Obama the Slave Driver: Workers at Presidential Library Unionizing as Very Un-liberal Treatment by Obama’s Team Surfaces

Conservative News DailyOctober 9, 2026
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The article discusses a recent development where employees at the Barack Obama Presidential Center are attempting to unionize amid ongoing issues. Despite President Obama’s past support for unions-highlighted by his own remarks encouraging workers to join unions-those working at his presidential library cite grievances such as increased workloads, reduced benefits, stagnant pay, and high turnover. They have organized to join the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 31, opposing management’s reluctance and the foundation’s claims of support. The workers’ dissatisfaction is compounded by delays and financial troubles faced by the Center, including unpaid bills to contractors. Critics argue that the foundation’s supposed support for unions is disingenuous, citing Obama’s past statements advocating for worker rights and questioning the authenticity of the foundation’s current stance. The broader context suggests that unionization at the Center reflects frustrations with management rather than a genuine alignment with labor interests, and warns that such efforts could lead to ongoing management-labor conflicts.



Barack Obama’s own words are coming back to bite him.

The former Democratic president, who coasted to two campaign victories fueled by union support, has lionized organized labor in his public remarks.

He might be singing a different tune now that fed-up workers at his own presidential library are talking about unionizing themselves.

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, employees at the monstrous Barack Obama Presidential Center — also known as the “Death Star” — have launched a campaign to unionize the 4-month-old Chicago institution.

And their gripes might sound familiar to anyone who’s spent time in the working world outside unionized government labor.

“Amidst increasing workloads we have seen our benefits rolled back and support from leadership to be minimal,” the workers wrote in an open letter to colleagues seeking support for unionizing. “When we voice concerns we are met with vague responses, leading to uncertainty about our future with the foundation. Due to this unsustainable work environment, many of our skilled, passionate colleagues continue to leave, taking with them their institutional knowledge and expertise. The high turnover rate has contributed further to our overwhelming workloads and as a consequence, we struggle to perform our duties at the high standard to which we expect.”

The organizers then quoted Obama himself extolling the benefits of unions in a Labor Day letter in 2016 — the last year of his benighted presidency. It was addressed to “America’s hardworking men and women”:

“As I’ve said before, if I were looking for a good job that lets me build some security for my family, I’d join a union,” Obama wrote. “If I saw a problem in my workplace, I’d organize my coworkers to do something about it. Especially because today, more workers than ever need a stronger voice — from pipefitters and fast-food workers to journalists and tech workers.”

Well, he can add “presidential center employees” to that list.

The workers are hoping to join the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31 to represent them against the Obama Foundation, which manages the presidential center.

In a statement, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, the foundation is pretending, at least, to welcome the news.

“We are deeply committed to the fundamental right of workers to organize and make their voices heard,” the statement said. “As members of our staff explore union representation, we approach this process with immense gratitude for their contributions, deep respect for unions, and a sincere commitment to working collaboratively with our partners in labor.”

There are a couple of reasons to assume that’s a lie from first to last.

The first one is the source. If Barack Obama’s eight years in the White House proved anything, it’s that he’s a liar of the first order, and his lies were legion. He lied about the “Russia collusion” smears that bedeviled the first administration of President Donald Trump.

He lied about the provisions of Obamacare. He lied about the effect of his taxes on Americans. He lied about terrorism and the failures of the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012 that could have threatened his re-election.

He lied about his racist pastor, Jeremiah Wright.

Any handful of Americans who recall the Obama presidency could probably add three items of their own to that list without repeating each other.

He lied, in short, about everything.

The second reason to assume it’s a lie is common sense. Employers don’t welcome unions for the simple reason that unions can make life miserable for management. Essentially no one, anywhere, ever started a business thinking, “Maybe one day I’ll be sitting at a bargaining table making concessions on raises, working hours, and health benefits to my employees’ union. Won’t that be awesome?”

Now, the Obama Presidential Center has not had an easy time of it — almost certainly because of the ineptitude and corruption that have surrounded Obama in his career in public office.

Originally scheduled to open in 2021, it was delayed until this year, when it opened on the fake holiday of Juneteenth (very fitting, considering the circumstances) and already reportedly in debt (also very fitting, under the circumstances).

It’s very possible that some of the employees’ gripes relate to those troubled beginnings. It also might just be that Americans by the millions aren’t exactly thronging to get through the doors of the Temple to Racial Grift.

But it’s apparent that the workers don’t care about the cause. What they apparently do care about is that the most leftist president since Woodrow Wilson (a man whose blot on American history outstains even Obama) isn’t playing nice enough with those in his employ.

And they’re trying to form a union to do something about it.

To be clear, this is not a union of the kind that represents workers in the real world, where results matter and profit and loss count — power plants, for instance, or construction trades, or grocery stores. It’s not a union that represents the kind of actual working men and women Democrats pretend to champion.

The Obama Presidential Center employees know exactly what they’re looking for, and it’s an AFSCME local — the stereotype of a government worker union — they’re trying to get.

Obama’s foundation folks can put all the positive spin on it they want, but the reality is that a union of government workers is never, ever going to improve the efficiency of its place of employment. That is emphatically not, and never has been, what public employee unions do. (Just look at the country’s disgraceful teachers unions.)

If the union drive succeeds, the Obama Presidential Center is a solid bet for some chronic union troubles in the not-so-distant future.

And it will have Barack Obama’s own words to blame.

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