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2012
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The labor media is finally taking notice of just how anti-union the Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC) are thanks to Mitt Romney?s now-public allegiance to the big business lobby. The ABC has endorsed Romney in the GOP primary.
The ABC?s well-funded and constant attack on construction unions is old news in Building Trades circles but has caught the eye of prominent labor writers (oxymoron?) in this highly publicized election cycle. People?s World covered Romney?s recent speech to the Associated Builders & Contractors in which he thanked them for their endorsement:
Romney addressed the ABC board, thanking them for their backing. His opposition to project labor agreements won him a standing ovation ? which surprised him-from the anti-worker, anti-union group.
?The election of Mitt Romney as president is a top priority for the commercial and industrial construction industry and the millions of Americans it employs,? said 2012 ABC Chairman Eric Regelin, an Ellicott City, Md., contractor. ?He has articulated a clear position on issues important to ABC members, including opposing federally mandated project labor agreements, returning the National Labor Relations Board to a neutral arbiter of labor disputes and supporting the free-market, merit shop philosophy.?
The ABC endorsement came just a day after the former Massachusetts Governor?s polling fell in Michigan, but it is difficult to tell whether it had an impact on Romney?s victory in the state. What is certain is that the ABC, which claims to represent non-union contractors but in fact has as members every type of business from car dealerships to restaurants, has been a major contributor to Romney?s campaign and his Super PAC:
And the former GOP Massachusetts governor and venture capitalist again defended his call to let the Detroit Three auto companies go bankrupt when the economy collapsed in 2008. He denounced their rescue, through federal loans, as another case where Obama ?bows to special interests, in this case, union interests.?
Romney?s latest federal campaign finance report shows contractors as a group had given his campaign $483,100 out of the $62 million he had raised as of Jan. 31. That sum does not include money given to the ?Campaign for a Working America,? the Romney-affiliated SuperPAC, which legally keeps its contributors hidden.
Romney also made an Arizona campaign stop at a separate ABC gathering.
For more on Romney?s recent anti-union construction sector tom foolery click here and .
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