Unions Planning Futile P.R. Effort

It's too late, unions, but go ahead and waste your member's money:

Union leaders plan to launch a multimillion dollar campaign to boost the image of government workers and fend off pay cuts, benefit rollbacks and other anti-union measures in states under fiscal siege.

The scope of the effort is unusual in a non-election year, and it signals a growing concern that unions could lose significant clout in states where the political climate has changed with Republicans in control in many legislatures.

Other states where unions plan to focus include those where organized labor traditionally has wielded power, such as Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.

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[The AFL-CIO's Naomi] Walker said unions plan to get their message out with phone banks, public rallies, and stepped-up lobbying efforts in at least a dozen state legislatures.

The unions will not be able to "P.R." their way back into favor because the states simply can no longer afford them and their golden perks and retirement packages. They don't have the political clout they used to have, and taxpayers are no longer willing to put up with union workers who spend their time doing everything but working.

The days when unions ruled these states is over.