Class Warefare; The 1%; Union Bosses

[Moonglow]

While the rank and file go on strike for weeks at the behest of Labor bosses, just who do the workers blame? The Corporate CEO's, the 1%ers who don't care for their employees, right?

Just who are the 1%ers? Let's take a look:

1. UFCW (United Food & Commercial Workers) boss - salary $360,737 in 2009. Outgoing president received $709,000.

2. NEA (National Education Association), Teachers Union, President received $397, 721.

3. AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) $479, 328.

4. AFT (American Federation of Teachers) $428, 284.

5. IAM (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers $284, 975.

6. IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers), $375,767.

7. SEIU (Service Employees International Union) $306, 388

8. Teamsters, $362, 868/

How much do union bosses make? (PHOTOS) - International Business Times


While their people are the rank and file and punching the clock, they are dining in the finest restaurants around. Where's the outrage?

and all these teachers union salaries are coming from us tax payers ...

Well then you don't support public educatio?

Federal tax dollars account for about 8 percent of education funding in the United States. The amount is growing rapidly, mostly due to federal programs created for disabled and economically disadvantaged students, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Twenty years ago, federal spending accounted for just 5.7 percent of public school spending.

Read more: Education Funding & Public Schools | eHow.com Education Funding & Public Schools | eHow.com

 

[Steelplate]

A fews years ago in the Vegas casino "Paris" I saw a bunch of union goons walking around with their union shirts on living it up on their union's dues while the working man was back home working....

I wonder how many worker's dues were lost over a Blackjack table.

Ummm....One of our Union Stewards was just in San Diego for a conference. He had to pay for all expenses outside of the room and a food allowance from his own pocket. Keep on making assumptions though.

 

[Steelplate]

Anybody know what Steelplate was doing in Wisconsin this past June on the night of the recall elections??


The Most Disappointed Barrett Supporter In Wisconsin - YouTube


Sheeeeeeeeeeet..........does this asshole need to be bitch slapped or what???

I was WORKING.....you ought to try it for once.

 

[barry1960]

welllllll.....let's compare that with private sector CEO's. Seems to me that Union Bosses, while well compensated....are fairly compensated. Unlike Corporate CEO'S who get tens of millions of dollars and a golden parachute even if they run a company into the ground....but hey.... do blather on with apples and oranges comparisons.

Tell...you what.....let's try...Professional Athletes?.....Actors? Musicians? Funny, only right wingers have a problem with those people....Why? oh...because those people are the Labor class....even though they are well compensated, they work for record companies, movie studios, and sports franchises....so therefore they should be demonized because they make so much and the entities that they work for should be deified.

Alright, let's take out corporations from the mix. How many jobs would there be? (the job market would crash)

Take out Union Bosses and how many jobs would there be? (At the worst, the same; at the best, more)

Those two questions make you think that one entity is certainly more important than the other.

If we take CEO's out of the mix we just get someone else to run the corporation for a whole lot less......

Yoiu are comparing apples to oranges - the entire corporation with the union boss. Let's try an apples to apples comparison. If a worker did not have a corporation he would not have a place to work. If a corporation did not have workers, the corporation could not function.

While the union bosses you listed are cdertainly overpaid, their compensation pales to the compensation of CEO's.

 

[skookerasbil]

w0w...........you wanna watch a total ball kick to the k00ks.................watch the MSNBC anchors response to the unions getting nuked in Wisconsin.

This is classic............love watching the k00ks when they look like they are sitting on an ungreased telephone pole..............


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pchwcD4IPzs&feature=related]A sad night for MSNBC: Video montage of Wisconsin recall race coverage - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Jackson]

A fews years ago in the Vegas casino "Paris" I saw a bunch of union goons walking around with their union shirts on living it up on their union's dues while the working man was back home working....

I wonder how many worker's dues were lost over a Blackjack table.

Ummm....One of our Union Stewards was just in San Diego for a conference. He had to pay for all expenses outside of the room and a food allowance from his own pocket. Keep on making assumptions though.

Big difference between the lowly Union Steward and the Big Bosses who have their own golf courses made just for them.

 

[skookerasbil]

Anybody know what Steelplate was doing in Wisconsin this past June on the night of the recall elections??


The Most Disappointed Barrett Supporter In Wisconsin - YouTube


Sheeeeeeeeeeet..........does this asshole need to be bitch slapped or what???

