It's not just Trumka. Now Jesse Jackson has injected himself into the WI mess. I'm sure Al will be along shortly. They're calling for revolt. It's the Looney Toons Triumvirate! The media who were so worried last summer about Grandma and Grandpa Teaparty becoming violent are deafeningly silent...get out the popcorn.
Live video here.
Let 'em try. They won't know what hit 'em.
ReplyDeleteWell, I'm pretty sure that most folks are utterly disgusted by the riffraff in Madison and their union bosses. They want a revolt? Really?
ReplyDeleteGrandma and Grandpa Teaparty may look warm and cuddly, but I can assure you that they're armed to the teeth and unafraid of the union/progressive goons and pols.
Bring it.
A perfect comparison of the new "democracy" versus the old.
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Where do the pundits get these union favorable poll numbers when only 11.9% of American wage and salary workers belong to unions?
ReplyDeleteIf you separate sectors, then private sector workers = 6.9% union, and public sector = 36.2% unionized. Separate teachers and educators out and it is 37.1% unionized ...e.g., not even a majority there. Hello??
What is this Wisconsin thing ... an organizing publicity campaign?
Do the majority of Americans "wish" they were in a union and thus earning big bucks? Do they really think unions get big bucks for everyone? Do they actually buy this solidarity thing and believe that all unions will always protect them?
Well I have some "news" for them, if that is the unlikely case ... mere membership in a union, with rare exception such as some skilled trades, does NOT guarantee high wages, or much protection, ... in fact it almost warrants a sub-class where small business is concerned because there is insufficient dues money to be made there, even if organized.
Unions do NOT actually organize many small businesses, and when they do they do NOT act to ensure wage parity ... frequently looking the other way when said businesses compete against others and each other with "contract" (no FICA, Medicare, health benefit, pension, or withholding to deal with) employees and relatives paid cash under the table. Totally contrary to NLRB rules on what is an "employee" ... let alone the "glorious" promises unions make, which apply almost exclusively to workers for very large organizations, public or private. Been there, done that ... not guessing.
Most here know I favor unions in industrial scenarios. Especially skilled trade and assembly workers. That doesn't mean I think they are perfect, nor that I drink their Kool-Aid ... as I've indicated above. However, my favoring of the AFL-CIO began to wane seriously when John Sweeny of the SIEU became AFL-CIO President around 1995. Along with the SIEU job, ole John was a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
At the same time, Owen Bieber was President of the UAW here and acted directly to get Sweeny elected President of the AFL-CIO over incumbent Lane Kirkland. How could Bieber, a man with actual line experience in industry, favor an SIEU guy?
Later on, in the late 70's, the UAW was either unable or unwilling to enforce its own work rules and as a result caused many factories here to close ... when you have over 30% of a workforce no shows 2 days a week (they were called "part timers" euphemistically by other union members .. who resented them) while still drawing full fringe benefits and messing up productivity ... even a dim witted factory manager will move the operation elsewhere ... like Mexico.
Today you have Richard Trumka ...who alleges he worked in the coal mines starting 1968, precisely the same time he entered college. After college, with his Law Degree, he became an attorney for the UMWA, the mine workers union. Not much coal digging there, eh?
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