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'No Red Tape'? New Jersey Turns Away Non-union Relief Crews
Breitbart ^
| 1 Nov 2012
| Joel B. Pollak
Posted on 11/02/2012 8:06:15 AM PDT by Malone LaVeigh
How desperate is hurricane-ravaged New Jersey? Not desperate enough to suspend a union monopoly that keeps the state in the bottom ten states for economic competitiveness (and #48 for business friendliness). Relief crews from Alabama who were specifically called to New Jersey found themselves diverted to Long Island, NY after they arrived because they use non-union labor. Alabama is a right-to-work state.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: newjersey; sandy; unions
We were without power for 3 weeks after Katrina. It was a crew from Alabama that hooked us back up. I could have kissed every one of those guys.
To: Malone LaVeigh
I think Breitbart has missed this one. This has turned out to be largely, if not completely false.
Some crews were turned away because there was too much help already.
Some were turned away because there were other places more in need.
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posted on
11/02/2012 8:10:56 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: Malone LaVeigh
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posted on
11/02/2012 8:15:21 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: Izzy Dunne
They need gas. They need food. Where’s Hurricane Christie to help them get their gas and food? Is he in Las Vegas campaigning with Obama? Just kidding.
Is it possible for the large fuel tanker trucks to pump their gas into people’s containers and cars? That doesn’t seem too hard. They can still charge by the gallon.
To: Izzy Dunne
No one wants to hear that kind of stuff or that it could have been taken care of before hand by a few phone calls.
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posted on
11/02/2012 8:46:55 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
To: Windy City Conservative
>>Is it possible for the large fuel tanker trucks to pump their gas into people’s containers and cars? That doesn’t seem too hard. They can still charge by the gallon.<<
Do you have a 4 inch connection point on your car. Semi tankers don’t have meters on them.
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posted on
11/02/2012 9:03:07 AM PDT
by
B4Ranch
(Stand Up and Be Counted ... Or Line Up and Be Numbered ...)
To: stuartcr
No one wants to hear that kind of stuff Well, tough luck. I hate the unions as much as the next guy, but it's my belief that this not a righteous bash.
So I said so.
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posted on
11/02/2012 9:04:47 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: Izzy Dunne
I agree...it’s still being repeated here
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posted on
11/02/2012 9:12:42 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
To: Windy City Conservative
Is it possible for the large fuel tanker trucks to pump their gas into people’s containers and cars? Um...no.
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posted on
11/02/2012 9:26:05 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
("The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left." Ecclesiastes 1)
To: Izzy Dunne
I spoke to a guy from Alabama at quick check.
He was never turned away by jcpl and he’s not
Union.
It does make a good talking point though.
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posted on
11/02/2012 9:44:28 AM PDT
by
Morris70
To: Izzy Dunne
Bullsheet. This story is absolutely true!
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posted on
11/02/2012 11:05:13 AM PDT
by
ohioman
To: ohioman
The Bama crews from Decatur AL were turned away. There are quoted articles from the source in Decatur. To say otherwise is incorrect.
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posted on
11/02/2012 11:07:27 AM PDT
by
ohioman
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