Posted on 12/12/2012 1:35:18 PM PST by Kaslin
I’ve got an idea, Jimmy...start your own company, then hire union workers. Let’s see how far you get.
Poor union goons. They’ll be left without a shovel to lean on.
And if there is a civil war, Hoffa’s fat ass should make an easy target.
Bring it on thugs. And I am not a small guy that you can bully.
I can’t understand why Baraq, Nan, and Harry didn’t pass “card check” when they controlled the congress in 09 and 10. That was the only hope they had of keeping unions alive.
The UAW is in real trouble now, and the Chinese built cars haven’t even arrived yet.
They bet the farm on Obamacare.
More and more people are doped out couch potatoes, only capable of sending nasty text messages.
LOL. And successful has that been? Those folks have some great jobs! I used to work for Michelin Tire in SC (a very anti-union company). The Tire and Rubber union tried to get us to call for a vote and less than 10% of the workforce would even sign the card to call for a vote. They didn’t offer us anything that Michelin was already beating.
It was really pathetic watching them trying to evangelize to people that love their company and their job.
Rumor in NYC always had it that Daddy was fed to the pigs in Jersey. He had a lot of New York mob connections. I worked in a restaurant, and the restaurant garbage was always collected, put through a big processor of some kind...and fed to the pigs in Jersey.
So yeah, that might be a solution.
Jimmy needs to join his dad.
Well, I think non-Union members should ALSO get to vote on Strikes.
I think non-Union members should ALSO be able to vote on all Contracts.
Well? You don't have to pay Federal Income Taxes to vote in Federal Elections!
Lets call “union dues” a POLL TAX, and make it clear that all workers subject to any contract get to VOTE on that contract, Union member or not!
bills that would weaken unions’ power. ................................... Union speak, it means less dues will come in and the good fellas on the top will not have enough to go around to keep them in the lifestyle they are accustom to.
Damned right we are. And it won't be limited to MI. And I won't be on your side, Mr. Hoffa, you Communist.
Fredericksburg. Chancellorsville. Good luck reconstituting the 24th Michigan, Jimmy.
Excellent......I've got your 5 1/3 cubic yards of concrete already picked out and set aside. Like father like son you wretched bastard.
“Under the Supreme Court’s 1973 Enmons decision, vandalism, assault, even murder by union officials are exempt from federal anti-extortion law. As long as the violence is aimed at obtaining property for which the union can assert a “lawful claim”—for example, wage or benefit increases— the violence is deemed to be in furtherance of “legitimate” union objectives. By the Court’s peculiar logic, such violence does not count as extortion.
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http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-316es.html
Freedom from Union Violence
by David Kendrick
David Kendrick is program director at the National Institute for Labor Relations Research.
Executive Summary
Under the Supreme Court’s 1973 Enmons decision, vandalism, assault, even murder by union officials are exempt from federal anti-extortion law. As long as the violence is aimed at obtaining property for which the union can assert a “lawful claim”—for example, wage or benefit increases— the violence is deemed to be in furtherance of “legitimate” union objectives. By the Court’s peculiar logic, such violence does not count as extortion.
The result has been an epidemic of union-related violence. The National Institute for Labor Relations Research (NILRR) has recorded 8,799 incidents of violence from news reports since 1975. Those reports show only 258 convictions, suggesting a conviction rate of less than 3 percent. Moreover, local law enforcement authorities often get many more reports of strike violence than journalists can possibly cover.
Many states have taken a cue from the high Court by enacting their own extortion laws with exemptions similar to those established by Enmons. As a result, employees trying to support their families during a violent strike are now denied protection against extortion under both state and federal laws.
Because the federal government for six decades has immersed itself in labor law under the rubric of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), federal action is necessary to see that violence does not accompany the exercise of powers created by that statute. One avenue for relief is the Freedom from Union Violence Act (FUVA), which targets all extortionate activity, even if committed by union militants in pursuit of “legitimate” objectives.
Hey, Jimmy. Your old man still MIA?
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