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Old 12-30-2010, 09:58 AM
 
Location: Texas State Fair
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NYC Snow Removal Debacle: Slowdown Ordered by Sanitation Union Bosses

Community organizing at it's best. Firings and prison terms should be next on the agendas of the perps.
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Old 12-30-2010, 09:58 AM
 
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Read the link above your post.
There was a BLIZZARD happening ffs ...

You mentioned the newborn dying in your post but there was no mention of it in those links.
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Old 12-30-2010, 09:59 AM
 
Location: Tampa Florida
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Well you just sit there until your "approved" sites report the news.
Meanwhile the Gov of NY is calling for an investigation into the allegations.

Paterson Calls for Investigation into Alleged Sanitation Dept. Work Slow-Down | The New York Observer
As he should and an observation I pointed out in the first thread attempt to perpetuate this "news".
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Old 12-30-2010, 10:00 AM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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There was a BLIZZARD happening ffs ...

You mentioned the newborn dying in your post but there was no mention of it in those links.
Right there in post #12.

So there was heavy snow falling, which has happened before, with a much better response from the city........so I guess because there was snow falling, that would justify a sanitation union slowdown? Un-plowed streets, EMTs, ambulances, can't get to the people, and baby, that needs help. 9 hours this newborn waited.
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Old 12-30-2010, 10:01 AM
 
Location: Texas State Fair
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As I can see? I have been trying to find some credible source for this assertion. As yet, none that I can find.


Sanitation Department's slow snow cleanup was a budget protest


By SALLY GOLDENBERG, LARRY CELONA and JOSH MARGOLIN
Last Updated: 9:54 AM, December 30, 2010
Posted: 2:34 AM, December 30, 2010
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Old 12-30-2010, 10:01 AM
 
Location: Cody, WY
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There are almost certainly grounds for criminal charges against union members for their behavior. They are without doubt guilty of manslaughter when death occurs as a result of their actions. Finding the individual workers in a given instance, then charging them along with the bosses, would have a most salutary effect on those who would hold the populace hostage as well as punish them for their actions causing death. There are also grounds for suing the union, or unions, involved. Unions have plenty of money, money deserved far more by the families who have lost loved ones as a result of the conduct of those unions.
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Old 12-30-2010, 10:03 AM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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As he should and an observation I pointed out in the first thread attempt to perpetuate this "news".
Right. Its not "news" in your mind. Just move right along then.
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Old 12-30-2010, 10:03 AM
 
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Right there in post #12.
Yeah but not in post #1 where you mentioned the baby dying, if you are going to make a claim post a
link in THAT post and not 11 posts later.....sheesh.
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Old 12-30-2010, 10:04 AM
 
Location: Flyover Country
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There was a BLIZZARD happening ffs ...

You mentioned the newborn dying in your post but there was no mention of it in those links.
It adds to the drama and is unthinkingly snapped up. All the better an anvil for which to wield ones club. Thats why unions should never do these things, they are facing a well funded enemy with a media empire at its disposal, as well as an army of 24/7 spinners
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Old 12-30-2010, 10:05 AM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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I guess the never heard of snowmobiles in New York, its not like it never snows in NY. I'm sure the ski resorts have tracked vehicles for emergency response units. We have them out here, and when the needs are urgent we use them to get to areas that are heavily snowed in.

http://snow-cat.org/with_idaho_special02.jpg (broken link)
Here is one that could even plow the roads on its way to a 911 emergency.



Here's one that could would be the equivalent to an ambulance.
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