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Wed Jul-16-08 08:39 PM
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| 13. So the paid-off scabs kept telling me. |
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I'd rather be stuck on an island with a labor activist of any political stripe than the most "progressive" anti-labor reactionary. (At least the pro-labor person would work to get us off the damn island.)
S/he who crosses a picket line is dead to me.
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| -The Anti-Union Bias Persists Among Some "Liberal" Democrats |
Better Believe It |
Jul-16-08 08:09 PM |
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Thank you for posting this. N/T |
Union Thug |
Jul-16-08 08:12 PM |
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That opinion is out there. OTOH some polls show that over 50% of Americans want to join a union |
thecatburgler |
Jul-16-08 08:14 PM |
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RECOMMENDED! i agree, new dems are old republicans |
upi402 |
Jul-16-08 08:15 PM |
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You better believe it. |
readmoreoften |
Jul-16-08 08:24 PM |
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As a union worker, I know a couple of people that are like that. |
Liberal Veteran |
Jul-16-08 08:16 PM |
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Considering that during my strike the scabs were about 100% Democrats and Greens, I concur. |
readmoreoften |
Jul-16-08 08:19 PM |
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K&R |
Omaha Steve |
Jul-16-08 08:21 PM |
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"Unions have outlived their usefulness" |
billyoc |
Jul-16-08 08:28 PM |
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So the paid-off scabs kept telling me. |
readmoreoften |
Jul-16-08 08:39 PM |
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I'll admit that I'm biased, I was raised to despise liberals and all their works. |
billyoc |
Jul-16-08 08:42 PM |
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To rephrase Stephen Colbert: Reality has a distinctly working-class bias. |
readmoreoften |
Jul-16-08 09:30 PM |
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Oh, yeah... Hey, here's one way! |
billyoc |
Jul-16-08 10:22 PM |
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love it! |
readmoreoften |
Jul-16-08 10:30 PM |
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I love that (RED) campaign, buy our sweatshop shit, made by slaves, we'll send a case |
billyoc |
Jul-16-08 10:57 PM |
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Bono and his ilk must have permanently dislocated shoulders from patting themselves on the back. |
readmoreoften |
Jul-16-08 11:06 PM |
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As a union member myself |
aspergris |
Jul-16-08 08:33 PM |
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You know all those things that don't suck about the modern workplace? |
Orrex |
Jul-16-08 08:35 PM |
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I want unions damnit! But I also want them not to make the same mistakes they made before! |
calipendence |
Jul-16-08 08:37 PM |
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Unions are not perfect |
bluestateguy |
Jul-16-08 08:37 PM |
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We Do Need More Effective, Militant and Democratic Unions |
Better Believe It |
Jul-16-08 08:52 PM |
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Good for you, you cheated a union. Congratulations. |
readmoreoften |
Jul-16-08 08:58 PM |
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It was 13 years ago. Get over it. |
bluestateguy |
Jul-16-08 09:03 PM |
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Then maybe you should retitle your post "My attitudes towards unions have not been perfect" |
readmoreoften |
Jul-16-08 09:22 PM |
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No Problem I Understand |
Better Believe It |
Jul-16-08 09:46 PM |
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You should pay that union now |
proud2Blib |
Jul-16-08 10:06 PM |
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I had a similar experience and gladly joined the union |
proud2Blib |
Jul-16-08 10:04 PM |
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40 years ago, I started BC (before college) working in a textile mill, and I ... |
Sancho |
Jul-16-08 08:41 PM |
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I was a union member when I worked in a grocery store. |
Alexander |
Jul-16-08 08:44 PM |
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I guess I didn't realize that anti-union sentiment was widespread on the left |
Political Heretic |
Jul-16-08 08:46 PM |
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I agree with this sentiment |
Hippo_Tron |
Jul-16-08 08:54 PM |
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Anti-union sentiment isn't widespread on the left. The Democratic party isn't on the left anymore. |
readmoreoften |
Jul-16-08 09:05 PM |
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Point taken (from your subject line) |
Political Heretic |
Jul-16-08 09:15 PM |
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This issue isn't nearly this black and white |
CTD |
Jul-16-08 08:48 PM |
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Those jobs were going overseas with or without unions |
Hippo_Tron |
Jul-16-08 08:59 PM |
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Right because it's better to workers making $4 an hour in the US than losing manufacturing jobs. |
readmoreoften |
Jul-16-08 09:13 PM |
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And It's Not The Way You Present It |
Better Believe It |
Jul-16-08 09:15 PM |
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Manufacturing left because the tariffs on imported goods were removed. |
Selatius |
Jul-16-08 09:53 PM |
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Whether one calls it a union or not, there must be a complete assessment of how |
burythehatchet |
Jul-16-08 08:52 PM |
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I was a union member |
Trekologer |
Jul-16-08 09:02 PM |
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not me, card carrying member |
spanone |
Jul-16-08 09:04 PM |
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Me Too !!! |
WillyT |
Jul-16-08 09:11 PM |
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Give them this UMASS study to chew on... |
rucky |
Jul-16-08 09:34 PM |
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Brian was my first state rep when I got out here |
KamaAina |
Jul-16-08 09:39 PM |
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I Found That Article At One Of The Best Labor Websites Around |
Better Believe It |
Jul-16-08 09:55 PM |
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I am very grateful for my union today |
proud2Blib |
Jul-16-08 10:11 PM |
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See my post on The Family's Vereide and his vitriol toward unions. |
madfloridian |
Jul-16-08 11:01 PM |
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I can tell you all about that |
Bill McBlueState |
Jul-17-08 09:38 AM |
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