tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8180498216869726946.post-64254845367515290652008-03-11T06:17:00.001-07:002008-03-12T09:49:52.627-07:00<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_oW-tNsb0CZ0/R9aJLDBAHJI/AAAAAAAAAF8/YjMz9kwpjrA/s1600-h/spitzer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176475644590038162" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_oW-tNsb0CZ0/R9aJLDBAHJI/AAAAAAAAAF8/YjMz9kwpjrA/s200/spitzer.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The firestorm surrounding disgraced former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is now drawing the wrath of labor groups around the country as well. The <em>District of Columbia</em> <em>Street Walkers Union (DCSWU) </em>issued a statement condemning Spitzer's alleged hiring of a New York City call girl to escort him to Washington last month as a prime example of "outsourcing" of jobs. <em>DCSWU </em>president <strong>Hugh G. Rection </strong>said in the statement, "We've already seen the permanent damage that 'free trade' agreements like <em>NAFTA </em>have done to American workers. Now it appears that some are taking that next step and invoking hiring practices that will damage their neighboring states and cities. <em>DCSWU </em>would like to ask the Governor a simple question: <em>what's wrong with D.C. hookers? </em>By hiring a New York call girl and bringing her with him to our city - and paying her thousands of dollars in the process - he has deprived a call girl in Washington of the same opportunity. This act committed by Gov. Spitzer and others like him is simply anti-worker, anti-Washington D.C., and - hopefully - anti-bacterial... </div><div></div><div>Return to <strong><a href="http://seespanrun.com/">See Span Run</a></strong></div>Sue D. Nimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04184967982088304683noreply@blogger.com