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"Some 17,000 workers seized control of the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk to protest, among other things, a recent rise in food prices. Their leader, Lech Walesa, had narrowly avoided arrest by secret police that morning, and had managed to scale the shipyard gate and join the workers inside. Soon, workers in 20 other area factories joined the strike in solidarity.
Seventeen days later, after negotiations with Poland's Communist government, the burly, mustachioed Walesa appeared before the workers in the shipyard with an historic message: "We have an independent, self-governing trade union! [crowd cheers] We have the right to strike!"
Walesa and Poland's first deputy prime minister, Mieczyslaw Jagielski, had signed a deal granting the workers their main demands: the right to organize freely and to strike. Those were rights accorded under conventions by the International Labor Organization, of which Poland was a signatory. But this was the first time that any Communist government had put them into practice..."
"These are the values inspiring those brave workers in Poland. . . They remind us that where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost. They remind us that freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. You and I must protect and preserve freedom here or it will not be passed on to our children."
- Ronald Reagan, Labor Day speech, 9/01/80
And what thumb were the Polish people under at the time?
Chris? You have no problem with posting absurdity do you?
Poland: Solidarity -- The Trade Union That Changed The World
"Some 17,000 workers seized control of the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk to protest, among other things, a recent rise in food prices. Their leader, Lech Walesa, had narrowly avoided arrest by secret police that morning, and had managed to scale the shipyard gate and join the workers inside. Soon, workers in 20 other area factories joined the strike in solidarity.
Seventeen days later, after negotiations with Poland's Communist government, the burly, mustachioed Walesa appeared before the workers in the shipyard with an historic message: "We have an independent, self-governing trade union! [crowd cheers] We have the right to strike!"
Walesa and Poland's first deputy prime minister, Mieczyslaw Jagielski, had signed a deal granting the workers their main demands: the right to organize freely and to strike. Those were rights accorded under conventions by the International Labor Organization, of which Poland was a signatory. But this was the first time that any Communist government had put them into practice..."
Chris? Context is everything. Deal with it.
And what thumb were the Polish people under at the time?
Chris? You have no problem with posting absurdity do you?
Poland: Solidarity -- The Trade Union That Changed The World
"Some 17,000 workers seized control of the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk to protest, among other things, a recent rise in food prices. Their leader, Lech Walesa, had narrowly avoided arrest by secret police that morning, and had managed to scale the shipyard gate and join the workers inside. Soon, workers in 20 other area factories joined the strike in solidarity.
Seventeen days later, after negotiations with Poland's Communist government, the burly, mustachioed Walesa appeared before the workers in the shipyard with an historic message: "We have an independent, self-governing trade union! [crowd cheers] We have the right to strike!"
Walesa and Poland's first deputy prime minister, Mieczyslaw Jagielski, had signed a deal granting the workers their main demands: the right to organize freely and to strike. Those were rights accorded under conventions by the International Labor Organization, of which Poland was a signatory. But this was the first time that any Communist government had put them into practice..."
Chris? Context is everything. Deal with it.
How does "context" affect the fact that the father of modern conservatism is clearly advocating in favor of unions and collective bargaining?
Either Reagan was right and collective bargaining is essential for the preservation of freedom or he was a typical political hack using current headlines for personal political gain, regardless of his true feelings. Either way, it's a telling story.
And what thumb were the Polish people under at the time?
Chris? You have no problem with posting absurdity do you?
Poland: Solidarity -- The Trade Union That Changed The World
"Some 17,000 workers seized control of the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk to protest, among other things, a recent rise in food prices. Their leader, Lech Walesa, had narrowly avoided arrest by secret police that morning, and had managed to scale the shipyard gate and join the workers inside. Soon, workers in 20 other area factories joined the strike in solidarity.
Seventeen days later, after negotiations with Poland's Communist government, the burly, mustachioed Walesa appeared before the workers in the shipyard with an historic message: "We have an independent, self-governing trade union! [crowd cheers] We have the right to strike!"
Walesa and Poland's first deputy prime minister, Mieczyslaw Jagielski, had signed a deal granting the workers their main demands: the right to organize freely and to strike. Those were rights accorded under conventions by the International Labor Organization, of which Poland was a signatory. But this was the first time that any Communist government had put them into practice..."
