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In the discussion thread: If the Union Members are going to not support themselves then why should I continue to support them? [View all]

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Sun Jun 10, 2012, 06:55 PM

coalition_unwilling (14,180 posts)

144. FWIW, your smug attitude and sense of entitlement is really creepy - n/t

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If the Union Members are going to not support themselves then why should I continue to support them? [View all]	dinopipie	Jun 2012	OP
What's your source for	pintobean	Jun 2012	#1
That number was widely reported in the news from multiple sources	dinopipie	Jun 2012	#8
In other words	pintobean	Jun 2012	#11
Did I say I was no longer going to support them?	dinopipie	Jun 2012	#21
Did you catch the "if"?	pintobean	Jun 2012	#27
If it is slander as you calim then sue me	dinopipie	Jun 2012	#32
Aren't you special.	pintobean	Jun 2012	#33
You are just being rude. I saw that reported on the news also, just as the OP said.	Autumn	Jun 2012	#101
Keep reading.	pintobean	Jun 2012	#102
Bless the hearts of the fucking news and their shitty reporting.	Autumn	Jun 2012	#103
Oh, I believe you heard it correctly.	pintobean	Jun 2012	#105
The only thing it says is that the OP asked a question on what they heard reported.	Autumn	Jun 2012	#106
If you're ok with false information	pintobean	Jun 2012	#107
It's not false information. The OP created a post asking a question based on what was reported	Autumn	Jun 2012	#111
Fuck it.	pintobean	Jun 2012	#112
Fuck it yourself.	Autumn	Jun 2012	#114
classy	pintobean	Jun 2012	#118
Pretty classy there yourself	Autumn	Jun 2012	#120
Yeah, you too.	pintobean	Jun 2012	#121
Don't need to compare notes with anyone.	Autumn	Jun 2012	#122
Sarcastic answers won't support your point	demwing	Jun 2012	#70
You just did	pintobean	Jun 2012	#73
Ah I see	demwing	Jun 2012	#95
Ah I see	pintobean	Jun 2012	#97
No I just think	demwing	Jun 2012	#126
Oh, I know what the OP means	pintobean	Jun 2012	#128
Sorry my bad	demwing	Jun 2012	#131
wow. we are all impressed...well, 32.573% of us anyway.	ret5hd	Jun 2012	#28
Isn't he though?	UnrepentantLiberal	Jun 2012	#67
I agree with you..n/t	monmouth	Jun 2012	#17
Hi! Husband works for KCPL	Ship of Fools	Jun 2012	#63
The source of the confusion may be this: Union Members at 27%..Union households at 35%..n/t	whathehell	Jun 2012	#18
Confusion, or propaganda.	pintobean	Jun 2012	#23
Seems like you are missing the point of the OP	dinopipie	Jun 2012	#30
I think I nailed the point	pintobean	Jun 2012	#40
Your original post hits the nail right on the head. All these folks obsessing about the exact # or	pangaia	Jun 2012	#82
This message was self-deleted by its author	pintobean	Jun 2012	#35
If you think so	dinopipie	Jun 2012	#36
Well, thanks for your concern.	pintobean	Jun 2012	#41
If you don't want me to buy union made goods and services just say so	dinopipie	Jun 2012	#49
Go back to post #11 and do the math.	pintobean	Jun 2012	#59
Damn! Take a Breath.	12AngryBorneoWildmen	Jun 2012	#81
I'm breathing just fine	pintobean	Jun 2012	#83
I agree, you ARE breathing just fine	demwing	Jun 2012	#135
It's livelihood	Alcibiades	Jun 2012	#65
That's what I heard on the Ed Show.	whathehell	Jun 2012	#134
27% of any US population seems to be nuts.	K8-EEE	Jun 2012	#117
I can well understand.	cyclezealot	Jun 2012	#34
Maybe Fox News is targeted toward them?	Turbineguy	Jun 2012	#2
I'm interested in the answers to your question.	Laurian	Jun 2012	#3
You should support them because it's the right thing to do. (nt)	Skinner	Jun 2012	#4
+1,000,000,000 x 1,000,000,000 - Well put and definitely	coalition_unwilling	Jun 2012	#143
That sums it up	Harmony Blue	Jun 2012	#152
