Look for the Union Libel...
The IBEW really should switch PR firms. This stinks.
Aren’t these union work rules an example of red tape and bureaucracy?
Didn’t Obama say that there would be no red tape or bureaucracy?
What’s the deal here? Can’t we waive regulations such as union work rules when there is a national disaster? Has this been officially declared a disaster? State of emergency? Why is this happening; it’s not the first time that non-union people have been turned away during Sandy.
Proud union work, all of it.
For twice the cost and half the work.
And the unions can own the fail too.
Union supporting New Yorkers deserve everything they get. I am having difficultly in finding any sympathy for these people.
And the unions and governors will declare this isn’t happening.
Wow, unbelievable. At a time like this, they care only about Numero Uno.
Why hasn’t Barry sent in the National Guard to get these union knuckledraggers under control? The military should be escorting these people trying to get New Yawk and New Jersey back on line. The people living up there need help. They don’t give a damn if those helping are union or non-union.
The union mentality mirrors the leftist ‘entitlement mentality’. It’s all about ME! Great publicity.
New York and New Jersey need RTW laws.
144 transformers. That means thousands of people just had their power restoration delayed.
I hope there is at least one honest elected politician or public bureaucrat who WILL prosecute these union thugs for criminal negligence.
I know what the people who have been in the dark must feel about unions about now...
Me? I would... (deleted to avoid a Freeper timeout)
How incredibly selfish and stupid these people are! The aid was to be dropped off, then the trucks would be on their way home. The union jobs weren’t being threatened in any way.
Same thing with the utility workers. They help restore the power, they are being paid by their current employer and they are gone in a week. Not a single union member loses a job because of the caring of others and people have their power back sooner.
It should be a win win, right? Not to the unthinking, knee jerk unions. Unfortunately, those unions are creating ill will with their childish petulance. The residents will remember why it took so long for the electric to come back on.
Unions would rather see citizens there suffer and even die than to allow Americans who don’t need a socialist thug organization help out. Unions are as vile and despicable as today’s Democrat Party.
Got two trucks headed to NJ. Hope there’s no problem. I’ll never go to LA no matter what after Katrina. LOVE Mississippi
Please tell me folks..How is this different than other kinds of organized crime? People are dying in NYC for lack of heat and energy that those transformers could help to address and these Union thugs are ruling the city and will not allow them to be delivered?!!!!!! Where is responsible government anyway..Tell me if you know..I think it doesn’t exist. If individuals do not do what they can to prepare to help themselves and their neighbors, then little help is to be found. Government takes our money and lives lavishly and they see to it that their cronies live large, too. They could not care a bit about the rest of us when disaster occurs. You are whistling past the graveyard if you think government is going to take care of you. God help those poor people on Statin Island.
I read fair amount of old newspapers. The unions were awful even during WWII.
5.56mm
This is what will happen in Michigan if Prop 2 passes here. Am I wrong?