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

By Michael Barone

Published October 20, 2013 4:00am ET

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Unions turn on Obamacare, but don’t call them hypocrites — Terry O'Sullivan, president of the Laborers International Union, said he wanted Affordable Care Act "fixed, fixed, fixed" and, if not, "then I believe it needs to be repealed."

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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