{"id":426125,"date":"2022-04-04T02:54:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T23:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/top-hochul-dem-pollster-aided-amazons-anti-union-campaign\/"},"modified":"2022-04-04T02:54:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T23:54:47","slug":"top-hochul-dem-pollster-aided-amazons-anti-union-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/top-hochul-dem-pollster-aided-amazons-anti-union-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"#Top Hochul, Dem pollster aided Amazon&#8217;s anti-union campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4087b2ac2bd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4087b2ac2bd\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/top-hochul-dem-pollster-aided-amazons-anti-union-campaign\/#%E2%80%9CTop_Hochul_Dem_pollster_aided_Amazons_anti-union_campaign%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Top Hochul, Dem pollster aided Amazon&#8217;s anti-union campaign&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CTop_Hochul_Dem_pollster_aided_Amazons_anti-union_campaign%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Top Hochul, Dem pollster aided Amazon&#8217;s anti-union campaign&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The top pollster for Gov. Kathy Hochul and other Democrats who proclaim they\u2019re fighting for working folks aided Amazon\u2019s campaign to try to stop employees from unionizing on Staten Island.<\/p>\n<p>Global Strategy Group, headed by Jeffrey Pollock, helped prepare Amazon\u2019s anti-union literature, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/03\/31\/amazon-hired-pro-democrat-consultant-to-fight-staten-island-union-vote.html\">CNBC reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Records show that Hochul\u2019s campaign committee, Friends for Kathy Hochul, paid Pollock-Global Strategy Group $123,000 for services from last October to mid-January after she became governor.<\/p>\n<p>Pollock has served as a Hochul consultant since her campaigns for Congress a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>Pollock was also disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s pollster.<\/p>\n<p>As a key Cuomo strategist, Pollock helped Cuomo attempt to combat sexual harassment allegations, according to numerous texts and other messages obtained as part of state Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Letitia James\u2019 devastating investigative report.<\/p>\n<p>The state Democratic Party also reported billing expenses of $82,000 to Global during the last half of 2021.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/bail-reform-331-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Governor Kathy Hochul announces two companies expanding in Western New York. \" class=\"wp-image-21765582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/bail-reform-331-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/bail-reform-331-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/bail-reform-331-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/bail-reform-331-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Hochul\u2019s campaign committee paid Pollock\u2019s organization $123,000 for services after she became governor.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Darren McGee- Office of Governor<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pollock and his firm have done work for the Democratic Governors\u2019 Association, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and other Washington, DC-based Democratic groups, campaign records reveal.<\/p>\n<p>Pollock is also retained by self-described progressives who claim to be pro-union.<\/p>\n<p>Former city Comptroller Scott Stringer paid Global $347,000 during his failed bid for mayor,\u00a0city Campaign Finance Board records show.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/amazon-union-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\" Amazon workers arrive with paperwork to unionize at the NLRB office in Brooklyn, New York.\" class=\"wp-image-21765592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/amazon-union-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/amazon-union-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/amazon-union-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Amazon workers at a warehouse in Staten Island voted to become the web giant\u2019s first unionized US workers.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Brad Lander paid Pollock $200,000 as part of his successful campaign for city comptroller.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul\u2019s Democratic primary opponent, Long Island Rep. Tom Suozzi, slammed Hochul for allowing her pollster to aid Amazon\u2019s anti-union war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKathy Hochul purports to support working families but then one of her top political advisors is the leading architect trying to kill efforts by those same working families to unionize at Amazon,\u201d said Suozzi spokesman Jason Elan.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/032222tomsuozzi34MATT.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"NY governorial candidate Tom Suozzi is joined by community leaders and supporters outside of current NY Governor Kathy Hochul's NYC offices to discuss her current position on the ever rising crime and bail reform in the city.  \" class=\"wp-image-21765624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/032222tomsuozzi34MATT.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/032222tomsuozzi34MATT.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/032222tomsuozzi34MATT.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/032222tomsuozzi34MATT.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Gubernatorial hopeful and Long Island Rep. Tom Suozzi said Hochul\u2019s ties to Pollock is \u201ctypical Hochul hypocrisy.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Matthew McDermott<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is typical Hochul hypocrisy and the same Albany two-step that rewards political insiders at the expense of hardworking New Yorkers who are fighting for their right to organize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hochul\u2019s campaign declined to comment, other than to point to the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovKathyHochul\/status\/1509944557378711564\">governor\u2019s\u00a0tweets <\/a>praising workers at Amazon\u2019s Staten Island warehouse for unionizing on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The vote was 2,654 in favor and 2,131 against unionization, according to National Labor Relations Board officials.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/amazon-union-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A person prepares to enter the Amazon's JFK8 Staten Island fulfillment center in Staten Island.\" class=\"wp-image-21765639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/amazon-union-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/amazon-union-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/amazon-union-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Staten Island Amazon workers voted 2,654 in favor and 2,131 against unionization.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Michael M. 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