Ohio Business Owner Shot For Being Non-Union, Police Investigating

Redstate.com ^

[Minus_The_Bear]

With around 25 employees, John King owns one of the largest non-union electrical contracting businesses in the Toledo, Ohio area. As a non-union contractor, his business happens to be doing well at a time when unions in the construction industry are suffering. This, it seems, has made the usual animosity unions have for him even greater, making him a prime target of union thugs. So much so, that one of them tried to kill him last week at his home.

John King didn’t plan on being an enemy of unions. In fact, he says all he’s ever wanted to do is work at something he loves doing and be successful at it—something that most normal Americans would call ‘The American Dream.’

After high school and some college, Mr. King briefly worked for an IBEW contractor before being drafted into the military. Following his service in the early 70s, King became his own boss by going into business as the youngest electrical contractor in Toledo.

Over the years, King Electrical Services had always been a small business. However, during the Great Recession, King’s business has actually improved as his union competitors have priced themselves out of work.

Unfortunately, being a non-union electrical company, King has always been on the radar of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). In fact, in 2006, he won a significant case against the IBEW at the US Court of Appeals, after the union had improperly promised his electricians jobs on union sites if they voted the union into King’s company.

[demshateGod]

Just sickening!

[redgolum]

If this is the true facts, I would not trust the police to “investigate” this at all.

I work in a union town, and have been disgusted on how the police turn a blind eye toward union thuggery.

[Red Badger]

What’s the difference between Organized Crime and Organized Labor?............

[Texas Eagle]

Wait, wait, wait. I’m confused. A Union member did this or a Tea Partier?

[redgolum]

My brother in law is a new electrician, and a member of the IBEW.

They regularly lay him off 6 months out of the year, to protect their “senior” members. I have been talking to him about things for a while, and telling him to get out before they ask him to do something that he will regret.

[Texas Eagle]

Who has this Union thug been listening to? Who has filled his head with hate? Rush Limbaugh? Sarah Palin? Rick Perry?

[2nd amendment mama]

Excellent summation about the unions!! Bookmarking for future reference. Thank you.

[ArrogantBustard]

Point of Order:

This business owner and his employees are not "non-union".

They are "free".

The opposite of "union" is "free".

Unionism is opposed to Freedom.

Semantics matters.

[Doctor 2Brains]

You are too kind.

[magslinger]

That is the point I was making. SkyDancer is the one who insulted the cavemen.

[flutters]

Thanks for the ping. Glenn Beck has picked up this story too: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/ohio-business-owner-terrorized-shot-for-being-non-union/

[Loud Mime]

this is what emperor zero wanted.

Why do I think this is just the start of the 2012 violence?

[Loud Mime]

very good points!

Freedom vs. Union

I like it!

[GraceG]

Isn’t attacking and assaulting someone due to idealogical differences considered a “Hate Crime”?

They should charge his attacker with a hate crime and throw some liberal social justice back at them.

[NoDRodee]

Unions kill jobs.

[GraceG]

[ Unions kill jobs. ]

And if they cannot kill jobs they attempt to kill the people who create them.....

[SkyDancer]

Hey! It’s not my fault they joined a union. Actually I thought the guy was cute, sorta, in a way, perhaps, meh.

[MichaelCorleone]

Wonder what Eric “my people” Holder has to say about this?

[Maverick68]

bump...

[NFHale]

Nice post, Doc. Spot-on.