Below is an emailing I got from the
International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
I already voted in the poll, and posted my own comments.
My comment is under most recent on page 24.
Please vote, and add your own comments to that page.
I was also unable to open the link for the NY Times article.
Fight back against an anti-union smear of the Teamsters! Take this
AOL poll and help us stop the lies being spread about the Teamsters, North America's most powerful labor union.
Yesterday, conservative blogger John Hinderaker asked the following question in an
AOL poll
What do you think of Barack Obama's private promise to end strict federal oversight of the Teamsters Union?
- It's a corrupt bargain
- I don't like it, but that's politics
- It's of no concern
Tell AOL's readers it's of no concern. Why? Because this bogus allegation made by anti-union forces was debunked by the NY Times and other journalists nearly two months ago. However, Hinderaker never mentions the fact that there was no "private promise," or that other presidential candidates presented the union with similar opinions.
There's no question, our great union should be free from government oversight. But based on shoddy reporting, a majority of poll respondents disagree. It's up to us to
set the record straight.