Striking Union Workers Hurl Racial Epithets

[Mr.Nick]

I grew up in the city of Boston and lived there my entire life until I moved to Charlotte four years ago. I've stated more than once on this forum, in discussions relating to racism and bigotry, that since living in the south I have never heard the word ****** used more than I did from those good ole union Democrats back in Massachusetts.

Bigotry and racism have no political boundaries, folks. The partisans here who like to consistently pin this behavior on Republicans, conservatives, and the tea party crowd ought to open their eyes and wise up.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Police say union supporters have directed racial slurs and racist symbols at replacement workers and security personnel outside an American Crystal Sugar plant in North Dakota.

Traill County Sheriff Mike Crocker says there have been racial statements made to security people outside of the company's Hillsboro facility. He says he recently saw a monkey-like figure hanging from a noose attached to a large inflatable rat outside the plant. He says it was removed the next day.

The Grand Forks Herald reported Tuesday (AMERICAN CRYSTAL LOCKOUT: Tensions high on the picket line | Grand Forks Herald | Grand Forks, North Dakota) that many of the replacement workers are from Southern states, and some are minorities.

Union representative Mark Froemke calls the behavior "totally unacceptable" and says the union will not tolerate racism.

About 1,300 union workers have been locked out for six weeks in a labor dispute.

Police confirm racial incidents at sugar plant - Houston Chronicle

That's because the majority of union fucks are (literally) retarded.

Why do you think they need a "union" in the first place??

Do you think these apes could last a day in a non-union job?

These motherfuckers should be flipping burgers not working on complex projects...

Not to mention they're lazy drunks....

Here you go:




You'd think he'd say: "gee I think I'm fucking someones car up, we better stop" - No that union motherfucker said "Get me the fuck out of here I'm done with this shit, let the city pay for it - I'm union anyways"

 

[oracle]

I grew up in the city of Boston and lived there my entire life until I moved to Charlotte four years ago. I've stated more than once on this forum, in discussions relating to racism and bigotry, that since living in the south I have never heard the word ****** used more than I did from those good ole union Democrats back in Massachusetts.

Bigotry and racism have no political boundaries, folks. The partisans here who like to consistently pin this behavior on Republicans, conservatives, and the tea party crowd ought to open their eyes and wise up.

You may not have wherever you're living. That doesn't mean that there are more people from the south that are not racist. I was born and raised in TX. I have lived in CT for the last 15 years. I rarely hear the word "******" around here. Down in TX, I heard it all the time. Whenever I visit TX, I hear it some more.

I'm not saying that there are no racists up north or no racist Dems. But from my experience, it is more prevalent down south. By the way, how do you know the union workers are all Dems?

I live in Fla. I never hear the N word. Unless it is a black who uses it then they say "we use it with affection" I just smile and nod. Can you tell us why all the major race riots happen to take place in liberalland? HUH?

They're the ones that have to fight for scraps...But where you're from, that's not an issue, because you're not prone to savage behavior like them right? Conservatives are only that way, when it comes to the middle class and below. Corporations are the winners and to the winners go the spoils.

 

[The T]

I grew up in the city of Boston and lived there my entire life until I moved to Charlotte four years ago. I've stated more than once on this forum, in discussions relating to racism and bigotry, that since living in the south I have never heard the word ****** used more than I did from those good ole union Democrats back in Massachusetts.

Bigotry and racism have no political boundaries, folks. The partisans here who like to consistently pin this behavior on Republicans, conservatives, and the tea party crowd ought to open their eyes and wise up.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Police say union supporters have directed racial slurs and racist symbols at replacement workers and security personnel outside an American Crystal Sugar plant in North Dakota.

Traill County Sheriff Mike Crocker says there have been racial statements made to security people outside of the company's Hillsboro facility. He says he recently saw a monkey-like figure hanging from a noose attached to a large inflatable rat outside the plant. He says it was removed the next day.

