Better Believe It
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Fri Sep-10-10 03:20 PM
Response to Reply #24 |
| 29. Nonsense. They don't deserve a bit of blame! It's the employers who cut wages, lay-off workers, |
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reduce benefits, break strikes, bash unions and fire workers who try to organize unions.
And you want to let Wall Street and corporate America off the hook by blaming immigrant workers for the economic crisis .... nothing like a convenient scapegoat!
Hey, how about showing a little labor and worker solidarity?
Don't believe or repeat that reactionary bull shit about undocumented workers being union busters and scabs.
I've heard that crapola before from right-wing co-workers.
Why should undocumented workers support organized labor or you if organized labor and you don't support them?
And I've worked with undocumented workers who were union members. Those of us who are "citizens" didn't attack them, didn't act as finks against them and guess what? They were among the best and most loyal union members we could count on during negotiations with the employer.
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| -Stop blaming immigrants |
Better Believe It |
Sep-09-10 01:56 PM |
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I blame their greedy shitbag exploiting employers. |
Hello_Kitty |
Sep-09-10 02:05 PM |
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And the way to take on the employers is to organize their immigrant workers and .... |
Better Believe It |
Sep-09-10 03:13 PM |
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HEAR, HEAR! Even AFL-CIO president Trumka gets it (as you do), sad that so many others insist |
blondeatlast |
Sep-09-10 03:29 PM |
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Employers are not "victims", though they like to pretend they are. |
Hello_Kitty |
Sep-09-10 03:37 PM |
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Never said they were. nt |
blondeatlast |
Sep-09-10 03:40 PM |
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That's what I was talking about and the OP pivoted back. |
Hello_Kitty |
Sep-09-10 03:42 PM |
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"the poor brown workers" That sure sounds like a put down of immigrant workers. |
Better Believe It |
Sep-09-10 04:00 PM |
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Nice dodge. You're not fooling me for a second. |
Hello_Kitty |
Sep-09-10 05:04 PM |
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Yeah, that organizing thing has worked out really well for the past 24 years. |
Hello_Kitty |
Sep-09-10 03:32 PM |
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I know illegal immigrants who work for a Union shop making good |
Luciferous |
Sep-09-10 10:59 PM |
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Good! All the more reason to organize unions that don't exclude undocumented workers |
Better Believe It |
Sep-10-10 03:10 PM |
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Illegal aliens are not "immigrants" n/t |
lumberjack_jeff |
Sep-09-10 03:39 PM |
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Are they from Mars? These undocumented immigrant workers could easily be made "legal" if that's |
Better Believe It |
Sep-09-10 04:07 PM |
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Well, they're not naturalized citizens. |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Sep-09-10 05:05 PM |
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Unauthorized migrants and if there is a problem then authorize them. |
TheKentuckian |
Sep-09-10 05:11 PM |
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You mean they've illegally migrated from some other place in the united states? |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Sep-09-10 05:12 PM |
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So what? Do you want cops to check our "papers" and round up 12 million people and |
Better Believe It |
Sep-09-10 05:11 PM |
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Uninvited visitors. n/t |
lumberjack_jeff |
Sep-09-10 05:40 PM |
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You mean they're only here on vacation? |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Sep-09-10 05:52 PM |
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Um, check your dictionary. Of course they are. nt |
blondeatlast |
Sep-09-10 05:20 PM |
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An immigrant intends to set up permanent housekeeping. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Sep-09-10 05:39 PM |
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Actually, many would like nothing more than to be US citizens. |
blondeatlast |
Sep-09-10 06:27 PM |
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You know this how? |
donheld |
Sep-09-10 10:50 PM |
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The Wall Street tycoons are robbing us blind .... legally. So-called "illegal" workers haven't . |
Better Believe It |
Sep-09-10 10:59 PM |
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Illegal immigrants certainly do deserve some blame... |
MellowDem |
Sep-09-10 11:48 PM |
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Other countries enforce the law at the employer level. |
Hello_Kitty |
Sep-10-10 03:03 PM |
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If the jobs didn't exist, they wouldn't come. |
krabigirl |
Sep-10-10 03:04 PM |
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Exactly... |
MellowDem |
Sep-10-10 07:17 PM |
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Nonsense. They don't deserve a bit of blame! It's the employers who cut wages, lay-off workers, |
Better Believe It |
Sep-10-10 03:20 PM |
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Hey, I only said they were part of the blame.. |
MellowDem |
Sep-10-10 07:28 PM |
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I agree, but people need their convenient scapegoats. |
krabigirl |
Sep-10-10 03:04 PM |
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