{"id":144,"date":"2011-09-10T21:44:09","date_gmt":"2011-09-10T21:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/?p=144"},"modified":"2011-09-10T21:44:09","modified_gmt":"2011-09-10T21:44:09","slug":"%e2%80%98sobs-united%e2%80%99-tea-party-members-protest-hoffa-union-worker-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/%e2%80%98sobs-united%e2%80%99-tea-party-members-protest-hoffa-union-worker-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcSOBs United\u00e2\u20ac\u2122: Tea Party Members Protest Hoffa Union Worker Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posted on September 10, 2011 by <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theblaze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/userphoto\/madeleinemorgenstern.thumbnail.jpg?resize=17%2C17\" alt=\"Madeleine Morgenstern\" width=\"17\" height=\"17\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/blog\/author\/madeleinemorgenstern\" rel=\"author\" target=\"_self\">Madeleine Morgenstern<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.komonews.com\/news\/local\/129568108.html?embed\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Teamsters President James Hoffa led a rally of union members in Puyallup, Wash. Friday, but was also met with some local Tea Party opposition protesting his \u00e2\u20ac\u0153<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/lets-take-these-son-of-bitches-out-teamster-president-hoffa-calls-for-war-on-tea-party-at-obama-labor-day-event\/\" target=\"_self\">son of a bitches<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Labor Day remark.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skyvalleychronicle.com\/BREAKING-NEWS\/HOFFA-LEADS-TEAMSTERS-WITH-RALLY-CRY-br-Stop-the-war-on-workers-766270\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Valley Chronicle<\/a>, Hoffa was in town to support grocery warehouse workers fighting for a new contract. The Teamsters want the Fred Meyer distribution center to subsidize their health care premiums.<\/p>\n<p>Workers chanted \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Teamster power!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and waved signs that read, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Quality health care now!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d A Fred Meyer spokeswoman said the Teamsters\u00e2\u20ac\u02dc health plan doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t meet new standards.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153No incentives for being healthy, for being involved in your healthcare, for taking care of yourself,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the spokeswoman said.<\/p>\n<p>When Hoffa spoke, he condemned Fred Meyer for its \u00e2\u20ac\u0153organized effort against organized labor,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and repeated part of his anti-Tea Party refrain, declaring its members are waging a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153war on workers\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and trying to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153crush unions.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Hoffa, who <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/no-regrets-hoffa-defends-sons-of-bitches-speech-before-obama-address\/\" target=\"_self\">repeatedly<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/jimmy-hoffa-to-msnbcs-ed-schultz-gop-trying-to-take-food-out-of-the-mouth-of-working-people\/\" target=\"_self\">defended<\/a> his comments this week, told local media outlets he is still \u00e2\u20ac\u0153very proud of what [he] said\u00e2\u20ac\u009d on Labor Day.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Anytime someone tries to take away the rights of Americans for collective bargaining, anyone trying to take away Social Security, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll call them names anytime I want,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Hoffa told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.komonews.com\/news\/local\/129568108.html\" target=\"_blank\">KOMO News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Leon Donahue was one of those on hand nearby from the Washington Tea Party Movement to protest Hoffa.<\/p>\n<p>Tea Party members waved American flags and held signs proclaiming their collective \u00e2\u20ac\u0153SOB\u00e2\u20ac\u009d title.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m opposed to a man who is supposed to be dignified and so powerful calling us sons of bitches,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Donahue said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_134905\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=134905\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-134905\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"TP1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theblaze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/TP1.jpg?resize=484%2C451\" alt=\"\" width=\"484\" height=\"451\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Members of the Washington Tea Party Movement picket Hoffa&#8217;s rally. (Photo via of Facebook)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=134904\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-134904\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"TP protest\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theblaze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/TP-protest.jpg?resize=482%2C277\" alt=\"\" width=\"482\" height=\"277\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=134910\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-134910\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"TP2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theblaze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/TP2.jpg?resize=476%2C289\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"289\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/sobs-united-tea-party-members-protest-hoffa-union-worker-rally\/\">http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/sobs-united-tea-party-members-protest-hoffa-union-worker-rally\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted on September 10, 2011 by Madeleine Morgenstern Teamsters President James Hoffa led a rally of union members in Puyallup, Wash. 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