'Community groups' or union fronts?

by CalWatchdog Staff | January 8, 2010 1:32 pm

National Public Radio’s KPCC reported today that “community groups” are planning to protest the governor’s plan to slash pay for government employees[1]. It’s interesting to me that grassroots groups that ostensibly are there to help the poor are taking to the streets to stand up for some of the best-paid employees in the nation, and people who enjoy an amazing level of pension and other benefits. A slight rollback isn’t going to cause these mostly affluent folks to become poor. What gives? Well, check out the nature of these groups, which are more like union-allied organizations than actual community organizations. Check out SEIU involvement in the California Partnership[2], which is announcing the possible protests. The partnership is a “special project” of the Center for Community Change[3], whose board has three union officials on it. Then again, I doubt anyone will really pay much mind to such protests.

–Steven Greenhut

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