I’m sure the obama administration will put a stop to this.
Documented proof... never put it in writing, especially if you are denying it ever happened. idiots
The union goons turn their backs to Sandy victims. Here’s hoping that the helpless citizens return the favor.
a.k.a. the Democrat Party Slush Fund.
Let the people that support the unions have the unions. When they get power sometime after January 2013, maybe they will have a change of heart and realize that unions are there to help a few thugs and not the general population they are supposed to serve.
Crips. Bloods. MS-13. IBEW. Any questions?
UNIONS: the blood sucking bottom feeders of the working class ,,,, they have no fidelity or loyality to their companies or anyone else ,,, it’s all about their own self centered selfishness . They are generally thugs and bullies who use thug tactics to achieve self gain and have little interest in their employers mission .
There is a thundering silence from the political leadership in NJ and New York. Christi - has done nothing. Blumberg - has done nothing. Cuomo - has done nothing.....to tell the unions to come to reality. It has been 3-4 days since this union thuggery has revealed its real self. It is now too late for the states leadership to step up and redeem their pathetic, shitty, self-agrandizing decision making. Everything, and I mean, everything is weighed in the balance as to what is in the best interest of their political interests. Like obama weighing in the balance whether it would be in his best interest to save 32 people in Benghazi, or save the SEALS fighting to save obamas people in Benghazi. These politicians are weighed in the balance and have been found lacking.
Need to make sure that anyone who loses a family member or friend from lack of power gets this story...
I was thinking earlier that this would have been a great “Sister Soulja” moment for Obama: he could stand up and b*tchslap the unions and order them (figurative sense) to let the non-union workers in.
Wouldn’t matter to the people in the area (not like NJ and NY are going to go for Romney anyways, so they’re just collateral damage) because it would still take days to get the crews back in, but it would go a long way to bolstering him in a lot of other states.
All it would require are his union leadership buddies to zip their mouths for a few days, look the other way and let him do it.
I’ve actually wondered if this thing wasn’t contrived from the start, just that it’s all hit too late. It’s all just too convenient. Local IBEW(s) issue exceptionally onerous demand letters to out of state, non-union crews - essentially blackmailing them for helping people get their electricity back. What’s the chance, in this day and age, of something like that being contained?
The National IBEW has plausible deniability, and Obama gets to step up to the plate and act both Presidential and MODERATE. When the IBEW relents, he gets to claim a major success in a major disaster situation right before the election ...
Ok.. that’s just enough. A nice full page ad saying Unions Demanded While People Were Stranded would work. Maybe, just maybe we could get rid of them.
I was forced to join the IBEW in the early 70’s when I worked for HK Porter Company in Lynchburg, Va. I wound the high voltage parts of transformers that went on poles outside of homes. Let’s say they threatened my father who also worked there and I didn’t want to see my new car upside down on fire; so I joined. It is corrupt organization. Once management caught the union local president asleep back in the sand blasting area. They sent him home for 3 days without pay. He called a strike, and these idiots walked out - all to get his 3 days pay back. Another time we were voting on a new contract. There were 3 choices 1) management, 2) the DC union thugs, and 3) what the workers actually wanted. The vote was overwhelmingly what the workers wanted (closer to the management proposal). They threw that option out and had us vote on 1 & 2. We ended up on strike and the union suits (fattest bunch of clowns I’ve ever seen) went back to DC. As soon as I got my college degree in night classes, I was outta there and I tore up my card.
Back when Obama was giving his teleprompter speeches demanding the first couple of stimulus bills that just HAD to be forthcoming; he listed “infrastructure” as one of the things that just HAD to be done, along with “shovel ready jobs”. Like most of what he says, “infrastructure” and “shovel ready jobs” went the way of the dodo bird; and the Obama said something to the effect of, “Shovel ready jobs? I don’t know nuthin’ bout no shovel ready jobs!” and, “Infrastructure? I don’t know nuthin’ bout no infrastructure!” - Now, those trillions and gazillions have been spent, who knows where; and now he’s demanding MORE, MORE, MORE . . .
My (ex)friend’s son joined the electric union last year. Father is constantly bragging how much his son brings home and what kind of super expensive tools he uses. It’s nauseating listening to him. Last I heard, the son was sent to Syracuse. Son also doesn’t know who to vote for because his boss tells him to vote for obama.
I haven’t spoken with this friend since the day Sandy hit. He’s been demoted to acquaintance in my book. Unions make me sick. They’re ruining this country.
May the people of LI suffer until they shut the unions down....and I have family there, but these unions thugs MUST GO
May the people of LI suffer until they shut the unions down....and I have family there, but these unions thugs MUST GO.....
Where is the democrat governor....where is the county executive stopping these crocks.....
Fox News was showing video of big, white utility trucks being loaded onto military transport planes in California to be flown east to help out. Military personnel were loading the trucks onto a big plane that had a cone tail lifted up. How much did this cost? Did the federal government pay to have union trucks flown across the country instead of trucks coming from closer? Why isn’t anyone looking into this?
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