Labor Unions in a Snit Over Dems 2012 Convention in Charlotte

I had an item the other day on the "union-free Democrat Convention", and now the unions, which pour millions into Democrat coffers every year, are getting the vapors:

In picking North Carolina as the site of their 2012 convention, Democrats didn’t just pick a state that’s relatively unfriendly to unions. They picked the least unionized state in the entire country.

It was a stinging rebuke to one of the Democratic Party’s most loyal and influential constituencies. And labor leaders are fuming at the slight.

The selection was “a calculated affront,” said Rick Sloan, communications director for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.

What’s worse, Sloan noted, the convention is set to begin on Mon., Sept. 3, 2012 — Labor Day.

“Going to a right-to-work state and starting a convention on Labor Day for the Democrats?” he said. “Wow. That’s quite the equation.”

Publicly, other than the Machinists, major unions have no official comment on the issue for now. The AFL-CIO, the Teamsters, the government workers union AFSCME, the hotel workers union UNITE HERE and other national unions all declined to comment for this article.

The unions have just become another special interest group that the Democrats have under such firm control they can treat them pretty much as they wish. Just ask gays or blacks how their almost unanimous support for Democrats has worked out for their communities.