Posted on 07/24/2005 8:05:18 PM PDT by Libloather
Now there's an understatement.
Big Labor's political contributions have bought them nothing for the last decade. They've given everything to Democrats, and Democrats have lost it all...losing the House, the Senate, the Presidency, most state governorships, most state legislatures, and even losing most registered voters.
Democrats and Big Labor are 0 for 6 in the political areas that count.
You said it. The carpenters with whom I chatted (they were working for an out of state company that bid on a project at my workplace) were gun toting, hunting, NASCAR, GWB backing guys. They tended to laugh about the "Red" unions.
Most of the blue collar occupation union people are like that. Same with all your police and fire unions.
The problem is, the unions are no longer run by real men, but rather by liberal psuedo-men who are much more at home at some Bohemian coffee house then they are in a steel mill or at a firing range
Well, how many of the unions are run by people who have actually worked in the same industry as their members? My guess is that modern union bosses would not know beans about the daily work of their members.
Hank, you're giving me a laugh here. Our (former) corrupt Sheriff (google Tidwell Floyd Stolen Guns) used to say the same thing. I worked in a very corrupt county and fought it to the best of my abilities. If it weren't for the Cop Union, my slender (LOL) fanny would have been fired many times over!
"The problem is, the unions are no longer run by real men, but rather by liberal psuedo-men who are much more at home at some Bohemian coffee house then they are in a steel mill or at a firing range"
...Make that Metrosexual Girley Men
Death to the Unions!!!! Death to the Unions!!!! Death to the Unions!!!! Death to the Unions!!!! Death to the Unions!!!!
---"Anything that sidetracks us from our goals ... is not healthy," said Rep. Rahm Emanuel---
Duh money...
GOOD.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
BUMP for later, Mom is a member of SEIU and so is my grandmoter.
Must be a union reporter.
Generally speaking, what isn't needed ceases to exist or becomes null. Unions will either cease to exist or come back, depending on economic conditions.
'Well, how many of the unions are run by people who have actually worked in the same industry as their members? My guess is that modern union bosses would not know beans about the daily work of their members.'
They're too busy confiscating Union dues to funnel over to Democrat Party candidates.
That in a nutshell is my biggest beef with the Union. While the organization initially may have been instrumental in giving people jobs (The Pullman Car Company comes to mind) and providing protection from employers' abuses, the Union has now become too fat and corrupt for its own good, acting as a front for crooked politicians and thus scaring off members.
This has me a little worried. The AFL-CIO was a dinosaur. This new union may have a winning strategy. I hope not.
"More bad news for the RATS..."
Robert Reich was on CNN sounding apoplectic.
His speil made sense only if you followed every one of his sentences predicting impending doom with the word "for Democrats."
What if they decide to ally with the Republicans?
Funny, I think.
Teamsters I can understand.
But SEIU is a very activist bunch and quite lefty, over here in CA anyway. And they are heavily represented in gov't-supported areas like hospitals, nursing homes and education.
One would think that the Democrat affiliation would be where their hearts are.
I wonder what SEIU's reasons are.
Given the way the SEIU pumped $ into beating Mr. Bush, I seriously doubt it. They will be harassing all employers trying to unionize. That could make them big and a more powerful player.
Now there's a shocker. Union convention in Chicago.
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