{"id":10722,"date":"2014-09-12T09:57:57","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T13:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10722"},"modified":"2014-09-12T09:57:57","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T13:57:57","slug":"unions-sitting-election-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=10722","title":{"rendered":"Unions sitting election out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Governor Cuomo’s<\/a> problems are not<\/a> over even though the primary is:<\/p>\n

“… PEF<\/a> is joining several other unions in sitting out the general election, declining to pick a favorite between the Democratic ticket and the Republicans, Astorino<\/a> and his running mate, Chemung County Sheriff Chris Moss<\/a>.\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t foresee that the Public Employees Federation will do an endorsement in the general election,\u201d union President Susan Kent said … Four years ago, PEF broke ranks with its fellow public sector unions \u2013 CSEA<\/a> and NYSUT<\/a> \u2013 and backed Cuomo for governor.\u00a0 This time around, Cuomo is running without the support of all three, and he doesn\u2019t have the backing of the AFL-CIO<\/a>, either.\u00a0 Kent said the union\u2019s focus will now move to contract negotiation preparation, noting that PEF has to return to the bargaining table next year \u2013 a year ahead of its fellow public sector unions …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Unions are the backbone of the Democrat Party.\u00a0 If they aren’t planning on showing up, who exactly is going to vote for Cuomo?<\/p>\n