Plus eleventy billion! n/t	Violet_Crumble	Jun 2012	#154
Those were probably members forced to join and not voluntary members. nt	Honeycombe8	Jun 2012	#5
Nice Republican talking point	UnrepentantLiberal	Jun 2012	#69
I'm not convinced that report is accurate...	Sancho	Jun 2012	#6
Bradblog.com has been recording proprietary voting machine anomalies for years now.	valerief	Jun 2012	#58
They have long needed to clean house. nt	LaydeeBug	Jun 2012	#7
I remember Back in the day seeing 2 of my Union Uncles	dinopipie	Jun 2012	#10
In this day and age, I have a guy I grew up with who is now in Ohio working for GM, praising repigs	LaydeeBug	Jun 2012	#13
Back when I was in the military	dinopipie	Jun 2012	#16
There's something like that here at DU.	UnrepentantLiberal	Jun 2012	#77
Your 'Union Uncles' by training scabs, became scabs themselves...	Bluenorthwest	Jun 2012	#43
Maybe I misunderstood the post	SickOfTheOnePct	Jun 2012	#45
You are correct	dinopipie	Jun 2012	#51
Ah, but you missed the lesson?	Bluenorthwest	Jun 2012	#54
+1	pintobean	Jun 2012	#62
WOW! You completely misunderstood the post (as did I) and yet	12AngryBorneoWildmen	Jun 2012	#88
Divide and conquer	Enrique	Jun 2012	#9
Are you really sure that you want to accept that 35% of Union members voted for Walker?	HereSince1628	Jun 2012	#12
Other Factors In Play As Well	DallasNE	Jun 2012	#29
Yes, well, there was a headline: Milwaukee archbishop backs unions	HereSince1628	Jun 2012	#66
Archbishop Backs Principle Of Unions But	DallasNE	Jun 2012	#108
You understand that Unions are just like any other group of humans	Sherman A1	Jun 2012	#14
Thank you for your concern.	aquart	Jun 2012	#15
So you think the very day of the elections everyone knows what union members	lunatica	Jun 2012	#19
Apparently you aren't a union member yourself -	hedgehog	Jun 2012	#20
Because there is no union for what I do	dinopipie	Jun 2012	#24
What do you do?	UnrepentantLiberal	Jun 2012	#89
What do I do?	dinopipie	Jun 2012	#113
Oh, I get it	pintobean	Jun 2012	#115
FWIW, your smug attitude and sense of entitlement is really creepy - n/t	coalition_unwilling	Jun 2012	#144
My reaction exactly. nt	Blecht	Jun 2012	#145
Union leadership a long time ago made the mistake	mmonk	Jun 2012	#22
Yes! Punish them all because of a few in WI! Brilliant!	JNelson6563	Jun 2012	#25
35% is not just a few. Let's be honest here. n/t	vaberella	Jun 2012	#31
In One State...out of those who voted.	JNelson6563	Jun 2012	#37
I thought his post was wholly dependent on WI and not the ENTIRE labor force. n/t	vaberella	Jun 2012	#53
It seems to me	JNelson6563	Jun 2012	#80
Oh understood. You're right.	vaberella	Jun 2012	#104
I can't believe that exit poll. It's like believing the exit poll where the race is too close to	shcrane71	Jun 2012	#26
You can't believe the exit polls? If elections are often rigged,	HomerRamone	Jun 2012	#56
Hard to tell what to believe isn't it. Seems something could be done to instill	shcrane71	Jun 2012	#68
Assuming you mean the Walker recall, Scotty exempted some Unions from attack...	Bluenorthwest	Jun 2012	#38
Class.	TBF	Jun 2012	#39
Speaking as the child of a labor organizer in the nineteen forties...	whathehell	Jun 2012	#155
Agree - I knew it as the daughter of a union worker in the 70s	TBF	Jun 2012	#157
"Almost everything I buy is Union made"	justgamma	Jun 2012	#42
Google is your friend	dinopipie	Jun 2012	#46
And yet you apparently could not google up information on exempt Unions in Wisconsin	Bluenorthwest	Jun 2012	#52
Pick a little. Talk a little. Pick a little. Talk a little.	12AngryBorneoWildmen	Jun 2012	#91
Unions Are Not A Monolith...Solidarity Has Been A Problem For A Long Time	KharmaTrain	Jun 2012	#44
Well put	SickOfTheOnePct	Jun 2012	#47
