Ten years ago Willard Mitt Romney loved unions. Today, he hates them.
In 2002, while running for Governor of Massachusetts, the Romney campaign distributed materials that read, “it’s more important than ever for union members to work together with state government to promote economic development and job opportunities.”
Contrast that with Mitt’s 2008 Let Detroit Go Bankrupt New York Times editorial where he blames “insurmountable labor and retiree burdens,” as a reason for GM’s downturn. He advocated for the Auto Industry to go under so GM could “shed excess labor, pension and real estate costs.” (Read layoffs.) “Detroit needs a turnaround, not a check,” he adds.
He’s out bashing labor today in Michigan, saying he’d be “happy” to take on union bosses. He claims the reason Obama bailed out the auto industry was because he got “hundreds of millions” from labor bosses during his campaign so Obama is “paying them back in every way he knows how.”
That didn’t stop Tea Party member and Union Conservatives President Terry Bowman from calling Mitt “pro-worker, pro-union worker friendly,” today. He must have been referring to 2000’s Romney.









