Wednesday, April 19, 2006

An Enemy of the Working Poor

Hillary's good friend Donna Shalala, former Clinton administration HHS Secretary is in trouble.

Currently serving as the President of the University of Miami, Shalala has been branded as a "union buster". Even though she gave the striking janitors health coverage and increased their wages, through the university's subcontractor, they want her to force their employer to recognize the SEIU as their representative, though less than half the workers have signed on.

And the campus Episcopal chaplain has called her "an enemy of the working poor". To add insult to injury, strikers have gotten very personal in their attacks, even accusing Shalala's dog, "Sweetie" of CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION. The NY Times:
The supporters of unionization have rarely missed an opportunity to contrast Dr. Shalala's life with those of the janitors. Most make less than $17,000 a year, while she earns $516,904 a year, lives in the university's 9,000-square-foot presidential residence, and has a 29-foot motorboat and a dog, Sweetie, that has four dog beds.
Since Sweetie is obviously too pampered, maybe Donna should call on her buddy Hillary for backup. Here they are together, in happier times.

And who else is yukking it up? Oh yeah, it's Craig Livingstone. Remember him? He has some experience that could be useful. Story and photo courtesy of World Net Daily here.

Is that Rosie too?

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