Friday, November 04, 2005

Look for the union label ... somewhere else

(Via Oraculations) Peter Schweizer's new book, Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy has some fun facts about one of our favorite limousine liberals, Nancy Pelosi:
Staunch union supporter Rep. Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) has received the Cesar Chavez Award from the United Farmworkers Union. But the $25 million Northern California vineyard she and her husband own is a non-union shop.

The hypocrisy doesn't end there. Pelosi has received more money from the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees union than any other member of Congress in recent election cycles.

But the Pelosis own a large stake in an exclusive hotel in Rutherford, Calif. It has more than 250 employees. But none of them are in a union, according to Schweizer, author of "The Bushes: Portrait of a Dynasty" and a regular contributor to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and other periodicals.

The Pelosis are also partners in a restaurant chain called Piatti, which has 900 employees. The chain is – that's right, a non-union shop.
I guess being a leftoid princess means you're exempt from the usual union whine.