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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 11:34 AM Original message |
Labor has decided to fight back |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. I agree, Nadin, but... which was the "S" word!? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. STRIKE |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. ah, right! And even better when preceded by the "G" word! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yup... it is coming |
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Scruffy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
61. I love that sound. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. What the rank-and-file do in the coming months, and how so-called allies react to that, will be much |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. indeed n/t |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. Well one thing to ALWAYS keep in mind |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. This is a very general statement and depends on the union and where you are. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Actually this is an accurate statement for the US. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. In my view (admittedly Marxist), it's an accurate |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. There is history, as in formal history, done on this |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. If you're talking about national presidents, I agree with that. But when it comes to local ESTs, |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
7. Labor vs. Tea Party = violence |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Gosh, I guess unions had better support Tea Party policies then! |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Only for the narrowminded |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. So, you're equating voting and strikes with violence? |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Not at all |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. well, the elites with their ownership of the airwaves have certainly succeeded here |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Ah, yes |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
57. I'll refute it, if it'll make you feel better. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. So who started all of this "targeting" talk? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I am sorry but that is a RIGHT WING MEME |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. I think you are "narrow-minded" if you ask me. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Gee where did I hear this? Oh yes... FOX NEWS.... |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Sigh |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. You are the one equating voting with violence |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. The question is |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. So the answer is to say nothing? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. You are the one equating voting with violence |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Have you not noticed the numbers of the so called Tea Party.. |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. I have noticed |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. You think the Tea Party is as numerous as labor? |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Hardcore labor types? Yes. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
33. Just like how blood flowed through the streets of Madison last winter? Yes, the union thugs |
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Claudia Jones (464 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
35. say what??? |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
49. Not entirely true |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Is this the new centrist talking point? |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 09:11 AM Response to Reply #52 |
64. I'm not sure if it is or not, nadin |
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Claudia Jones (464 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. sorry |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
65. It is a little broader than "Labor vs. Tea Party ". |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
8. STRIKE! STRIKE! STRIKE! |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
11. The Unions are not going to fight back.. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Alas that was the first step |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. We'll see |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. On the ground, look at photos |
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Claudia Jones (464 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. don't you mean "we?" |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #36 |
54. I do not belong to a Union although I support most 150% |
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Claudia Jones (464 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. why? |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. I own my own business. |
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Claudia Jones (464 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. thanks |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 06:05 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I am a wholesaler |
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Claudia Jones (464 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. ok, thanks |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
30. Which unions do you think will strike |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
34. thirty years too late |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. The fight has begun all over again |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Isn;t it disgusting though, that we have to re-do stuff that was done |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Part of it is complacency |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
37. Are you a union member? |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
45. K&R. |
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samsingh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
48. about time |
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TeamsterDem (819 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
50. It feels TERRIFIC to be fighting HARD against these creeps. I couldn't be prouder of Hoffa |
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Tom Ripley (418 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
51. I stand beside my brothers and sisters (n/t) |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
55. About time |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-11 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
62. k&r |
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