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Union cancels Boeing vote, claiming gun-toting workers told it to take off
FoxNews.com ^ | April 24, 2015 | FoxNews.com

Posted on 04/24/2015 8:26:04 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg

The union looking to organize workers at Boeing's South Carolina plant has put its plans in a holding pattern, claiming workers are so opposed to signing up that they chased labor leaders off their porches at gunpoint.

The North Charleston plant, which opened in the right-to-work state four years ago and builds fuselages for 747s and 787s, employs about 7,500 workers. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers had been trying to build support for a vote this week on unionizing 3,175 production and maintenance workers, but called off the vote days before it was to happen.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: aerospace; biglabor; boeing; keepowt; manufacturing; southcarolina; uniongoons; unions; unionthugs
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What is irony?

I'll take "Ironical Ironies that make me LOL" for 200 next Alex...

1 posted on 04/24/2015 8:26:04 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg
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To: Mad Dawgg

Don’t screw the “good ole boys”. Nuff said.


2 posted on 04/24/2015 8:28:21 PM PDT by doc1019 (Blue lives matter)
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To: Mad Dawgg

and the RATS, take another one in the.........HA ha!!!


3 posted on 04/24/2015 8:28:22 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Mad Dawgg

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3282756/posts


4 posted on 04/24/2015 8:28:27 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Learn to search. Ask me how.)
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To: Mad Dawgg

I bet the workers did not use the word take in front of off!


5 posted on 04/24/2015 8:31:58 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 ((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
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To: Mad Dawgg

North Charleston isn’t exactly the “nice” part of town


6 posted on 04/24/2015 8:34:12 PM PDT by digger48
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To: digger48

Man I would have paid to see it though. Cuz that is funny right there....


7 posted on 04/24/2015 8:36:15 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: doc1019
Why would I not be disappointed if lead started to fly? Does that make me bad?
8 posted on 04/24/2015 8:36:17 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: Chode

There’s my favorite loser gif again.


9 posted on 04/24/2015 8:39:15 PM PDT by BBell
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To: fhayek

LOL! No, just a realist. That part of the country is super, super anti union, that is why Boeing went there.


10 posted on 04/24/2015 8:40:10 PM PDT by doc1019 (Blue lives matter)
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“workers are so opposed to signing up that they chased labor leaders off their porches at gunpoint”

It’s long past due that union thugs get a taste of their own medicine.

Former member of the IAW and the UAW.
I wasn’t very popular, as I was going to college at night to escape their nonsense.


11 posted on 04/24/2015 8:40:30 PM PDT by G Larry (Obama Hates America, Israel, Capitalism, Freedom, and Christianity.)
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To: Mad Dawgg
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12 posted on 04/24/2015 8:42:18 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP for A Slower Handbasket)
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To: G Larry

I worked around union dorks on Construction jobs. They tried to bar us from working at a site they were striking one time. Dumb thugs brought clubs. We showed our bang sticks and they rethought their position on letting us in. Never had another problem at that site.


13 posted on 04/24/2015 8:44:51 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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mine tooo... feel free

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14 posted on 04/24/2015 9:01:51 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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“An atmosphere of threats, harassment and unprecedented political interference has intimidated workers to the point we don’t believe a free and fair election is possible.”

Ha, ha.....The union doesn't seem to like the shoe being on the other foot as these are the same tactics the unions normally employ.....

15 posted on 04/24/2015 9:01:58 PM PDT by Rabble
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To: Mad Dawgg

16 posted on 04/24/2015 9:02:33 PM PDT by Bobalu (If we live to see 2017 we will be kissing the ground)
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...workers are so opposed to signing up that they chased labor leaders off their porches at gunpoint...

Maybe the union thugs should have left when they were told to. Anyone comes to my house, onto my property uninvited and makes a nuisance of themselves... They are going to get asked to leave. Then they are going to get told to leave. If they are still here, their last warning will come over the barrel of a firearm aimed at them and be accompanied by the words "I now consider you a threat to my life..." just to keep it all legal. What happens in the next few seconds is up to them.

So far I've only ever had to get as far as the "told to leave." Though I'm pretty sure he looked down and noted that my right hand was behind me, out of sight. I figure he (correctly) assumed there was a loaded weapon in that hand.

Funny thing about answering the door with a weapon in hand - always check to see who is on your stoop before opening the door. One evening I looked out to see a pair of Sheriff's deputies. I discretely slipped the Glock into the drawer of a table by the door before opening it. Figured it might get the deputies excited or something. ;-) And no, they weren't there for me, just wanted to see if I had seen anything/anyone on the street earlier. Apparently there was a break in down the street.

17 posted on 04/24/2015 9:02:45 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: G Larry

Good for you G, sometimes you just can’t be on their side.
When you are of sound mind you can’t let the “lapel grabbers” force you to think their way. Labor relations has always been a sticky business for both Management and Labor. A hot head on either side ruins it for all of the company employees and stockholders. Been there, done that. It is amazing how usually normal people become when the thugs get them riled up. Unions have had their place in history but now have been weakened by choosing the wrong battles at the wrong time. Eastern Airlines is a good example. I stopped paying dues 17 years before I retired. Saved about $50,000. They had ceased to represent the core of our group and couldn’t be ousted. Had a few loyal friends after that but found out who was not.


18 posted on 04/24/2015 9:13:33 PM PDT by BatGuano (You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
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To: Chode

I always wonder were it originated.


19 posted on 04/24/2015 9:19:54 PM PDT by BBell
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To: Mad Dawgg

About time someone showed some backbone!


20 posted on 04/24/2015 9:21:18 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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