Posted on 06/21/2007 11:39:55 AM PDT by redstates4ever
"Democratic presidential hopeful and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards meets with Smithfield Packing Co. workers at his campaign headquarters in Chapel Hill, N.C., Thursday, June 21, 2007. Edwards met with more than a dozen workers from the hog processing plant in Tar Heel, highlighting them as an example of why Congress needs to pass a bill that could help organizers establish unions without an election."
Looks like the Smithfield Packers are living ‘high off the hog’.
John Edwards caption *ping*
That's right, just cram it down employees throats.
“Man, You all stiiiink!!!
Any been injured on the job?
I like the guy’s mohawk in the picture. Nice.
"I'm returning to the 'Two Americas' theme, and this is my first stop.
There are two types of Americans. Hog Processors, and Silky Ponies.
As you can see, we Silky Ponies have much nicer hair, and our shirts don't get
all stretched out."
***...highlighting them as an example of why Congress needs to pass a bill that could help organizers establish unions without an election.”***
Wait a minute! He wants to take away the workers’ right to vote for or against a union? Did I get that right?
He’s in favor of the big-business organizers? Unions? C’mon, tell me I read this wrong.
Any of you touch my hair, my wife will kill you.
Sure doesn’t look like they’re starvin’!
As a Muslim, I am appalled and offended by his going to an abattoir of such filthy animals! I cannot, in good conscience, ever vote for him.
After sitting with these folks and pretending to listen to their sad story, I believe they do have a case.
Isn’t it dangerous to be that fat and work at a hog processing plant?
I’m just saying ....
Looks like some of the employees have been bringing their work home with them.
“When you guys all have heart attacks from the apparent high quantity of free bacon you are getting and eating from the plant, call me. We’ll sue so you won’t be in poverty anymore.”
Alot of sampling the product going on in that plant.
You are reading this wrong ... he is in favor of those guys showing up on your doorstep wondering why you won’t sign the union organizaing card. Then it’s “you signed the card so we don’t need a vote.”
I'm sure the Breck candidate thinks long & hard on "Poverty is the great moral issue of our time" sitting in his palatial estates. Give me a break!
Nope.
Currently, a majority of employees must sign “cards” in order to authorize an election.
Then an actual election is held.
Instead, this new bill would make the “cards” the de-facto election.
In my not-so-limited experience, many employees sign the cards just to make management sweat. Most really don’t want a union because bargaining starts at a wage rate of $0.00
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