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Mc Mike

(9,106 posts)
38. +1, l c., from Local # 5, Pgh., PA.
Sun Sep 2, 2012, 08:41 AM
Sep 2012

Rank-and-file. Wife is AFT # 400, her national prez is marching here on Labor Day.

At the Philly labor jamboree a few weeks back, maybe you caught the young woman organizer's speech about intimidation on the job by Human 'Resource' consultants, against union efforts to organize the casino workers up the river?

Hopefully, some Pitt Labor Day marchers will continue walking past the parade route's terminus a few hundred yards to support UNITE hotel workers' action picket of the Hilton Wyndham, by Point State Park. Our Transit Workers, CWA & IBEW telecom workers, Postal Workers, SEIU, Teachers, and Ironworkers, have already had high-profile mass actions all around town.

Happy Labor Day to all. Labor isn't afraid of how weak we are. We're afraid of how strong we are.

Kicked in order to to stay relevant during RNC louis c Aug 2012 #1
Again louis c Aug 2012 #2
What about white-collar professional unions: Accountants, Lawyers, Computer Programmers? reformist2 Sep 2012 #37
k&r Starry Messenger Aug 2012 #3
I know AFT stands for................. louis c Aug 2012 #4
Thank you for yours. Starry Messenger Aug 2012 #6
Trying to stay here with all the RNC talk louis c Aug 2012 #5
Why is it so hard to unionize the Big Box stores? reformist2 Aug 2012 #7
They pour a lot of resources into anti-union propaganda. Starry Messenger Aug 2012 #8
WOW - I had never seen any of those. Real eye-openers. reformist2 Aug 2012 #13
Thank you for reading. nt. Starry Messenger Aug 2012 #16
CEOs and most high level executives don't work without a contract either Major Nikon Aug 2012 #9
I actually just signed up for steward training with my local Lucy Goosey Aug 2012 #10
It's a very interesting job Major Nikon Aug 2012 #12
I hope I'm up to it Lucy Goosey Aug 2012 #17
Did my time as a shop steward Sherman A1 Aug 2012 #20
I've got a hundred stories like that louis c Aug 2012 #29
I have a lifetime of stories Major Nikon Aug 2012 #33
Wages and benefits go up when labor sticks together! B Calm Aug 2012 #11
Not only that, everyone benefits Major Nikon Aug 2012 #14
All so true. nt Jack Sprat Aug 2012 #15
IBEW on my paternal side and Longshoremen on my maternal side. byeya Aug 2012 #18
A CEO's union would certainly be a force to be reckoned with slackmaster Aug 2012 #19
I still have my IWA card, and I have a small pension because of it. bemildred Aug 2012 #21
Yes. Too bad there isn't a law requiring all workers who are not Cleita Aug 2012 #22
You used a union to enact legislation which creates poverty for other workers. former9thward Aug 2012 #23
Which Major City in the US has the highest Union Density? louis c Aug 2012 #25
I'll stand with President Obama. former9thward Aug 2012 #26
That was an analogy, Obama is really in favor of expanding gambling even further (see link) louis c Aug 2012 #27
You can try and explain away the quote all you want. former9thward Aug 2012 #30
Jeb fought expanded gambling in 2004 in Florida louis c Aug 2012 #31
Jeb was against gambling until he was for it. former9thward Aug 2012 #34
We can continue this if you wish louis c Sep 2012 #35
Great post Teamster Jeff Aug 2012 #24
Amen brother. Pat Riot Aug 2012 #28
Is FOX a union shop? GoneOffShore Aug 2012 #32
Great post! Omaha Steve Sep 2012 #36
+1, l c., from Local # 5, Pgh., PA. Mc Mike Sep 2012 #38
You're lucky pintobean Sep 2012 #39
Kick for Labor Day louis c Sep 2012 #40
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