I was WORKING.....you ought to try it for once.

Shit......I dont know s0n..........somebody told me its you, right down to the gay hat and all!!!


Check again................I call BS it wasnt you................


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEwXa197uBU]The Most Disappointed Barrett Supporter In Wisconsin - YouTube[/ame]




"Im very emotional!!!!!!!!"


Holy shit.........tell me this limpwristed pantywaist didnt get wedgie abused as a teenager in the HS shower? Dollar to astale donut this whimp was doing his cat on the couch before going down to the rally.

 

[tjvh]

and the worship of the false Gods continues.....

I understand that Corporations provide jobs, and allow people to prosper... Even Janitors. Obama isn't God... Sorry to disappoint you.

wow...who said he was? Obama is a politician...nothing more.

But to worship the almighty dollar like a God and deifying those who collect the most is a false religion. What good are jobs when many of those working folk can't afford to live in their own country in a fairly comfortable manner?

Don't sit there and try to make the Conglomerate a benevolent ruler. They want slave labor and they don't give a shit whether their "subjects" can't make a go of it. Rooting for them to win is like going to La's Vegas and rooting for the Casinos to win.

Worship the almighty dollar? Ridiculous. How about allowing America to prosper, and let free enterprise work the way it should. Slave labor my ass. If you have a skill, you have a Right to seek out an employer who will pay the most for that skill... If you choose not to have any skills, I hardly think others should be forced to subsidize you for your lack of ambition. If you choose to be lazy and allow tenure to protect you while you're hiding behind your Union, the rest of us should not have to foot the bill for your poor work ethics. And by the way... I know how Unions work, because I'm in one.

 

[Jackson]

While the rank and file go on strike for weeks at the behest of Labor bosses, just who do the workers blame? The Corporate CEO's, the 1%ers who don't care for their employees, right?

Just who are the 1%ers? Let's take a look:

1. UFCW (United Food & Commercial Workers) boss - salary $360,737 in 2009. Outgoing president received $709,000.

2. NEA (National Education Association), Teachers Union, President received $397, 721.

3. AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) $479, 328.

4. AFT (American Federation of Teachers) $428, 284.

5. IAM (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers $284, 975.

6. IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers), $375,767.

7. SEIU (Service Employees International Union) $306, 388

8. Teamsters, $362, 868/

How much do union bosses make? (PHOTOS) - International Business Times


While their people are the rank and file and punching the clock, they are dining in the finest restaurants around. Where's the outrage?

and all these teachers union salaries are coming from us tax payers ...

Well then you don't support public educatio?

Federal tax dollars account for about 8 percent of education funding in the United States. The amount is growing rapidly, mostly due to federal programs created for disabled and economically disadvantaged students, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Twenty years ago, federal spending accounted for just 5.7 percent of public school spending.

Read more: Education Funding & Public Schools | eHow.com Education Funding & Public Schools | eHow.com

And just what do Teachers Unions do to enhance education?

Class Warfare and Two-Faced Union Bosses | Union Watch

 

[tjvh]

A fews years ago in the Vegas casino "Paris" I saw a bunch of union goons walking around with their union shirts on living it up on their union's dues while the working man was back home working....

I wonder how many worker's dues were lost over a Blackjack table.

Ummm....One of our Union Stewards was just in San Diego for a conference. He had to pay for all expenses outside of the room and a food allowance from his own pocket. Keep on making assumptions though.

A Union steward is nothing more than somebody who will toe the line, and hope one day the join the realm of the Fat Cats... Stewards are a dime a dozen.

 

[skookerasbil]

unions have been on a steep decline for 30 years and the slope continues to get steeper. People, until recently, never had a clue about this greedy shit. Assholes retiring on almost 6 figure salary and sitting on their asses for 20-25 years collecting from the taxpayers. Over time, all this shit is going to be mothballed.

 

[Jackson]

I understand that Corporations provide jobs, and allow people to prosper... Even Janitors. Obama isn't God... Sorry to disappoint you.

wow...who said he was? Obama is a politician...nothing more.

But to worship the almighty dollar like a God and deifying those who collect the most is a false religion. What good are jobs when many of those working folk can't afford to live in their own country in a fairly comfortable manner?

Don't sit there and try to make the Conglomerate a benevolent ruler. They want slave labor and they don't give a shit whether their "subjects" can't make a go of it. Rooting for them to win is like going to La's Vegas and rooting for the Casinos to win.

