Teamsters' staff at headquarters was not fooled recently when Fox News called and asked to bring cameras to the inside of the building. They were told "gotcha" journalist John Stossel was doing a story on beautiful buildings in Washington, D.C.
Riiiiight.
Funny how the other beautiful buildings were all occupied by unions, including the AFL-CIO. Here's what they had to say:
Imagine our surprise last week when Fox Business correspondent John Stossel made an unexpected visit to the AFL-CIO building. Stossel’s previous coverage of the labor movement include a special on public education that blames teachers’ unions for the failings of public schools, an interview with Transport Workers (TWU) Local 100 President John Samuelsen, in which Stossel claims unions impede job growth and several entries on his FoxBusiness.com blog where he argues against the minimum wage and against regulations on unpaid internships.
Stossel is well-known for his “gotcha” journalism, so when he claimed he was in our lobby because our building was one of the most beautiful in D.C., we weren’t buying it—neither did the other unions where he showed up unannounced, also to film their "beautiful buildings.” (Think James O'Keefe.)Interesting, by the way, that he showed up unannounced in the other union buildings -- but only called the Teamsters. Perhaps he's aware we're the STRONGEST union!
P.S. Stossel did NOT get inside the building.
