Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

UNIONS THREATEN BUSINESS
620 WTMJ ^ | 3/10/11 | Charlie Sykes

Posted on 03/12/2011 5:30:20 AM PST by SonofReagan

That's a nice business you got there. Pity if anything were to happen to it if, say, you didn't toe the line and denounce Governor Walker like we're asking nice-like.

"In the event that you cannot support this effort to save collective bargaining, please be advised that the undersigned will publicly and formally boycott the goods and services provided by your company."

Wisconsin Professional Police Association, Jim Palmer, at 608.273.3840.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: business; unions; wisconsinshowdown
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-34 next last
I am sure that Mr. Palmer at 608-273-3840 is willing to discuss matters courteously should anyone be moved to contact him at this number.
1 posted on 03/12/2011 5:30:23 AM PST by SonofReagan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: SonofReagan

The irony of this is that M & I was a failing bank and was acquired by Harris Bank of Canada. Threatening a Canadian bank? Not cool.


2 posted on 03/12/2011 5:33:25 AM PST by chickadee
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SonofReagan

This frantic kabuki dance of the aging unions has almost become a parody of itself.


3 posted on 03/12/2011 5:34:00 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SonofReagan

Sounds like a true professional, commie thug union boss, and close friend of trumka and stern.


4 posted on 03/12/2011 5:34:11 AM PST by DCmarcher-976453 (SARAH PALIN 2012)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SonofReagan

On Monday morning, the Wisconsin legislature should vote on and pass UNFETTERED conceal & carry.

And every Tea Party and Republican group in the state should schedule “events” at the boycotted businesses.

Period.


5 posted on 03/12/2011 5:37:42 AM PST by Daisyjane69 (Michael Reagan: "Welcome back, Dad, even if you're wearing a dress and bearing children this time)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SonofReagan

So we have a policeman involved in a boycott.

I have to then assume that the police will now have lists of ‘friendly’ and ‘unfriendly’ businesses. And if you call the police to report a crime in progress (or a burglar alarm goes off), the cop assigned my make take a break at the doughnut shop prior to responding...if I ran a business, that’s EXACTLY what I would be thinking from that letter.

Seems to me that this COP needs to be FIRED immediately, and possibly brought up on charges.

And having policemen attach their names to threats of this type should be brought to the governor’s attention...and action taken.


6 posted on 03/12/2011 5:39:28 AM PST by BobL (PLEASE READ: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2657811/posts)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SonofReagan

On Monday morning, the Wisconsin legislature should vote on and pass UNFETTERED conceal & carry.

And every Tea Party and Republican group in the state should schedule “events” at the boycotted businesses.

Period.


7 posted on 03/12/2011 5:43:04 AM PST by Daisyjane69 (Michael Reagan: "Welcome back, Dad, even if you're wearing a dress and bearing children this time)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SonofReagan
I believed that exempting firefighters and police from collective bargaining restrictions was a mistake.

Thank you Mr. Palmer for proving my point.

8 posted on 03/12/2011 5:43:56 AM PST by Pietro
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SonofReagan

I loathe unionism.
And those who support unionism I call communionists.

That said...

the company I work for has become so abusive of its employees (knowing that there are no competitive alternatives in the area for the employees to seek) that I have half a mind to call the union in for a vote just to shake up management.


9 posted on 03/12/2011 5:47:18 AM PST by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare for survival.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BobL

This is so stewpid — it’s going on right under the glare of spotlights — that it is beyond words.


10 posted on 03/12/2011 5:48:59 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

Poxes on both their houses


11 posted on 03/12/2011 5:49:48 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: BobL
So we have a policeman involved in a boycott.
Turns out he's not a cop at all - he's a feckin' lawyer and a lobbyist.
12 posted on 03/12/2011 5:50:10 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: oh8eleven

Even if not a cop...if the police (or fire department) is involved in this crap, they have to brought up on charges. It’s basically a breakdown of society if they openly choose favorites.


13 posted on 03/12/2011 5:53:20 AM PST by BobL (PLEASE READ: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2657811/posts)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: SonofReagan

Mr Palmer, you steaming pile of union horse dung posing as a police officer... go reproduce yourself.


14 posted on 03/12/2011 5:54:47 AM PST by wetgundog (" Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is no Vice")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BobL
they have to brought up on charges.
I agree 100%. Extortion is extortion no matter if it's Al Capone, a cop or a lawyer/lobbyist doing it.
15 posted on 03/12/2011 5:56:52 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: SonofReagan

So the unions are resorting to threats against the very taxpayers that are paying their salaries? First death threats against the legislators and now threats against businesses? What is next, door to door “donations” to the union or broken windows and vandalism? Every single day the unions are demonstrating why they should be completely disolved.


16 posted on 03/12/2011 5:57:24 AM PST by midwyf (Wyoming Native. Environmentalism is a religion too.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: oh8eleven

“I agree 100%. Extortion is extortion no matter if it’s Al Capone, a cop or a lawyer/lobbyist doing it. “

I actually consider it much worse when cops do it. At least with Capone, you could call the cops on him (assuming he didn’t own the cops...which is my point). In this case, you won’t even really know what they’re doing to you.


17 posted on 03/12/2011 6:00:33 AM PST by BobL (PLEASE READ: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2657811/posts)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: HiTech RedNeck

That’s the way I look at it.

If I bring them in, I won’t be staying any longer than it takes to find another job (which I’m already seeking but the options are few).

Let them spend their lives in a dismal, mutually destructive tangle.


18 posted on 03/12/2011 6:01:13 AM PST by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare for survival.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

I’d suggest — Don’t go away mad from the company, just go away. Your life is too short to ignite brush fires.


19 posted on 03/12/2011 6:04:56 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: SonofReagan

Less than 10 percent of all workers are union. Go ahead, boycott.


20 posted on 03/12/2011 6:08:35 AM PST by ez ("Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is." - Milton, Paradise Lost)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-34 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson