominee. "Hillary Clinton is a proven leader who shares our values," said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in a statement. "Throughout the campaign, she has demonstrated a strong commitment to the issues that matter to working people, and our members have taken notice."[/QUOTE] Trump thought he was going to get this one and had a panic attack, [QUOTE]Previewing a fall campaign in which debates over labor, jobs and foreign trade could be key, presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump fired back in a lengthy statement accusing Clinton of being, "totally owned by Wall Street." "The leadership of the AFL-CIO has made clear that it no longer represents American workers," Trump said, echoing some of Sanders' language. "Instead they have become part of the rigged system in Washington, D.C. that benefits only the insiders." Clinton won the endorsements of many of the AFL-CIO's largest members in the past year, including the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and the American Federation of Teachers, paving the way for the AFL-CIO to back her campaign.[/QUOTE] [URL="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/clinton-wins-endorsement-afl-cio-39905440"]http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/clinton-wins-endorsement-afl-cio-39905440[/URL]

Trump may appeal to some of the white working class (it's evident that he does to some extent), but on what planet would a Republican CEO ever expect to win the endorsement of a federation of trade unions?

How does this organization represent all the "White Working Class Workers?" I'm part of that group and I've never heard of these AFL-CIO guys.

[QUOTE=KommradKommisar;50534230]How does this organization represent all the "White Working Class Workers?" I'm part of that group and I've never heard of these AFL-CIO guys.[/QUOTE] AFL-CIO is an umbrella group representing over 10 million workers and effectively is the main pressure group on the behalf of unionised workers. It is the equivalent of the TUC in Britain.

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;50534228]Trump may appeal to some of the white working class (it's evident that he does to some extent), but on what planet would a Republican CEO ever expect to win the endorsement of a federation of trade unions?[/QUOTE] -snip- oh wait that's normal Trump.

[QUOTE=OmniConsUme;50534264]Trump Apparently Did and had a panic attack detailed in the article.[/QUOTE] It doesnt say shit about trump having any type of panic attack in the article... what article are you reading. Trump is mentioned twice. Once for denouncing trade deals, and the other against his voting-pull

[QUOTE=FlashMarsh;50534243]AFL-CIO is an umbrella group representing over 10 million workers and effectively is the main pressure group on the behalf of unionised workers. It is the equivalent of the TUC in Britain.[/QUOTE] Just because the CEO endorses Clinton doesn't mean the ten million do

[QUOTE=redBadger;50534537]Just because the CEO endorses Clinton doesn't mean the ten million do[/QUOTE] I never said that they did... doesn't mean it isn't a useful endorsement. Large numbers of union members in the UK vote Conservative but all the unions (barring some wacky left-wing ones) endorse Labour. However, the union endorsement is still helpful as a signal, because it does have some influence over some union members, and because often money for campaigning comes with it.

[QUOTE=FlashMarsh;50534551]I never said that they did... doesn't mean it isn't a useful endorsement. Large numbers of union members in the UK vote Conservative but all the unions (barring some wacky left-wing ones) endorse Labour. However, the union endorsement is still helpful as a signal, because it does have some influence over some union members, and because often money for campaigning comes with it.[/QUOTE] Apparently Labor endorsement's in USA require a majority of the union support. So that is good news

While normally this would be tremendous news, I remember reading a good deal a few months ago about how union leaders where having a hard time keeping their members from voting Trump, I wonder if union members changed their mind in the wake of Orlando and because Trump isn't talking about trade nearly as much as he did in the first half of the primaries.

[QUOTE=Durandal;50536269]While normally this would be tremendous news, I remember reading a good deal a few months ago about how union leaders where having a hard time keeping their members from voting Trump, I wonder if union members changed their mind in the wake of Orlando and because Trump isn't talking about trade nearly as much as he did in the first half of the primaries.[/QUOTE] Since then there is no evidence of them going to trump, there is a handful of them backing Bernie though. in the rust belt at least. Also: the working class I keep mentioning, Isn't mostly white anymore, What the GOP and Trump think think "white working class" is, that is no longer true, it has become as diverse as the electorate.

The AFL-CIO always supports democrats. This is totally expected.

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[QUOTE=OmniConsUme;50534719]Apparently Labor endorsement's in USA require a majority of the union support. So that is good news[/QUOTE] Not necessarily, it depends on the union, though many do usually do that. Back in February Sanders was taking endorsements from Union workers even as the union itself endorsed Clinton, I know the teachers union of my state requires a vote

[QUOTE=OmniConsUme;50534098]Trump thought he was going to get this one and had a panic attack, [URL="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/clinton-wins-endorsement-afl-cio-39905440"]http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/clinton-wins-endorsement-afl-cio-39905440[/URL][/QUOTE] Its funny that internal polls of those unions have most people backing sanders or trump... but they still endorse hillary The unions that are internally democratic almost unanimously endorsed bernie, and some trump although im not sure.

[QUOTE=OmniConsUme;50534719]Apparently Labor endorsement's in USA require a majority of the union support. So that is good news[/QUOTE] LOL. They may have "union" support, but that doesn't mean they do what the workers want. I work in a plant where everyone is union (except for us because we are an engineering sub-contractor). I talk to these guys every day. I work with them. The actual workers they are supposed to "represent" don't actually get any say in the matter. That's all decided by the higher up union people.

In the USA the unions that could not be controlled by the capitalists were destroyed, the others infiltrated and turned into puppets to further drown the 'fair' unions in bad criticism