Finger Pointing...A DU Tradition...	KharmaTrain	Jun 2012	#64
Back when I was living in Europe	dinopipie	Jun 2012	#48
I see it at work	tomkoop	Jun 2012	#50
A union is strong as the membership. Maybe	B Calm	Jun 2012	#79
Can't join	tomkoop	Jun 2012	#85
The fact that individuals are afraid of their bosses is why collective action is needed	Bluenorthwest	Jun 2012	#99
YES	tomkoop	Jun 2012	#123
Why even ask this question?	drm604	Jun 2012	#55
Fear	rucky	Jun 2012	#57
Spot on n/t	SickOfTheOnePct	Jun 2012	#60
Whether a member of a Union or not most workers receive residual benefit by the	Snotcicles	Jun 2012	#61
Because of labor the recall happened, however, I do know this, because of labor Reagan won, and	still_one	Jun 2012	#71
Faux News.	Faygo Kid	Jun 2012	#72
Bingo. Millions are voting against their best interests. And that includes union members.	RufusTFirefly	Jun 2012	#76
Your logic is flawed, but welcome to DU.	rhett o rick	Jun 2012	#74
Then don't support unions.	Robb	Jun 2012	#75
Well, I've read	pintobean	Jun 2012	#78
Thanks. It just sort of came out.	Robb	Jun 2012	#139
Bravo! This needed to be said! His support, shall we say, is	coalition_unwilling	Jun 2012	#146
This is concern troll at its best....	trumad	Jun 2012	#84
In states without Right to Work...	Sen. Walter Sobchak	Jun 2012	#86
As a current union member, I ask you to support worker rights!	AllyCat	Jun 2012	#87
Not every union member supports unions, and even supporters may have other priorities	thesquanderer	Jun 2012	#90
yep, the baby with the bathwater routine	stupidicus	Jun 2012	#92
I think you are missing the point.	Tom Rinaldo	Jun 2012	#93
So you are only going to support causes and rights that get 100% of their internal vote?	TheKentuckian	Jun 2012	#94
The GLBT vote is around 75% and more Democratic.	Bluenorthwest	Jun 2012	#96
Okay, so 25% defection is our line for support? Is 27% of union members (rather than 35% of	TheKentuckian	Jun 2012	#109
The OP is disingenuous.	Son of Gob	Jun 2012	#100
Oh, no, I truly believe he's a 7%er who "works in the shadows"...	WorseBeforeBetter	Jun 2012	#124
. . .	Son of Gob	Jun 2012	#141
Hah-hah. I was picking up exactly the same sort of	coalition_unwilling	Jun 2012	#147
typical of many posts here	demwing	Jun 2012	#130
I see a reasoned response	brentspeak	Jun 2012	#137
Union Members do support themselves. And you should support unions b/c it's the right thing to do.	fishwax	Jun 2012	#98
You have every right to express frustration at union workers that vote for Walker.	pennylane100	Jun 2012	#110
What I find very interesting is the European Manufactures in the USA	dinopipie	Jun 2012	#116
You have to wonder why they moved those jobs here.	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#125
That would certainly seem like wasted opportunities.	pennylane100	Jun 2012	#140
precisely, nt	demwing	Jun 2012	#127
Seriously in need of a history book or two	nadinbrzezinski	Jun 2012	#119
Just curious...where did the OP call for 100% solidity?	demwing	Jun 2012	#129
Post #8 nt	pintobean	Jun 2012	#132
Yeah, a demand for 100% would be pretty unrealistic	demwing	Jun 2012	#133
The OP has been asked to clarify what they literally mean.	TheKentuckian	Jun 2012	#138
Can't speak forthe OP	demwing	Jun 2012	#148
I answered your question	pintobean	Jun 2012	#149
Lol, you're a riot. If you don't know what the OP is thinking	demwing	Jun 2012	#150
I was referring to your comments about	pintobean	Jun 2012	#151
Sure.	demwing	Jun 2012	#153
Here Is Why EVERYBODY Should Support The Unions...	WillyT	Jun 2012	#136
I can think of reasons	FreeJoe	Jun 2012	#142
I agree.	Zoeisright	Jun 2012	#156
You shouldn't. You know you don't want to.	Iggo	Jun 2012	#158

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