Marathon Pundit: Union boss threatens lawmakers on EFCA

There is quite a bit of demagoguery in this video where the secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, Richard Trumka, speaks about what is best for working people. Of course by "working people," Trumka is speaking about union members, who comprise just a sliver of Americans who earn a paycheck.

But Trumka saves the worst for last, as he threatens lawmakers:

...and if you stab us in the back on the Employee Free Choice Act, and health care, and a bunch of other things...don't you dare...don't you dare ask for our support next year or whenever you're running. We need people who stand up for workers.

About the Employee Free Choice Act: Under its current form--although there are rumors of a compromise--EFCA will take away workers rights to make their decision to join a union via a secret ballot.

Funny, EFCA's chief sponsor, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), issued a veiled threat against his fellow Democrat, Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, his possible removal from his committee chairmanship--by secret ballot.

As you'll read below, there's a lot more wrong with card check.

But let's return to Trumka. Here's what Jillian Bandes wrote last month for Townhall about the "champion of working people."

Trumka has been investigated for illegal union campaign fundraising practices, violated AFL-CIO rules by refusing to disclose where $150,000 worth of union dues went, and been a longtime advisor to Al Gore, despite the warnings from Charles LaBella, former chief Of the Justice Department's campaign finance task force that investigated Trumka:

If I were advising a candidate, I would advise him or her very strongly that this is not someone you want to embrace.