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SEANC-SEIU : NC State Employees, Socialists by Proxy?
By Bubba on Aug 13, 2009 | In SEANC-SEIU | 9 feedbacks »
NC State employees, did you surrender your morals, ethics, integrity and patriotism when you signed up as an employee of the state of North Carolina? Although it was 32 years ago, and my memory aint quite what it used to be, I’m still pretty sure I didn’t trade my soul for state employment. When I joined the State Employees Association, I did just that … joined an association. Not a union, but an association.
Now I find out that my association has voluntarily morphed into a union.
As state employees we should be concerned about the various organizations that claim to represent us and speak for us. The organization that assumes that role most often is the State Employees Association.
The SEANC has been particularly busy speaking for us lately. However I, for one, do not appreciate the message being delivered in my name. The SEANC has been protesting against Blue Cross, Blue Shield in an attempt to portray our insurance provider as evil, rich corporate pirates. They have also been demonstrating in support of the President's proposed Universal Health Care program, or as I call it: the Socialist HELLth Scare Scam.
On July 9, 2009 while counter-protesting MoveOn.org reps at the office of Senator Hagan, we witnessed employees of SEANC (wearing SEANC logo'ed shirts) standing with the communist funded, anti-Americans of MoveOn.org.
On Friday, July 24, I found out that SEANC had again staged a demonstration on Salisbury St in Raleigh to endorse the Health Care bill. This demonstration was reported as being staged by state employees. According to News14 (Businesses, workers focus on health care reform), "North Carolina state employees protested outside the downtown Raleigh Sheraton hotel where health care executives were discussing their thoughts about the progress of the national health care reform."
The article quotes Brad Crone, regional director of the Healthcare Leadership Council, as saying his group agrees with Obama about the need for national healthcare reform. But they believe it should be driven by the private sector and there should not be a government-run option.
Bob Greczyn, the CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, agreed that a public health plan is not necessary ... having a public health option would not mean having the same quality of care. "When you put a government plan in that's not going to compete on a level playing field with the private market, we believe that will destabilize the market,"
Then the article says that "having a public health plan is what the State Employees Association of North Carolina has been rallying for"
I have been studying up on SEANC and their affiliations, goals and political actions. Did you know that as of May 3, 2008, the SEANC is affiliated with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU)?
SEIU is one of the largest labor unions in America and gives millions of dollars to Democratic lawmakers and politicians who promote government expansion and higher taxes.
Your Association is a now a union, a part of the largest union of service employees and an unapologetic supporter of America's first socialist president. Not only that, but SEANC employees seem to harbor some affection for the members of MoveOn.org, as though they’re kin – of the same flavor of politics, if you will.
Before I dig further into the SEIU compost heap, there’s a couple of things you should know about MoveOn.org, other than the fact that it’s founded, funded and led by self-admitted communists:
MoveOn and their fellow anti-war (translate to anti-America) radical activists performed every detestable act known to force America’s loss of the Iraq war. In December 2007 they pressured Dhimmicrats in congress to filibuster a spending bill that included money for the military to sustain the war effort in Iraq.
In essence, they demanded that our government throw our soldiers, unarmed, unfed, unclothed to the enemy.
On September 10, 2007 MoveOn.org ran a full-page ad in the New York times accusing General Patraeus of “cooking the books for the White House” while labeling him a traitor. They made the argument that "Iraq is mired in an unwinnable religious civil war.”
MoveOn was wrong, the war was winnable, proven by the fact that it is now won. Patraeus is a hero.
But has MoveOn backed off those lies? Have they apologized?
On the contrary they still affirm and stand by their lies.
But enough about MoveOn traitors. There’s plenty of evidence to justify labeling them thusly, but that’s a post for another day. Let’s get back to SEIU traitors.
SEIU, the Service Employees International Union
One of the largest labor unions in America, gives millions of dollars to Democratic lawmakers and politicians who promote government expansion and higher taxes.
SEIU represents more immigrant workers than any other union in the United States.
The Service Employees International Union spent $30,816,092 in independent expenditures in support of Barack Obama and as early as January 2008 officially endorsed the Obama campaign
SEIU fights legislation to mandate the E-Verify system that is used by employers to verify whether or not prospective employees are Americans, or at least legal. I.E., a system that facilitates enforcement of the law.
SEIU condemns what they refer to as the “military coup that resulted in the illegal ouster of democratically-elected President Manuel Zelaya ”
Which is, of course, a total lie.
The current president of the SEIU is Andrew Stern, one of many radical union organizers who came out of the Midwest Academy* . In an interview with the LA Sun in May 2009, Stern boasted "We spent a fortune to elect Barack Obama — $60.7 million to be exact — and we're proud of it,"
The 2-million-member union, which represents both government and private service employees, proudly claimed that its workers "knocked on 1.87 million doors, made 4.4 million phone calls and sent more than 2.5 million pieces of mail in support of Obama."
Through a series of local chapter takeovers and bully campaigns to destroy the reputation of executives who refuse to submit to their will, Stern and his scandal-plagued lieutenants have consolidated low-skill service workers to create a 21st-century labor empire.
The ubiquitous Stern now enjoys a prominent seat at the table of every major policy discussion at the White House, including economic recovery and health care radicalization.
SEIU's enforcers have set aside $10 million to un-elect any of its political beneficiaries who abandon their pledges to do the union's legislative bidding. The campaign money was raised by slapping an extra $6-per-member fee on top of regular dues payments — and funneled straight to the union's political action committee.
(~~ via IBDeditorials: Labor's Investment In Obama Pays Off ~~ )
On July 24, I got a call from a fellow State Employee telling me that the SEANC had again demonstrated and publicly endorsed Social Hellth Care in my name. Since my work place is only a couple of miles from the SEANC headquarters in Raleigh, I decided it was time to go there and make known my displeasure with their actions.
