IBEW Union fires back at Bird-Brained Bernie

[Brian4Liberty]

PG&E Union Warns Bernie Sanders Against ‘Bird-Brained’ State Takeover

PG&E Corp.’s biggest union is pushing back against Bernie Sanders’ criticism of the embattled California power company, claiming the senator and presidential candidate supports a $100 billion state takeover of the utility.

The campaign by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1245 follows a new Sanders ad in California last week that blasted PG&E for sparking the deadly wildfires that pushed it into bankruptcy last year.
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In local newspaper ads slated to run Tuesday, the union describes a state seizure of PG&E a “bird-brained idea” that would lead to higher energy rates and wouldn’t guarantee that PG&E operates in a safer manner.

“Senator Sanders, you are just plain wrong on this,” Tom Dalzell, business manager for the union, says in a video ad posted Tuesday. “Publicly-owned utilities are capable of greatness. But they are also capable of bad management and bad luck, just the same as investor-owned utilities.”
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More: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...d-brained-e2-80-99-state-takeover/ar-BB107wmO

 

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[Brian4Liberty]

And it looks like their video is no longer available. Wonder if there was an internal debate over that, or if YouTube censored them?

Here’s another statement from the Union that doesn’t mention Sanders.

Our union opposes spending billions of dollars to take over PG&E because it will hurt our workers and San Francisco residents.

Our union, IBEW 1245 (the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) represents most of the union workers at PG&E along with 23 other California public electric utilities. We do not at all oppose public ownership in principle. We oppose the City of San Francisco spending billions of dollars to take over PG&E for a number of reasons.

First, that $6 billion should go toward higher priorities – like addressing homelessness, improving transportation and building affordable housing. Our members live and work here too – and we all deserve a well-run city. This takeover will make San Francisco worse, not better.

Second, the City of San Francisco and particularly the city’s Public Utility Commission have a long history of playing politics with their own power agency and they are not always very respectful of the role of unions in making sure workers are protected.

Third, our union was founded nearly a century ago to protect the safety of our workers and the public. This can be a very dangerous job – and we take safety very seriously. We just don’t trust the people who can’t make the buses run on time, can’t clean the streets, can’t permit or build enough housing and can’t do other jobs to always pay attention to what we do and make sure we have the tools and support to do it safely.
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https://sfprioritycheck.com/why-we-oppose/

 

[Warlord]

YouTube censorship is getting out of control. I'm tired of posting videos that disappear and having to find a new source. It's like a game of chicken.