Calling Sally Field-Which "living wage" group killed its workers attempts to unionize

Wall St Journal ^ | April 15, 2003

[SJackson]

It's not the textile mills of the South. But when it comes to union-busting, the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (or Acorn) apparently can be as ruthless as any corporate fat cat.

That's not our view. That's the finding of the National Labor Relations Board. In upholding an earlier ruling by an administrative law judge, the Board found that when workers in the Dallas branch of the left-leaning Acorn expressed interest in unionizing, management responded by giving them the old heave-ho. What makes this even more hypocritical is that Kimberly Olsen, the head of Acorn's Dallas operation, was at the time leading the charge for a Dallas "living wage" ordinance. The union in question, by the way, was the famed Wobblies: the International Workers of the World.

[Tijeras_Slim]

These ACORN nuts are the usual suspects. I fist encountered them as they picketed a local semiconductor manufacturer for not hiring "enough" high school dropouts. I don't know what constitutes "enough", but given the quality of many of the graduates, I would think even one would be too many.

[garbanzo]

One rule for us another for them. Typical lefty.

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[Blood of Tyrants]

The employees in question were paid $18,000 a year for a 54-hour week.

Here's a unique idea; if you think that you are being screwed and are worth more than minimum wage, QUIT AND FIND A NEW JOB! Don't just bitch about this one and try to force the owner to pay you more than you are worth. (Which would be practically nothing since you could be replaced in an hour.)

[AbsoluteJustice]

B-I-N-G-O :)

[AbsoluteJustice]

Common sense BUMP.

[mountaineer]

she didn't see why she should have to take orders from employees

LOL with extreme irony!

[Poohbah]

Ah, but the beauty of this is that this group is trying to force everyone ELSE to pay people more than they're worth.

[hellinahandcart]

Here in NY they regularly picket the school system for not allowing enough stupid kids into accelerated classes.

[nina0113]

It sounds like it was an issue of forced overtime - they wanted one weekend off per month.

The economy would have to be at Depression levels of unemployment before I'd work under those conditions - as long as there ARE jobs, *I* will have one. It might not be a job I like, or a job that pays as much as I want, but I'll always find something to do to make a living.

[m1911]

LOL.

One of the fair wage groups had a run at Pittsburgh/Alleghany county a while back - anyone know how that turned out?

[Puppage]

[Blood of Tyrants]

Forced? They can always quit and find a job that pays what they are worth.

[nina0113]

In Virginia, there's no shortage of minimum wage jobs, which is what this sounds like [($18000)/54 hours per week * 52 weeks a year = $5.67 an hour]. And they're not very picky about who they hire - they can't afford to be.


Is the economy in Dallas so bad that even minimum-wage jobs can't be found? That's hard to believe.

[zeugma]

Too true, but I still like seeing whackos getting slammed by their own whacky ways. As is usually the case with these socialists, it is yet another one of those 'do as I say, not as I do' things.

[AbsoluteJustice]

Sweet!!! LOL

[John O]

I will go on record here as supporting a living wage of $1000 per hour.

(after all, if we are going to set an artificial wage we might as well go all out)

Just to show I'm flexible I will also support eliminating the minimum wage entirely and let the employer pay whatever his workers will accept.