Remember the Painter

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 6:29 am

The union scum painter that tore the sign out of the little girls hand? Well it seems the unions still can't get it right...until their actions are brought to the light of day:

"After telling Marine reservists who drive foreign vehicles or display pro-President Bush bumper stickers they no longer could use a parking lot at the United Auto Workers headquarters, union officials have changed their minds."

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/4284497/detail.html

Vander · Post by **Vander** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:41 am

Yeah, fnck those whore unions. Why the hell did we ever allow workers to organize? Damn godless commies. I bet they want our soldiers to die in Iraq, too!

Vertigo 99 · Post by **Vertigo 99** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:54 am

Vander wrote:Yeah, fnck those whore unions. Why the hell did we ever allow workers to organize? Damn godless commies. I bet they want our soldiers to die in Iraq, too!

People fighting for workplace rights is the worse thing to have happened since letting women vote!

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:11 pm

Yeah, the right to be underworked and overpaid is worth bankrupting entire industries for

Zuruck · Post by **Zuruck** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:02 pm

Yea damn those Americans for wanting a decent life. Because they picked a different field to work in, they should have to make dollars a day, never take a vacation, screw them, screw them all.

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 3:47 pm

How about we stick to the discussion at hand:

The union was f***ing stupid to try to tell the Marines that, yeah, you can use our parking lot but not if you drive an import or have a Bush bumper sticker.

Regardless of whether or not unions were a good idea when they first formed (they were) and regardless of whether or not unions should still be around (they shouldn't, in most industries)... the Union did something really stupid here.

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 3:51 pm

Lothar wrote: The union was f***ing stupid to try to tell the Marines that, yeah, you can use our parking lot but not if you drive an import or have a Bush bumper sticker.

Regardless of whether or not unions were a good idea when they first formed (they were) and regardless of whether or not unions should still be around (they shouldn't, in most industries)... the Union did something really stupid here.

Agreed!

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 6:05 pm

I once had a call from Joe Gambino, head of the millworkers union, wanting to unionise my shop. He wanted to set up a meeting to talk to me. I called the FBI and was going to be wired for the meeting. For some reason Joe never called back and my little shop is still union free. Just thought I'd throw this story in to the thread.

Zuruck · Post by **Zuruck** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:37 pm

Why would you not want the protection of a mob? That is the dumbest thing you could ever have done Woodchip, you could have made triple your money with the "stuff" in back. Oh right, your morals and values.

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 5:48 am

Wrong. I was a union contractor at one time and the "Mob" never gave me a job...ever.

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 9:21 am

I belonged to a union once when I worked for a supermarket in the few months I was there, and somehow being a part of it made me feel very "red" and also made me want to speak Russian...

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 10:17 am

Thats because you have mom and dad to fall back on and know that you will never have to make your livelyhood at that job.

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 10:59 am

I remember working for a grocery store while in college where the workers were considering unionizing. I was all for it because I would end up making lots more bucks without having to do any more work.
OOps ... off Topic.

Yeah, tha UAW was stoopid to do something so stoopid.

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 12:35 pm

Gooberman wrote:Thats because you have mom and dad to fall back on and know that you will never have to make your livelyhood at that job.

...and how would you know?

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 12:57 pm

am I wrong?

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 4:42 pm

You are partially correct considering I was 16 at that time. But I didnt like that I had to pay a union fee and that I had to belong to the union and had no other choice if I wanted to work there. To me I felt I could spend that union fee for myself. It felt like Communism to me, and in many ways the bad unions work like Communism. I then found better opportunities, coincidentally that didnt involve unions.

I understand and support unions that ensure companies maintain employee safety. I do not support unions that allow employees to milk every cent out of a company to the brink of bankruptcy while they sit around and do minimal work (its no wonder why some companies would rather move to India). In a way these unions goes against capitalism because if a company is bad, they should go under in favor of a company that puts out a better product or has better employee care. Otherwise these unions prolong trouble companies that should have dissapeared.