are these the same "idiot" unions whose work throughout last century have afforded you and others in this country the employment rights we currently have?
although... vicariously - through my father - I've seen unions become as clearly corrupt as the government...

who do you actually trust? I'm going to start my own country! you're not invited! so there!
(likeajackhammer, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 12:11, archived)

Can I come?
Unions can do good things, but many let their power go to their heads: See Bob Crow
( Jobe, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 12:13, archived)

^that statement has summed it up in a neat little package

(likeajackhammer, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 12:14, archived)

I agree
i'd still immediately describe any union with a striking policy as cunts without bothering to read further though. It's not, and never has been, necessary to strike. It's just blackmail and extortion and should be treated as such. Let's see how Crow copes with seven years in the Scrubs.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 12:21, archived)

even when things like safety are at stake?
I'll meet you halfway and say it's excessive over of the brand of coffee in the kitchen.
(likeajackhammer, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 12:23, archived)

All political systems have brute physical resistance at their base
if a union can't strike, it can't bargain.

And it's no more extortion than an employer threatening to deprive you of your livelihood if you don't tow the company line in every way.
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 12:26, archived)

actually, I disagree.
I think it's far more extortion. You can always leave your job. Your employer can't fire you under the same situation.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 12:39, archived)

poor sematics
I didn't mean all unions are idiots, just some.

but it is actually most. the problem, basically is that unions have no concept of reality and never have done. If you tune out the rhetoric of any union's demands over the last 30 years or so it says "butbutbut we wanna pony and to go to bed later and cake AND jelly and icecream and why can't we play some more IT'S NOT FAIIIIRRRRRRR"

bunch. of. cunts. Especially Bob Crow.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 12:17, archived)