[M1903A1]

This looks like a spin-off of a protest ploy Chicago-area unions are using now. When striking or calling out an employer/jobsite for scab hiring, they deploy a big inflatable rat on the sidewalk outside the work location.

[dan on the right]

Like Chicago, unions have used huge inflatable rats (10 feet tall or so) for a long time to bring attention to a non-union job. There was one just yesterday at 5th Avenue and 35th Street in NY - something to do with either a condo job there or an asbestos cleanup. Some unions in NY are getting rid of the rats for a high pitched whistle that a number of them use to attract attention. I kind of like the rats better.

The Rat is a perfect icon to use AGAINST the unions for a change. The union leaders and the Rats in Congress are killing any meaningful infrastructure work in the Country by requiring union wages with or without union workers (Davis Bacon - prevailing wage). California just passed law prohibiting local municipalities from varying from this prevailing wage nonsense. How does that help the unemployed?

Maybe we can rent the rats from the unions. So little work going on, must be a lot of rats in storage!

[NFHale]

How much fun would it be to drive past the giant rat with a .177 pellet gun and hole it...