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Related: About this forumNew Pritzker TV ad disses Biss' labor record
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Today, the Pritzker campaign concludes its new series with a new TV ad, highlighting where Dan Biss campaign rhetoric is at odds with his record. Dan Biss says hes a proven progressive, but hes had the lowest lifetime rating of any Senate Democrat from the Illinois AFL-CIO. Lets check the record.
Dan Biss has taken a number of votes to reduce worker benefits and limit collective bargaining rights, earning him a dismal 21% rating from the Illinois AFL-CIO in 2012 and the lowest lifetime rating among Senate Democrats. Biss votes include cutting pension benefits from 467,000 teachers and nurses, stripping healthcare from over 80,000 retirees, and weakening collective bargaining rights for some public employees.
Dan Biss has voted against the interests of working people throughout his career and earned the lowest lifetime rating from the Illinois AFL-CIO of any Senate Democrat, said Pritzker communications director Galia Slayen. When you check the record, its clear that hardworking Illinoisans know they cant trust Biss to stand up for them.
Dan Biss has taken a number of votes to reduce worker benefits and limit collective bargaining rights, earning him a dismal 21% rating from the Illinois AFL-CIO in 2012 and the lowest lifetime rating among Senate Democrats. Biss votes include cutting pension benefits from 467,000 teachers and nurses, stripping healthcare from over 80,000 retirees, and weakening collective bargaining rights for some public employees.
Dan Biss has voted against the interests of working people throughout his career and earned the lowest lifetime rating from the Illinois AFL-CIO of any Senate Democrat, said Pritzker communications director Galia Slayen. When you check the record, its clear that hardworking Illinoisans know they cant trust Biss to stand up for them.
Read more: https://capitolfax.com/2018/02/21/new-pritzker-tv-ad-disses-biss-labor-record/
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New Pritzker TV ad disses Biss' labor record (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Feb 2018
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Read this is true for 2012 but in subsequent years Biss's relationship with labor greatly improved
Freethinker65
Feb 2018
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hedda_foil
(16,503 posts)1. The question is whether it's true.
Freethinker65
(11,139 posts)2. Read this is true for 2012 but in subsequent years Biss's relationship with labor greatly improved
Interesting that Pritzker feels the need to go directly after Biss. I have also noticed a questionable anti-Biss .net domain name link that has appeared on my little used FB page.
I am still undecided about the primary.
TeapotInATempest
(804 posts)3. Me too.
The Pritzker camp is really going after Biss hard, it seems. I think they thought they had the nomination all sewn up and then Biss started polling well.