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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-08 01:05 PM
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Me Thinks Unions Just Got Stronger
...thanks right wingers and pukes! You are about to find out what real patriotism, compassion for fellow citizens really looks like.
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-08 01:07 PM
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1. How so? The way I see it the UAW is doomed and so is the labor movement.
Am I misreading it?
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-08 01:16 PM
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2. we will see
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-08 01:28 PM
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4. Yes.
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Snotcicles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-08 01:41 PM
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6. You sure are. Just wait till Obama tells McConnell's wife to pack her stuff and hit the road. nt
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-08 02:39 PM
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10. I don't know what that means. Mitch McConnell? Is his wife a lobbyist for
foreign mfgr?

My point is that yes we have to find a way to cushion the landing and have safety nets for the coming wave of unemployed, but form a dispassionate point of view I see the industry unable to function under its current model. The UAW is part of that model. It just seems logical to assume that if the model is going to be blown up then the UAW will no longer exist in its current political place.
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Snotcicles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-08 02:44 PM
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11. McConnell's wife is Elaine Chao Labor Sec. and is anti union.nt
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-08 02:52 PM
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12. I didn't knw they were corrupted through marriage also.
Reminds of the Phil and Wendy Gramm dynamic duo
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Snotcicles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-08 05:26 PM
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14. Peas in a pod.nt
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lligrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-08 01:26 PM
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3. I Agree - If We Play It Right
Time to put those Work Union bumper stickers back on our cars. Remember when products used to have stickers that said union made?
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-08 01:33 PM
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5. yup... I do remember
many have union stickers on their cars here where I live. Even those who don't belong to unions.
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-08 01:45 PM
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7. They will receive more support from workers
Just in time for the ultimate battle for their survival.
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skooooo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-08 02:29 PM
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9. There is no ultimate battle..

...but there is the constant and ongoing struggle.
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jedr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-08 02:28 PM
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8. Yes, and the Wal*Mart stampede helped too;
I expect to see union stickers soon replacing the yellow ribbons on many cars.
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revolve Donating Member (255 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-08 03:07 PM
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13. Hopefully Granholm will get Labor secretary
That would be a kick in the face to these anti-union assholes
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4 t 4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-13-08 05:39 PM
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15. A Giant kick to all Unions left! n/t Unions are our Friends
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