It's Labor History Week, er, Month

SacBee: The Buzz ^ | 3/23/12

[SmithL]

A Democrat-dominated Legislature that wanted students to learn about the accomplishments of unions apparently goofed a decade ago in designating the first week in April as Labor History Week, urging schools to commemorate it.

That week is spring break in many school districts, so students are neither attending classes nor applauding unions.

[IronJack]

This is a bad idea. It will serve as a rallying period for the marxists and their fellow trash to revile capitalism, demand more socialist programs, and regale us with bloated stories of union Davids facing down stogie-stoking plutocrat Goliaths.

No thanks.

[bert]

Wonder if they will teach about the terrorist led actions of Richard Trumka in the United Mine Workers strike in 1988/89 in Southwest Virginia?

[flatfish]

Well hell, why not let’s just make it a year or decade? /s

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[dfwgator]

“It’s only for a week so have no fear/Be grateful that it doesn’t last all year.”

[Dilbert San Diego]

But, they want to move it to May? Isn’t Harvey Milk’s birthday in May? Now that California is mandated to teach homosexual history, could there be a conflict between teaching labor history and homosexual history????

[Dilbert San Diego]

No, they won’t say anything about violence in the coal fields during coal miners strikes.

There’s a long history of violence in those places, sad to say.

[SmithL]

And here's the punchline to this little joke:

Labor unions are known for one other key thing in the left-leaning Capitol: Spending millions to bolster campaigns of pro-union Democrats and ballot measures in statewide elections.

[4Liberty]

Labor Studies = Screw the Taxpayer Studies