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| − | [[David Bonior]] has connections to the radical Washington D.C. "think tank" Institute for Policy Studies.<ref>http://www.farmworkers.org/let-mofi.html</ref> | + | [[David Bonior]] has connections to the radical Washington D.C. "think tank" Institute for Policy Studies.<ref>http://www.farmworkers.org/let-mofi.html</ref> He has also been involved in the [[Democratic Socialists of America]]. |
Bonior was touted as a likely Obama Labor Secretary but withdrew his name from contention. Obama then delegated Bonior, a member of his Transition Economic Advisory Board, to broker a re-unification of the US labor movement, bringing the [[Change To Win]] grouping and the [[AFL-CIO]] back together under one banner<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/us/politics/20web-bonior.html?_r=1&emc=eta1</ref>. | Bonior was touted as a likely Obama Labor Secretary but withdrew his name from contention. Obama then delegated Bonior, a member of his Transition Economic Advisory Board, to broker a re-unification of the US labor movement, bringing the [[Change To Win]] grouping and the [[AFL-CIO]] back together under one banner<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/us/politics/20web-bonior.html?_r=1&emc=eta1</ref>. | ||
Revision as of 04:59, 17 February 2010
Radical and Controversial Appointments made by the Obama administration.
David Bonior
David Bonior has connections to the radical Washington D.C. "think tank" Institute for Policy Studies.[1] He has also been involved in the Democratic Socialists of America.
Bonior was touted as a likely Obama Labor Secretary but withdrew his name from contention. Obama then delegated Bonior, a member of his Transition Economic Advisory Board, to broker a re-unification of the US labor movement, bringing the Change To Win grouping and the AFL-CIO back together under one banner[2].
According to the RBO blog[3];
- The NYT’s David Greenhouse reported that, on January 7, the union presidents first met with Bonior, a member of Obama’s economic transition team...Bonior helped “arrange and oversee” the meeting.
- The union presidents issued their joint call after the transition team for President-elect Barack Obama signaled that it would prefer dealing with a united movement, rather than a fractured one that often had two competing voices.
Rosa Brooks
Carol Browner
Heather Higginbottom
Patrick Gaspard
Kevin Jennings
Van Jones
Mark Lloyd
Samantha Power
Ron Bloom
When Presient Obama came into office, Ron bloom became an aide to Rattner at the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry. When Rattner resigned after just five months, Bloom took over as car czar.
In September 2009 Bloom accepted a new position overseeing manufacturing policy for the Obama administration.
Bloom said his decision to join the administration was, in part, the product of a broader sense of engagement and desire to improve the world, which he developed in his Habonim years.
- “That’s part of what I try to do in my work life...That’s one of the things that made me want to work for Obama.”[4]