The Grand Forks Herald reported Tuesday (AMERICAN CRYSTAL LOCKOUT: Tensions high on the picket line | Grand Forks Herald | Grand Forks, North Dakota) that many of the replacement workers are from Southern states, and some are minorities.

Union representative Mark Froemke calls the behavior "totally unacceptable" and says the union will not tolerate racism.

About 1,300 union workers have been locked out for six weeks in a labor dispute.

Police confirm racial incidents at sugar plant - Houston Chronicle

That's because the majority of union fucks are (literally) retarded.

Why do you think they need a "union" in the first place??

Do you think these apes could last a day in a non-union job?

These motherfuckers should be flipping burgers not working on complex projects...

Not to mention they're lazy drunks....

Here you go:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt_r-jO3lKE"]NY's Dumbest; NYC sanitation workers destroy a Ford Expediton - YouTube[/ame]


You'd think he'd say: "gee I think I'm fucking someones car up, we better stop" - No that union motherfucker said "Get me the fuck out of here I'm done with this shit, let the city pay for it - I'm union anyways"

They have forgotten how to think, speak, and perform on thier own merits without some Union thug (that makes more than they do), speaking and making decisions for them.

 

[oracle]

So the far left have been calling the Tea party raciest since it started.. So, what do they think of this hmm I am sure some will make excuses for them!

I don't. I know party affiliation doesn't make you less of a Bigot. In fact I don't trust most of you any farther than I can throw you. My wife is white. Her family is democrat. They didn't speak to her for seven years, just for "DATING" me. When they finally DID open a channel, they chastised HER, for her disloyalty. I've still never met them in person, because it's forbidden by her mother. I never make excuses for white people, for they have none.

Yeah, just like black people have no reason.....


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72b5UupN-Nw]African American singer Jill Scott doesn't like interracial dating - YouTube[/ame]

I'm sorry, what were the blacks calling you at that picket line? You have a history of oppression, genocide, rape, murder, you name it. There is No place on earth, you people haven't gone and created destruction in your wake. Need proof? name a country of color, that you HAVEN'T fucked over. Keep in mind, the first blacks that arrived here, didn't book a cruise.

 

[oracle]

I never call a black person a ******, they always freak out.

I wonder why.

 

[oracle]

I grew up in the city of Boston and lived there my entire life until I moved to Charlotte four years ago. I've stated more than once on this forum, in discussions relating to racism and bigotry, that since living in the south I have never heard the word ****** used more than I did from those good ole union Democrats back in Massachusetts.

Bigotry and racism have no political boundaries, folks. The partisans here who like to consistently pin this behavior on Republicans, conservatives, and the tea party crowd ought to open their eyes and wise up.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Police say union supporters have directed racial slurs and racist symbols at replacement workers and security personnel outside an American Crystal Sugar plant in North Dakota.

Traill County Sheriff Mike Crocker says there have been racial statements made to security people outside of the company's Hillsboro facility. He says he recently saw a monkey-like figure hanging from a noose attached to a large inflatable rat outside the plant. He says it was removed the next day.

The Grand Forks Herald reported Tuesday (AMERICAN CRYSTAL LOCKOUT: Tensions high on the picket line | Grand Forks Herald | Grand Forks, North Dakota) that many of the replacement workers are from Southern states, and some are minorities.

Union representative Mark Froemke calls the behavior "totally unacceptable" and says the union will not tolerate racism.

About 1,300 union workers have been locked out for six weeks in a labor dispute.

Police confirm racial incidents at sugar plant - Houston Chronicle

That's because the majority of union fucks are (literally) retarded.

Why do you think they need a "union" in the first place??

Do you think these apes could last a day in a non-union job?

These motherfuckers should be flipping burgers not working on complex projects...

Not to mention they're lazy drunks....

Here you go:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt_r-jO3lKE]NY's Dumbest; NYC sanitation workers destroy a Ford Expediton - YouTube[/ame]


You'd think he'd say: "gee I think I'm fucking someones car up, we better stop" - No that union motherfucker said "Get me the fuck out of here I'm done with this shit, let the city pay for it - I'm union anyways"

Sounds like congress. The other white meat. They're union too, no?

