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Old 01-24-2013, 12:20 PM
 
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I love liberal racism.
I don't know who you are trying to fool, but in the US, antiunion ideology come from middle aged to elderly whites almost exclusively. I call it as I see it. At it's core it is racism. You've seen your white, male entitlement slowly erode and you need a scapegoat. Unions and liberals!...LOL
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Old 01-24-2013, 12:21 PM
 
Location: Westside
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Perhaps union leadership has become too focused on being a mouthpiece for a political party and its agenda rather than for representing the bests interests of its membership.
Good post.
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Old 01-24-2013, 12:22 PM
 
Location: Chicago, IL
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It says right in the article that there were safety violations. What needs explaining?
Safety violations that were repeatedly pointed out by managers and workers, who were threatened w/ firings if they didn't go back to work. Now tell me that would have also happened in a union shop?

By the way, Massey Energy is one of the hardest fighters AGAINST unions in the workplace, and look how it pays off.
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Old 01-24-2013, 12:23 PM
 
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Good post.
Yea KAT

Unions should never favor one party. Even though one party is trying to kill their power by passing so named "right to work" laws that harm unions. And one party is trying to stop that.

That's just wrong! Unions should never favor one party.......duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Old 01-24-2013, 12:24 PM
 
Location: Tampa Florida
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even in the age of Obama...

News from The Associated Press

not all of the current trends favor dems.
Yep, a lot of middle class families will continue to get hurt. I suppose there are some people that cheer that.
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Old 01-24-2013, 12:34 PM
 
Location: In your head, rent free
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I don't know who you are trying to fool, but in the US, antiunion ideology come from middle aged to elderly whites almost exclusively. I call it as I see it. At it's core it is racism. You've seen your white, male entitlement slowly erode and you need a scapegoat. Unions and liberals!...LOL
So while you accuse everyone of being a racist and blame all of your inadequacies on white men you then claim that we need a scapegoat? How appropriate.
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Old 01-24-2013, 12:35 PM
 
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Yep, a lot of middle class families will continue to get hurt. I suppose there are some people that cheer that.
There are a ton of middle class families in WI and more recently in MI that are cheering the fact that big labor has lost a lot of it's ability to hurt their families.
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Old 01-24-2013, 01:07 PM
 
Location: St. Louis
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Yep, a lot of middle class families will continue to get hurt. I suppose there are some people that cheer that.
Middle class families are getting killed by Obama's failed economic policies, yet unions continue to support Obama. Why? Because Obama takes care of Union leadership, that's why. Their power and money is protected.
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Old 01-24-2013, 01:08 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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That's why they are going after FF and retail min wage workers.
They need bodies. But min wage workers barely make it today never mind having union dues taken out of their pay.
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Old 01-24-2013, 01:39 PM
 
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Safety violations that were repeatedly pointed out by managers and workers, who were threatened w/ firings if they didn't go back to work. Now tell me that would have also happened in a union shop?

By the way, Massey Energy is one of the hardest fighters AGAINST unions in the workplace, and look how it pays off.
You haven't shown how worker's rights are declining.
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