pursue an agenda which happens to be associated with the interest of people that donated hundreds of millions of dollars to his campaign, it is something we cannot abide. so romney doesn t agree with the agenda of organized labor, but he s fine with the agendas of his biggest donors. romney has said he would repeal the dodd/frank financial reform act because of its regulations on wall street final firms. washington post reported the largest corporate sources of money for romney are mostly finance industry leaders including morgan stanley and the bank of america. goldman sachs employees have given nearly a quarter of a million dollars in contributions. let s bring in larry cowen, president of the communication workers of america. mr. cowen, good to have you with us tonight. i want you to address right now, do members of a union, are they forced to give their dues to political campaigns? because it seems like this is what mr. romney is out there saying. yeah, absolutely not.
unions. first it was his campaign s new web ad depicting union protests in missouri as a tax on small business. then it was his speech at a boeing facility in south carolina where he said he would outlaw unions from making campaign donations using member dues. we have no problem with unions. unions can be productive and helpful in keeping enterprises successful and thriving. when a president runs over the principles of democracy to pursue an agenda which happens to be associated with the interest of people that donated hundreds of millions of dollars to his campaign, it is something we cannot abide. so romney doesn t agree with the agenda of organized labor, but he s fine with the agendas of his biggest donors. romney has said he would repeal the dodd/frank financial reform act because of its regulations on wall street final firms. washington post reported the largest corporate sources of money for romney are mostly finance industry leaders