 

[MikeK]

Say it aint so!

Union thugs pissed that because they were stupid and greedy got replaced by ANOTHER AMERICAN WHO NEEDED A JOB deserve what they get.

What do you mean by "stupid and greedy?" Can you document that accusation with facts and figures or is it just something you were told by the unholy trinity of Beck, Limbaugh and Hannity?

A "replacement worker" is better known as a scab and the introduction of scabs is the primary cause of violence in labor conflicts.

What you don't understand is once a union is busted by the introduction of scab labor, which is compensated at a reduced hourly wage, the unprotected scab workers are at the mercy of the company, a circumstance they, themselves, have created by their willingness to nudge union workers out of their jobs. They will soon learn that whatever wage they started with will soon be trimmed at company discretion, their jobs will get harder and harder, and if they don't like it they will quickly see that scabs can be scabbed a lot easier than can organized union workers.

The ultimate effect of scab labor is reduced wages and widespread elimination of all benefits and worker protections.

The bottom line is unions have thorns but in the long run they are the bedrock of the middle class

Aw, boo hoo! fuck a union faggot! You bitches thought you were better than the average worker, when times were good...then scott walker hit. Now we're supposed to be a united front? Fuck you AND the horse you rode in on. There was a time where you wouldn't let a regular worker eat the peanuts from your shit, much less help him get a foothold in your precious union. It was like some secret club or something. You dickheads blocked out people who just wanted to be able to have a life they could be proud of (like you had). But they weren't good enough in your eyes. Well now the other shoe has dropped, by your own hand no less. What could have been stronger with those "*******" at your side is now being toppled by those "*******" you shunned, because what they'll get for regular labor, is more than they got elsewhere and it's all thanks to YOU! You didn't protect the "*******" so they don't protect you. The worm has turned.

I don't understand what you're complaining about. Are you saying there are no Blacks in unions? While that sort of exclusion might have been common back in the Jim Crow era it certainly is no longer true. One example is the civil service union I belonged to for 26 years in which the number of Black members exceeded the 13% U.S. Census ratio. But that is beside the point I wish to make, which is you apparently don't understand why union-busting hurts everyone in the long run.

If a unionized worker earns $25 an hour and a scab is willing to work for $20 an hour, that's how much the scab will earn until the union is effectively eliminated. Then the "trimming" begins and it continues, little by little, until the scab is making $10 an hour, with zero benefits and no time-and-a-half for overtime, holidays or weekends, and the job keeps getting harder and harder. And if the scab doesn't like it there always are more scabs.

The bottom line is the ultimate effect of union-busting is everybody loses in the end -- except the bosses. So rather than seeking racist revenge by scabbing union jobs it makes more sense to support unions and work your way into one.

 

[Mr.Nick]

I grew up in the city of Boston and lived there my entire life until I moved to Charlotte four years ago. I've stated more than once on this forum, in discussions relating to racism and bigotry, that since living in the south I have never heard the word ****** used more than I did from those good ole union Democrats back in Massachusetts.

Bigotry and racism have no political boundaries, folks. The partisans here who like to consistently pin this behavior on Republicans, conservatives, and the tea party crowd ought to open their eyes and wise up.

That's because the majority of union fucks are (literally) retarded.

Why do you think they need a "union" in the first place??

Do you think these apes could last a day in a non-union job?

These motherfuckers should be flipping burgers not working on complex projects...

Not to mention they're lazy drunks....

Here you go:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt_r-jO3lKE]NY's Dumbest; NYC sanitation workers destroy a Ford Expediton - YouTube[/ame]


You'd think he'd say: "gee I think I'm fucking someones car up, we better stop" - No that union motherfucker said "Get me the fuck out of here I'm done with this shit, let the city pay for it - I'm union anyways"

Sounds like congress. The other white meat. They're union too, no?

