https://pjmedia.com/tatler/2011/06/02/afl-cios-trumka-socialism-would-be-a-step-up-for-me/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 07:57:27 -0400<![CDATA[Everyone else is focusing fire on this article because, in it, AFL-CIO poobah Richard Trumka claims that unions just might withhold funds for Democrats next year. Yeah, sure they will. 95% of the article is a smokescreen for Trumka to try extorting even more out of Democrats than Big Labor already gets, and is a way to intimidate other Democrats into not doing what Democrats in Massachusetts are doing, namely, the same thing Republicans in Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana have already done. All this has nothing to do with &#8220;enthusiasm,&#8221; it&#8217;s just more union thuggery from the biggest union thug of them all.]]>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:03:54 -0400<![CDATA[Bryan Preston]]>https://pjmedia.com/bryan-preston-1/2011/06/02/afl-cios-trumka-socialism-would-be-a-step-up-for-me-n148129