Obama's Concrete Slab is seeing mass departures and wanting to form a union.

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Barack Obama is facing a fresh humiliation at his 'eyesore' presidential center with workers slamming the project's bosses and moving to unionize just months after it opened.

In a letter to colleagues this week, staff at the Chicago library said they were organizing a union due to the institute's 'increasing workloads' and benefit rollbacks. Workers have grown frustrated with leadership at Obama's foundation after their concerns were met with 'vague responses,' according to the letter, first shared by the Chicago Sun-Times.

Issues with workloads and benefits have led to a 'high turnover rate' among employees, with many more 'continuing to leave (and) taking with them their institutional knowledge and expertise,' the letter claimed. Workers say they were recently told that their healthcare costs would increase, promotions were suspended, and paid time off was reduced, despite also learning they would get no pay increases this winter.

Luke Gilday, an Obama Foundation employee and member of the union organizing committee, told the Sun-Times that workers decided to unionize because they 'don't even have a seat at the table.'

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The letter, signed by 68 workers, said staff were beginning plans to launch a union named Obama Workers United, organized under the American Federation of State,

County and Municipal Employees Council 31 (AFSCME 31).

Anders Lindall, director of public affairs for AFSCME 31, said the organizing committee was already circulating union cards and pressing staff to join the effort. 'Generally everybody wants a voice,' Lindall said this week. 'That extends to compensation and conditions in the workplace and more.'

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