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(Reuters) - Solidarity, the trade union movement which led the Polish struggle against Communist rule, distanced itself on Monday from a visit to Poland by U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney, saying he supported attacks on unions in his own country.
Romney was in Poland on the third and final leg of a foreign tour aimed at burnishing his foreign policy credentials and demonstrating that he would be a viable alternative to U.S. President Barack Obama on the world stage.
Romney visited the Baltic port of Gdansk, cradle of Solidarity which toppled Poland's Communist government in the late 1980s, where he met Lech Walesa, the shipyard electrician who led the union movement during that struggle.
"Regretfully, we were informed by our friends from the American headquarters of (trade union federation) AFL-CIO, which represents more than 12 million employees ... that Mitt Romney supported attacks on trade unions and employees' rights," Solidarity said in a statement.
"Solidarity was not involved in organizing Romney's meeting with Walesa and did not invite him to visit Poland."
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/30/us-usa-romney-poland-idUSBRE86T0W820120730
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He's f-ed up every visit so far. Dude, get the message - they hate you! He's going 3 for 3.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)arely staircase
(12,482 posts)Proud of my union today! Solidarity indeed!
spanone
(135,859 posts)"Solidarity was not involved in organizing Romney's meeting with Walesa and did not invite him to visit Poland."
longship
(40,416 posts)#romneyshambles indeed
He's leaving in tatters.
This is mind boggling. Could this have gone more counter to his intentions.
DCKit
(18,541 posts)riverwalker
(8,694 posts)Smilo
(1,944 posts)but hates unions and wants to destroy unions in this country. (Shame on Walesa for meeting with rmoney)
Romney was with Bush on bringing "democracy" to other countries and here was a union that did that in Poland - wonder how the conversation went......
R "Good to be here in a land of democracy"
W "Yes, thanks to my brothers and sisters we made it so"
R "Oh, you are Mormon then?"
W "Er, no - my brothers and sisters in the unions"
R - looking pale and shaken "well must go... Ann's horse is due to participate in her competition"