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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: thundley4 on February 03, 2011, 03:29:49 PM
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marmar (1000+ posts) Thu Feb-03-11 03:53 PM
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Building Trades in NY Cuts Everyone Else's Throats
from the Working Life blog:
Building Trades in NY Cuts Everyone Else's Throats
by Jonathan Tasini
Thursday 03 of February, 2011
Thanks a lot and here's to labor solidarity:
As fans and foes of Walmart geared up for a City Council hearing Thursday, the retail giant cut a deal with the powerful construction unions to build its city stores.
The agreement with the Building and Construction Trades Council to use union labor gives Walmart a boost as it campaigns for its first city store - facing off against other unions representing retail workers.
If the labor movement is buried in New York City, I guess Gary La Barbera, the head of the Construction Trades Council, will be holding the shovel that tosses on the last bit of dirt. A real shame.
http://www.workinglife.org/blogs/view_post.php?content_...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x340882
Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Thu Feb-03-11 03:59 PM
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1. Solidarity Never
Or "Me First - Screw You" seem to be their motto. With "leaders" like this, we would still be working 7 day weeks and begging for gruel.
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fairfaxvadem (1000+ posts) Thu Feb-03-11 04:12 PM
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2. this is too bad
I know that unemployment in the construction trades unions is between 20-30% and has been for a good 2 years, so obviously, they're coming at this from a "we gotta get our guys back to work" angle - but still, Wal-Mart...not exactly the employer unions want to be squabbling over, but I'm sure the screaming matches will be furious.
That's it so far. Unions have always been it for themselves when push comes to shove. Look at how many will often settle on tiered pay scales when it comes to old timers taking cuts.
My own union refused to honor picket lines on several companies here a few years ago.
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No work, no wages, NO DUES = no votes bought for Great Leader and no money to keep up the union fat cats golf course..
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"Me First - Screw You"
The union motto.
I smell a bumper sticker:
Me First - Screw You - Work Union
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The DUmmies think the thugs who run labor unions care about them! DUmmies are always thinking and hoping that someone cares about them. Once again, they prove that we don't call them DUmmies for nothing.
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Thu Feb-03-11 03:59 PM
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1. Solidarity Never
Or "Me First - Screw You" seem to be their motto. With "leaders" like this, we would still be working 7 day weeks and begging for gruel.
Throw in gainful productive employment and a stack of hard-tack for lunch and I am down with that, loser DUmmy.
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I'd imagine an awful lot of the guys IN the building trades union are at least moderately interested in checking out some of them low, low prices for themselves.
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DUmmies are always thinking and hoping that someone cares about them.
Awesomely accurate perspective, sir.
This hat's off to you.
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The DUmmies think the thugs who run labor unions care about them! DUmmies are always thinking and hoping that someone cares about them. Once again, they prove that we don't call them DUmmies for nothing.
Back in the early 60's Dusty Springfield had a hit record called "Just Wish'n and Hope'N" went something like...
"Just wish'n and hope'n and pray'n...blah ...blah...blah...."
Hey, the DUmmies could make it their theme song at the 2012 democrat convention....which bye the way is going to held just 40 miles up the road from me. I'm planning a vacation that week... BTW, anybody know the dates for that "Dirty Hippie Riot"?
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Back in the early 60's Dusty Springfield had a hit record called "Just Wish'n and Hope'N" went something like...
"Just wish'n and hope'n and pray'n...blah ...blah...blah...."
Hey, the DUmmies could make it their theme song at the 2012 democrat convention....which bye the way is going to held just 40 miles up the road from me. I'm planning a vacation that week... BTW, anybody know the dates for that "Dirty Hippie Riot"?
And runnin' head first into a brick wall, over, and over, and over, and over.........
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The Democrats in NY are terrified of Walmart coming in, the majority of people want Walmart in NY. My cousin and his family come up here once a month to visit his Mom and they do a lot of their shopping here, and they always go to Walmart because they don't have a Walmart in any of the 5 boro's in NY.