Only progressives, repubs too.

Its really a chop suey.

 

[J.E.D]

I live in Fla. I never hear the N word. Unless it is a black who uses it then they say "we use it with affection" I just smile and nod. Can you tell us why all the major race riots happen to take place in liberalland? HUH?

And I heard it all the time in TX from white people using it in a derogatory manner. Race riots in liberalland? Drop the ridiculous rhetoric and assumptions.

I think this reflects on the people you hang around with.

Definitely some people that I used to hang out with. And definitely random strangers at bars or wherever. If people want to say foolish things, that doesn't reflect badly on me. All I'm saying is that, despite the OP's experience, I have personally witnessed more incidents of racism in the south than in the north.

 

[ClosedCaption]

Say it aint so!

Union thugs pissed that because they were stupid and greedy got replaced by ANOTHER AMERICAN WHO NEEDED A JOB deserve what they get.

Hold on, you said in the other thread

As disgusting as it was it was only a few people cheering. There are bad apples in every political group and to insinuate their isnt is just stupid.

I couldn't write this stuff if I tried. Lol

 

[Lakhota]

This is all part of the TeaTard Koch brothers plan - to destroy unions.

 

[Moonglow]

ChattahBox Political News)— Scott Walker (R), the union-busting governor of Wisconsin, recently released thousands of emails in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from the Associated Press and a local newspaper. The papers sought to confirm Walker’s claim that the majority of emails he received leading up to the enactment of his union-busting measure, overwhelmingly supported his actions. Well, as it turned out, early on, most of the emails opposed his union-busting plans and later, a good portion of the emails supporting him came from out of state. One of those out of state emails were not like the others. The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, while shifting through the tens of thousands of Walker’s emails, came upon a proposal to stage a fake assassination attempt on Walker and blame it on the unions. This bit of violent thuggery was proposed by Carlos F. Lam, an Indiana deputy prosecutor and self-described GOP operative. He called the scheme a “false flag” operation. Lam, at first, denied he sent the email, claiming he was a victim of identity theft. But when his lies started to unravel, he admitted he was the author of the email and he resigned. Interestingly enough, Lam sent his “false flag” proposal to Walker, on the same day another Indiana official proposed violence to settle the ongoing union battle in Wisconsin. Jeffrey Cox, a state Deputy Attorney General, tweeted that police should a€œuse live ammunitiona€ on the pro-union protesters. When he doubled down on his proposal to gun down protesters, Cox was promptly fired. Is today’s GOP just a front for partisan thuggery? It’s sure starting to look like it.

GOP Anti-Union Thuggery: Fake Assassination of Gov. Walker | ChattahBox News Blog

 

[Tank]

I never call a black person a ******, they always freak out.

I wonder why.

Low IQ, high testosterone

 

[MikeK]

Say it aint so!

Union thugs pissed that because they were stupid and greedy got replaced by ANOTHER AMERICAN WHO NEEDED A JOB deserve what they get.

What do you mean by "stupid and greedy?" Can you document that accusation with facts and figures or is it just something you were told by the unholy trinity of Beck, Limbaugh and Hannity?

A "replacement worker" is better known as a scab and the introduction of scabs is the primary cause of violence in labor conflicts.

What you don't understand is once a union is busted by the introduction of scab labor, which is compensated at a reduced hourly wage, the unprotected scab workers are at the mercy of the company, a circumstance they, themselves, have created by their willingness to nudge union workers out of their jobs. They will soon learn that whatever wage they started with will soon be trimmed at company discretion, their jobs will get harder and harder, and if they don't like it they will quickly see that scabs can be scabbed a lot easier than can organized union workers.

The ultimate effect of scab labor is reduced wages and widespread elimination of all benefits and worker protections.

The bottom line is unions have thorns but in the long run they are the bedrock of the middle class

STUPID= Striking for any reason in an economy where jobs are this scarce

GREED= wanting more than you have causing you to strike

SOURCE= COMMON SENSE

Again, specifics, please. Or are you basing your complaint on assumptions?