Chris? Context is everything. Deal with it.
How does "context" affect the fact that the father of modern conservatism is clearly advocating in favor of unions and collective bargaining?
Either Reagan was right and collective bargaining is essential for the preservation of freedom or he was a typical political hack using current headlines for personal political gain, regardless of his true feelings. Either way, it's a telling story.
And what thumb were the Polish people under at the time?
Chris? You have no problem with posting absurdity do you?
Poland: Solidarity -- The Trade Union That Changed The World
Chris? Context is everything. Deal with it.
How does "context" affect the fact that the father of modern conservatism is clearly advocating in favor of unions and collective bargaining?
Either Reagan was right and collective bargaining is essential for the preservation of freedom or he was a typical political hack using current headlines for personal political gain, regardless of his true feelings. Either way, it's a telling story.
It's highlighted...DEAL with it. History doesn't begin from the day you were born.
How does "context" affect the fact that the father of modern conservatism is clearly advocating in favor of unions and collective bargaining?
Either Reagan was right and collective bargaining is essential for the preservation of freedom or he was a typical political hack using current headlines for personal political gain, regardless of his true feelings. Either way, it's a telling story.
It's highlighted...DEAL with it. History doesn't begin from the day you were born.
Communist Dick-tater, Conservative Dick-tater, Religious Dick-tater... What's your point?
What does it mean that Ronald Reagan is on record advocating unions and collective bargaining? Is the god of American Conservatism right, or was he a typical political hack with no scruples beyond making his own dime at the time?
And what thumb were the Polish people under at the time?
Chris? You have no problem with posting absurdity do you?
Poland: Solidarity -- The Trade Union That Changed The World
Chris? Context is everything. Deal with it.
How does "context" affect the fact that the father of modern conservatism is clearly advocating in favor of unions and collective bargaining?
Either Reagan was right and collective bargaining is essential for the preservation of freedom or he was a typical political hack using current headlines for personal political gain, regardless of his true feelings. Either way, it's a telling story.
And either way, he's dead.
30 years ago, Hussein was in power, and Gadaffi was our friend (and his name wasn't Gadaffi).
It's highlighted...DEAL with it. History doesn't begin from the day you were born.
Communist Dick-tater, Conservative Dick-tater, Religious Dick-tater... What's your point?
What does it mean that Ronald Reagan is on record advocating unions and collective bargaining? Is the god of American Conservatism right, or was he a typical political hack with no scruples beyond making his own dime at the time?
He was wise IN HIS TIME.
He would be wise IN OUR TIME as well.
But he didn't live in OUR TIME.
His time was 30 YEARS AGO.
"We must close union offices, confiscate their money and put their leaders in prison. We must reduce workers salaries and take away their right to strike."
"These are the values inspiring those brave workers in Poland. . . They remind us that where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost. They remind us that freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. You and I must protect and preserve freedom here or it will not be passed on to our children."
- Ronald Reagan, Labor Day speech, 9/01/80
And what thumb were the Polish people under at the time?
Chris? You have no problem with posting absurdity do you?
Hmmm...That Reagan guy sounds wikhed smaht. I think the current batch of so-called conservatism sounds a bit different
"We must close union offices, confiscate their money and put their leaders in prison. We must reduce workers salaries and take away their right to strike."
Hmmm...That Reagan guy sounds wikhed smaht. I think the current batch of so-called conservatism sounds a bit different
"We must close union offices, confiscate their money and put their leaders in prison. We must reduce workers salaries and take away their right to strike."
PATCO ring a bell with you at all?
"They remind us that where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost."
"These are the values inspiring those brave workers in Poland. . . They remind us that where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost. They remind us that freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. You and I must protect and preserve freedom here or it will not be passed on to our children."
- Ronald Reagan, Labor Day speech, 9/01/80
"They remind us that where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost."
Public sector employees should NEVER be able to collectively bargain because it leaves us (the tax paying employer) out of the equation.... THAT REAGAN NEVER ENDORSED!
