To Protest Hiring of Nonunion Help, Union Hires Nonunion Pickets

[Chris_]

Billy Raye, a 51-year-old unemployed bike courier, is looking for work.

Fortunately for him, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council of Carpenters is seeking paid demonstrators to march and chant in its current picket line outside the McPherson Building, an office complex here where the council says work is being done with nonunion labor.

"For a lot of our members, it's really difficult to have them come out, either because of parking or something else," explains Vincente Garcia, a union representative who is supervising the picketing.

So instead, the union hires unemployed people at the minimum wage—$8.25 an hour—to walk picket lines. Mr. Raye says he's grateful for the work, even though he's not sure why he's doing it. "I could care less," he says. "I am being paid to march around and sound off."

Wait, this isn't the Onion?

WSJ

[JohnnyReb]

So $8.25 is union scale for pickets. What about retirement and health insurance?

Bar room conversation.

Someone, "So what line of work are you in?"

Picket walker. "I'm in global advertising specializing in Human Resourse Improvements."

Someone, "That sounds interesting. Bet you make good money doing that?"

Picket walker, "Oh, I make a living."

Someone, "So what do you have to know to get into that line of work."

Picket walker, "Not much."

Someone, "Tell me what you do? I think I'd like to check into that line of work."

Picket walker, "It's easy. You just go from town to town, hold a stick with a sign on it and cuss out everybody you see."

Someone, "Oh, So in other words, you're a just a troublemaker."

Picket walker, "YEP! Always have been but now I get paid for it."

[NHSparky]

Reminds me of the UFCW in Las Vegas who hired people to protest outside WalMart because they only paid their workers $8.50 an hour without benefits...so what were the picketers getting?

$7/hour, no benefits, to march in 110 degree heat with no water, shade, etc.

[PatriotGame]

Reminds me of the UFCW in Las Vegas who hired people to protest outside WalMart because they only paid their workers $8.50 an hour without benefits...so what were the picketers getting?

$7/hour, no benefits, to march in 110 degree heat with no water, shade, etc.

Well then, GO UNIONS!!

G0BAMA...MMM...MMM...MMM...

These union scum are heading down the path of internal collapse.