URGENT: CLICK TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE LEFT!
(DC Pundit) – Barack Obama’s presidential center in Chicago has been open for a little more than three months, and some of the people working there are already ready to walk out the door. Staff say pay, hours, and benefits have been cut, and that nobody upstairs is listening. Three months. That’s not even enough time for the gift shop to run out of mugs.
In a letter to colleagues this week, employees at the Chicago library said they are organizing a union because of the institute’s “increasing workloads” and benefit rollbacks. According to the letter, first shared by the Chicago Sun-Times, workers have grown frustrated with leadership at Obama’s foundation after their concerns were met with “vague responses.”
The staffers say the problems have fueled a “high turnover rate,” with many more “continuing to leave (and) taking with them their institutional knowledge and expertise,” the letter claimed. Workers say they were recently told their healthcare costs would go up, promotions were suspended, and paid time off was reduced. They also learned there would be no pay increases this winter. Nothing says “hope and change” quite like a freeze on raises.
The complaints raise some uncomfortable questions about the books at a $900 million presidential center. Critics have long maligned the building for resembling the Star Wars Death Star or a huge trash bin. If the staff’s account is accurate, the center may already be facing financial trouble, and it didn’t take a Sith Lord to get there.
Barack Obama is facing a fresh humiliation at his 'eyesore' presidential center as workers have slammed the project's bosses and moved to unionize just months after it opened. 🔗 https://t.co/gc5jeeNaFJ pic.twitter.com/vaNh9z2QWM
— Daily Mail US (@Daily_MailUS) October 8, 2026
The workers did bring one ace-in-the-hole to their pitch: Obama’s own words about unions. “If I were looking for a good job that lets me build some security for my family, I’d join a union. If I saw a problem in my workplace, I’d organize my coworkers to do something about it,” the letter quoted Obama, who made the remarks in 2016. It’s hard to argue with that advice, especially when it’s coming from the guy signing the paychecks.
Here’s the real test. The man who spent years cheering on organized labor is now the boss, and his employees are taking him at his word. Will he practice what he preached when the shoe is on the other foot? And will CNN or any of the other liberal networks give these workers a second of airtime? If this were a Trump property, it would be wall-to-wall coverage.
URGENT: CLICK TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE LEFT!
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