Posted on 11/01/2012 10:38:53 PM PDT by tcrlaf
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY - The hurricane-ravaged east coast has been receiving north Alabama help, but crews from Huntsville Utilities learned they'll be doing work in Long Island, New York instead of in New Jersey.
Crews from Huntsville, as well as Decatur Utilities and Joe Wheeler out of Trinity headed up there this week, but Derrick Moore, one of the Decatur workers, said they were told by crews in New Jersey that they can't do any work there since they're not union employees.
(Excerpt) Read more at waff.com ...
People left suffering in the dark and cold, because the electricity crews can't help them, due to not meeting Democrat standards of political correctness.
Somebody should be mentioning this in a campaign speech, let alone being on Drudge!!
HOW FREAKIN INSANE IS THAT??
Well, they elect the RATs who are in love with the unions. Like some here on FR are always saying with respect to California, New Jersey is a lot farther down the road and has been on it longer than has California, so let’s just “cut New Jersey loose” and make Pennsylvania the new East Coast. Oh but wait, PA is just like NJ! So just how far west do we need to go to get to a “good” state? Maybe things will be better if we go all the way to the Mississippi! At least that would get rid of that pesky union hideout called Ohio!
The stupid, it buuuuuuuurns.
If you are still without power in New Jersey, now you know part of the reason why. And the next time something hits New Jersey, people will be far less inclined to send help so New Jersians will get to huddle together in the dark slowly freezing to death just that much longer. Union membership and solidarity is more important than people’s lives, I guess.
I’ll guess this won’t be getting any national coverage...
You COULD go south if you wanted.
obviously...
all that federal money will be going ONLY to union workers
how could you think otherwise??
I’ve never understood the ‘attack anyone in uniform’ mentality.
EMT, Firemen, etc. have been attacked in various situations over the years and I don’t get it. They are trying to help, you idiots!
Up yours Jersey crooks!
So I guess they won’t get started til the weekend so they can earn triple wages ...
* The crews that are in Roanoke, Virginia say they are just watching and waiting even though they originally received a call asking for help from Seaside Heights,New Jersey.*
Those crews from Alabama should charge NJ for the cost of their trip. Especially since they were asked to come. What jerks.
Proud of my Bama boys.
Bump
” they’ll be doing work in Long Island, New York instead”
Their loss is my gain. I live in long island, new York and have been without electricity since Monday morning.
this by itself should put an END to unions...they are indeed criminals....
Pure typical sick union mentality.
Just as they would rather see their company go out of business than yield one penny from their union contract, they would rather see people die than have a non-union person pick up a tool to help.
Whatever’s good for the AFL/CIO is good for America./s
Our son is on Long Island, too, and is in the same boat as you. - I agree. New Jersey’s loss is our gain.
This happened in lower Manhattan after 9/11 as well; I personally know a dump truck driver this happened to.
Oh but wait, PA is just like NJ!
Just add Philadelphia to the plan and you have a Red state in Pennsylvania immediately. Pittsburgh cannot overtake the rest of the state at all.
Those in the northeast have created a liberal-government-union-media framework that is now crumbling. I do not want my money going to support that framework or its people.
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