Worship the almighty dollar? Ridiculous. How about allowing America to prosper, and let free enterprise work the way it should. Slave labor my ass. If you have a skill, you have a Right to seek out an employer who will pay the most for that skill... If you choose not to have any skills, I hardly think others should be forced to subsidize you for your lack of ambition. If you choose to be lazy and allow tenure to protect you while you're hiding behind your Union, the rest of us should not have to foot the bill for your poor work ethics. And by the way... I know how Unions work, because I'm in one.

I was in one as well. That's precisely how they work.

 

[skookerasbil]

and all these teachers union salaries are coming from us tax payers ...

Well then you don't support public educatio?

Federal tax dollars account for about 8 percent of education funding in the United States. The amount is growing rapidly, mostly due to federal programs created for disabled and economically disadvantaged students, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Twenty years ago, federal spending accounted for just 5.7 percent of public school spending.

Read more: Education Funding & Public Schools | eHow.com Education Funding & Public Schools | eHow.com

And just what do Teachers Unions do to enhance education?

Class Warfare and Two-Faced Union Bosses | Union Watch

Teacher unions ensure that the bar stays low for quality in education. End of story. Its been that way forever.

 

[Steelplate]

I understand that Corporations provide jobs, and allow people to prosper... Even Janitors. Obama isn't God... Sorry to disappoint you.

wow...who said he was? Obama is a politician...nothing more.

But to worship the almighty dollar like a God and deifying those who collect the most is a false religion. What good are jobs when many of those working folk can't afford to live in their own country in a fairly comfortable manner?

Don't sit there and try to make the Conglomerate a benevolent ruler. They want slave labor and they don't give a shit whether their "subjects" can't make a go of it. Rooting for them to win is like going to La's Vegas and rooting for the Casinos to win.

Worship the almighty dollar? Ridiculous. How about allowing America to prosper, and let free enterprise work the way it should. Slave labor my ass. If you have a skill, you have a Right to seek out an employer who will pay the most for that skill... If you choose not to have any skills, I hardly think others should be forced to subsidize you for your lack of ambition. If you choose to be lazy and allow tenure to protect you while you're hiding behind your Union, the rest of us should not have to foot the bill for your poor work ethics. And by the way... I know how Unions work, because I'm in one.

Only certain Americans you mean. Not the workforce, only the businessmen. Thanks....you've proved my point.

 

[tjvh]

wow...who said he was? Obama is a politician...nothing more.

But to worship the almighty dollar like a God and deifying those who collect the most is a false religion. What good are jobs when many of those working folk can't afford to live in their own country in a fairly comfortable manner?

Don't sit there and try to make the Conglomerate a benevolent ruler. They want slave labor and they don't give a shit whether their "subjects" can't make a go of it. Rooting for them to win is like going to La's Vegas and rooting for the Casinos to win.

Worship the almighty dollar? Ridiculous. How about allowing America to prosper, and let free enterprise work the way it should. Slave labor my ass. If you have a skill, you have a Right to seek out an employer who will pay the most for that skill... If you choose not to have any skills, I hardly think others should be forced to subsidize you for your lack of ambition. If you choose to be lazy and allow tenure to protect you while you're hiding behind your Union, the rest of us should not have to foot the bill for your poor work ethics. And by the way... I know how Unions work, because I'm in one.

I was in one as well. That's precisely how they work.

Isn't it funny how people assume you aren't in a Union, when you adamantly disagree with the Politics of the Union... They are a bunch of sheep who follow the Union without question... Lazy sheep at that.

 

[Jackson]

wow...who said he was? Obama is a politician...nothing more.

But to worship the almighty dollar like a God and deifying those who collect the most is a false religion. What good are jobs when many of those working folk can't afford to live in their own country in a fairly comfortable manner?

Don't sit there and try to make the Conglomerate a benevolent ruler. They want slave labor and they don't give a shit whether their "subjects" can't make a go of it. Rooting for them to win is like going to La's Vegas and rooting for the Casinos to win.

Worship the almighty dollar? Ridiculous. How about allowing America to prosper, and let free enterprise work the way it should. Slave labor my ass. If you have a skill, you have a Right to seek out an employer who will pay the most for that skill... If you choose not to have any skills, I hardly think others should be forced to subsidize you for your lack of ambition. If you choose to be lazy and allow tenure to protect you while you're hiding behind your Union, the rest of us should not have to foot the bill for your poor work ethics. And by the way... I know how Unions work, because I'm in one.