I entered the lobby, which was filled with SEANC people (there was a big board meeting going on). I asked to speak with Mr. Dana Cope but only got his assistant. Good enough. I told her and everyone in the lobby that as a 32 years state employee and member of the association, I was not pleased with the SEANC's public endorsement of a socialist program that I did not believe in ... and a few other things.
I demanded that Cope contact me to acknowledge receipt of my message. That acknowledgement came via email the next Monday.
From Cope:
I am tied up in meetings all day today and tonight. I understand you wanted to tell me that you do not support the seanc stand supporting president obamas health insurance reform plan.
You should know that our convention delegates have been consistently on record voting for me to speak out for universal heath insurance for all americans for the last 5 years.
Approximately 1000 seanc member delegates which are elected by the over 52000 members have overwhelmingly voted to support the health insurance reform plan. Recently we polled a sampling of our members and over 78 percent support president obamas reform plan.
So I do, indeed, speak for all seanc members on this issue as I have been directed by my bosses (our elected 60 member seanc board of governors). If you don't like the official seanc position you can work with your district chair within dot and have your views known.
In turn your district chair can bring them up to our board of governors to discuss if they deem appropriate. Our board instructs me on the public policy statements that they wish for me to speak on as one voice to the public for all of seanc.
Your other option is to discontinue your membership in seanc if you do not like what seanc stands for.
Seanc firmly stands in support of president obama's health insurance reform plan.
Either way I wish you well and offer thanks for your work in dot on behalf of all North Carolinian's.
My response:
Mr. Cope,
I asked for acknowledgement that you had received my message, and I have that. However, make note that the message was not only do I not support Obama's plan, which is nothing more than rehash of decades old liberal-socialist strategy - but that I will not tolerate the SEANC speaking for and in the name of state employees in general.
52,000 members is barely half of the total. What percentage of those 52,000 are not aware that they are now part of a union? A union still masquerading as an association. How many will retain their membership after becoming aware of the true nature of their parent union, SEIU?
I fully intend to discontinue my membership, but not just yet. I am assuming, perhaps naively, that as a member my voice is still heard. So I think I'll hang around a while, I don't think I've said all I have to say.
For the record,
True reform would come in the form of identifying and reversing the causes of the depreciation of the system. The cause is government; government meddling and government refusal to curtail the elements that drag the system down. The insurance industry is not the culprit to be punished.
The system will not be reformed by the same government that is responsible for its' downgrade. A system is not reformed by crippling it, and remodeling it after other systems that have already failed - miserably (France, Britain and Canada's socialist programs).
A system cannot be fixed by the same government that broke it.
Ross McDowell
SEANC Union Reps confronted by state employees over affiliation with SEIU and other socialist organizations.
REFERENCE
Educate Yourself
» SEIU Front Group Declares War On Tea Party Patriots
» SEIU bosses throw union members to the wolves
» SEIU Crashes Private EFCA Event...Meanwhile, Members Pensions Failing
» Finances of charity run by SEIU official scrutinized
» The Obama White House Calls in the Cavalry
» More SEIU scandals for union leadership to ignore
» Know Your Unions: SEIU
» How Socialist Unions Rule the Democratic Party
» Who's Behind the Immigration Rallies? (March, 2006)
Latino organizations did not act alone. The media has failed to report that organized labor directed the illegals and minors. The L.A. Times revealed the rally’s “security” was handled by a union identified only as “Local 1877.” That would be local 1877 of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the far-Left union founded by New Left radical Andrew Stern, which called for the withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Iraq in June 2004 and worked in concert with Ted Kennedy to roll back anti-terrorist Homeland Security measures. According to the L.A. Times, the SEIU’s goons kindly helped “herd marchers along the route.” That was not the extent of SEIU’s help, though. The union also “coordinated the more than 100 buses that dropped off marchers from throughout California, Las Vegas and a few Southwestern cities.”
» Obama-file 14 Socialist Led Mega-Union Backs Barack Obama
Their intention is to use union money, muscle and manpower to move the US government further down the socialist road.
» SEIU backs the IMMIGRANT WORKERS FREEDOM RIDE COALITION
The IMMIGRANT WORKERS FREEDOM RIDE COALITION, according to their own website
- Supports expanded rights and civil liberties protections for illegal immigrants
- Seeks the dissolution of U.S. borders
- Opposes the War in Iraq and the Patriot Act
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9 comments
Can you help spread the word to the folks around the Triad area to come out to the Recess Rally at Governmental Plaza in downtown Greensboro on Saturday, August 22 from 12-2 ?
Thanks!
The counter organization will need to be organized state employees, like you and myself, getting the word out to fellow employees.
Do that. Contact other state employees. Tell them what is happening, point them to this article, if necessary.
Contribute to the knowledge base of this article. When you find damning evidence, make sure it gets out. You can mail links directly to me, or add them here as comments.
When enough state employees are aware, the protests will be automatic.
Do you know if there is something in the NC government procedures which limits employees from taking part in unions? I was thinking today that since SEANC is now a part of SEIU, that means they are more or less directly supporting Obama. The state allows for SEANC representatives to go to functions without taking annual leave, gives mileage compensation and allows use of state vehicles, so now is the state is supporting union action and the present administration?
As to Dana Cope one only has to look at the OSP site of pay raises to notice that since he came to SEANC our raises have gone down. Is he the true Cause and Effect, IDK but it stands out.
We need an alternative organizatin that can represent the State Employees and not the Socialist movement that is Andy Stern and SEIU.
Roy Owenby
Comment again please, so we can see the other half of your ignorance.
The Nazis were socialist.
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