Unions turn on Obamacare, but don’t call them hypocrites

Published October 20, 2013 4:00am ET



It’s not just Republicans who are unhappy with Obamacare. Labor union leaders have been complaining too.

In July, the presidents of the Teamsters, UFCWU and UNITE-HERE (combined membership: 2.9 million) wrote a letter to congressional Democrats saying that Obamacare will “destroy the very health and well-being of our members along with millions of other working Americans.”

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