Only certain Americans you mean. Not the workforce, only the businessmen. Thanks....you've proved my point.

Tvjh's post was clear. Yours was not. Would you elaborate?

 

[tjvh]

wow...who said he was? Obama is a politician...nothing more.

But to worship the almighty dollar like a God and deifying those who collect the most is a false religion. What good are jobs when many of those working folk can't afford to live in their own country in a fairly comfortable manner?

Don't sit there and try to make the Conglomerate a benevolent ruler. They want slave labor and they don't give a shit whether their "subjects" can't make a go of it. Rooting for them to win is like going to La's Vegas and rooting for the Casinos to win.

Worship the almighty dollar? Ridiculous. How about allowing America to prosper, and let free enterprise work the way it should. Slave labor my ass. If you have a skill, you have a Right to seek out an employer who will pay the most for that skill... If you choose not to have any skills, I hardly think others should be forced to subsidize you for your lack of ambition. If you choose to be lazy and allow tenure to protect you while you're hiding behind your Union, the rest of us should not have to foot the bill for your poor work ethics. And by the way... I know how Unions work, because I'm in one.

Only certain Americans you mean. Not the workforce, only the businessmen. Thanks....you've proved my point.

I'm talking about the work force who actually work. Thanks for proving my point.

 

[Jackson]

Worship the almighty dollar? Ridiculous. How about allowing America to prosper, and let free enterprise work the way it should. Slave labor my ass. If you have a skill, you have a Right to seek out an employer who will pay the most for that skill... If you choose not to have any skills, I hardly think others should be forced to subsidize you for your lack of ambition. If you choose to be lazy and allow tenure to protect you while you're hiding behind your Union, the rest of us should not have to foot the bill for your poor work ethics. And by the way... I know how Unions work, because I'm in one.

I was in one as well. That's precisely how they work.

Isn't it funny how people assume you aren't in a Union, when you adamantly disagree with the Politics of the Union... They are a bunch of sheep who follow the Union without question... Lazy sheep at that.

I was the Union Rep. for teachers.

 

[Jackson]

Worship the almighty dollar? Ridiculous. How about allowing America to prosper, and let free enterprise work the way it should. Slave labor my ass. If you have a skill, you have a Right to seek out an employer who will pay the most for that skill... If you choose not to have any skills, I hardly think others should be forced to subsidize you for your lack of ambition. If you choose to be lazy and allow tenure to protect you while you're hiding behind your Union, the rest of us should not have to foot the bill for your poor work ethics. And by the way... I know how Unions work, because I'm in one.

Only certain Americans you mean. Not the workforce, only the businessmen. Thanks....you've proved my point.

I'm talking about the work force who actually work. Thanks for proving my point.

Are you saying businesmen do not work? Aren't they the ones who organize the company, keep in in the black, procure the contracts that provide gainful employment for everyone in the company?

 

[Steelplate]

Worship the almighty dollar? Ridiculous. How about allowing America to prosper, and let free enterprise work the way it should. Slave labor my ass. If you have a skill, you have a Right to seek out an employer who will pay the most for that skill... If you choose not to have any skills, I hardly think others should be forced to subsidize you for your lack of ambition. If you choose to be lazy and allow tenure to protect you while you're hiding behind your Union, the rest of us should not have to foot the bill for your poor work ethics. And by the way... I know how Unions work, because I'm in one.

Only certain Americans you mean. Not the workforce, only the businessmen. Thanks....you've proved my point.

Tvjh's post was clear. Yours was not. Would you elaborate?

Sure....the balance of power is incredibly skewed towards the Conglomerate. Labor bitches and demands more? The Conglomerate moves their business elsewhere and leaves them unemployed. They've lobbied for and got that right from buying politicians in Congress and the White House. But if Unions try to protect workers by doing the same thing? Evil. Why should big corporations have the right to keep their heels ground into the throats of the workforce?

Why should the workforce be forced to work for a wage that is unsustainable....no matter what one's skill level is?

False assumptions about the quality and quantity of union labor is bullshit. First off, you can say anything you want on here. Probably, if you EVER WERE a union member, you were a fuck up who got your ass fired and now have sour grapes about the union because they didn't protect your incompetent, lazy ass.