"Da prez says hello."
The below PJ Media article reports on the union violence that took place this week in Lansing, Michigan as the state legislature passed a right to work law. Predictably, the main stream media has buried the story. The last thing they want Americans to see is the sheer goonery taking place outside the state capitol.
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/12/12/assault-in-lansing-leftist-blogs-go-into-false-flag-mode-mainstream-media-goes-silent/
Hat tip American Power
"Look for the union label."
The media would also like to bury the fact that just the day before, President Obama, instead of staying in Washington and dealing with the fiscal cliff negotiations, chose to play politics and speak to a bunch of union workers at a Michigan auto plant.
Now I would never say that the president incited anybody ( I watched most of the speech on C-SPAN), but he knew the volatile nature in Michigan and chose to go and fire up the troops the day before it all happened. I guess union thugs feel empowered when they know the president has their back.
Hey Gary, is it true that the National Right to Work for Less Committee is teaming up with Islamists in Tunisia, who are fighting the Tunisian General Labour Union?
ReplyDeleteThe Islamists are ripe for issuing fatwas against union thugs...
For a significant number of years, unions were a necessity in this country. I was actually raised in a union household, my dad being a union supporter/organizer/activist and president of his local back in the 40’s-50’s.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I guess I will never fully understand why Siarlys, et al, continue to support unions which are permeated by organized crime, traditional and otherwise, as well as corrupt officers and officials who are not really members of organized crime but instead are much like outlaw bikers, something on the order of wannabes, voted hang rounds, prospects, etc.
Unfortunately, unions were founded on violence (yes, I understand that some of it was company violence back in the day, but no longer) which is still present in large doses today, as repeatedly pointed out by Gary. While unions can have positive effects on members relative to wages and benefits, they have a deleterious effect on companies, the economy, and prices, and sometimes quality of products, among other things.
Do not forget the auto workers who were getting drunk and stoned on breaks while still working on cars. Looks like they can’t even be fired for such when it is on videotape.
What a laugher if not so serious.
Elwood, a friend of mine, since high school, which goes back to when Richard Nixon was president, who is currently an union officer, tells me that there is a general consensus among union leaders that forty percent of their funds are spent defending people who ought to be fired. Unfortunately, the law requires them to do this. The Landrum-Griffin act, which was supposed to protect the rights of rank and file members against the indifference and exploitation of big bad union bosses, established a "duty to represent."
ReplyDeleteHowever, as a former shop steward, I can assure you that most attempts to prevent discipline or termination are related to such mundane events as, a young mother's son had a potentially fatal asthma attack twice in one month, she had to take him to the hospital, and the company didn't care. She even had a note from a doctor, which in high school meant excused absence, but in any industry, it means nothing at all.
Your father's union was much more likely to be dominated by organized crime than any union today, even the Teamsters.