Which strike(s) are you referring to?

What is the reason for the strike(s)? Money? Conditions? Contract issues?

While the economy is depressed the bottom lines of many corporations are not. And striking for an overdue (promised) increase from a corporation with a healthy profit margin is not greedy. It is an action in response to stagnant wages when there is no good reason for it.

 

[MikeK]

I never call a black person a ******, they always freak out.

I wonder why.

Low IQ, high testosterone

"The American negro will not truly be free until the word ****** no longer troubles him. Because the striking of chains and the death of Jim Crow does not free the mind." (James Baldwin; speaking at Columbia University, December, 1964.)

 

[westwall]

The use of racial epithets in casual conversation or as a component of gratuitous "hate" speech is unjustifiable. But in situations where a murderous level of violence has been provoked, such as when a union picket line has been breached by scab labor, to focus on the use of rudely offensive language is simply naive.

The labor situation here in the U.S. has been relatively peaceful in recent years, mainly because the economy has been stable and employment has been high. But the present situation is moving closer and closer to what existed in the days when corporations commonly resisted the formation of unions by introducing scab labor in shops where unions were being organized.

Corporations often hired gangs of "strikebreakers" (goons) to combat union resistance and people were killed or seriously injured in the many violent encounters that took place, some of which required intervention by the Army. So this politically correct hand-wringing over some racial insults directed at a bunch of imported scabs in Boston is like complaining about a little rain shower when a dam could be getting ready to burst.

Those who have an interest in the labor movement and would like a better understanding of its history are urged to use the following link to view an interesting chronology of events.

An Eclectic List of Events in U.S. Labor History

So you advocate the use of violence against innocent people going to work?

A few on here seem to be going out of thier way to justify it aren't they?

Yes, I guess they figure the people will just turn the other cheek. Eventually the're going to find someone who won't put up with their crap and they'll end up getting their asses handed to them. I hope it ends up on Liveleak!

 

[westwall]

I don't. I know party affiliation doesn't make you less of a Bigot. In fact I don't trust most of you any farther than I can throw you. My wife is white. Her family is democrat. They didn't speak to her for seven years, just for "DATING" me. When they finally DID open a channel, they chastised HER, for her disloyalty. I've still never met them in person, because it's forbidden by her mother. I never make excuses for white people, for they have none.

Yeah, just like black people have no reason.....


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72b5UupN-Nw]African American singer Jill Scott doesn't like interracial dating - YouTube[/ame]

I'm sorry, what were the blacks calling you at that picket line? You have a history of oppression, genocide, rape, murder, you name it. There is No place on earth, you people haven't gone and created destruction in your wake. Need proof? name a country of color, that you HAVEN'T fucked over. Keep in mind, the first blacks that arrived here, didn't book a cruise.

I guess you don't get out much or read much do you? Here's a clue moron, blacks do it to. To each other. I've been all over Africa and it is a shit hole thanks to the corrupt pricks who run it. It is one of the richest continents on the planet and could be an economic powerhouse if only the pricks who run it would let the people get educated. Guess what, they don't want that, they'd rather see them poor, stupid and uneducated.

Grow the fuck up.


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[westwall]

I wonder why.

Low IQ, high testosterone

"The American negro will not truly be free until the word ****** no longer troubles him. Because the striking of chains and the death of Jim Crow does not free the mind." (James Baldwin; speaking at Columbia University, December, 1964.)

You still havn't answered the question of if violence is OK to use against people going to work.

 

[MikeK]

You still havn't answered the question of if violence is OK to use against people going to work.

To pose the question in such simplistic and diluted form indicates that you don't understand the situation. So I'll explain it.

My understanding of the news report is the striking employees are unionized and have a contract which is under renewal. All of the renewal terms have been agreed on but the union's lawyer has found language in the terms submitted by the company which would permit arbitrary dismissal (layoff) and replacement of union workers, thereby enabling the company to gradually replace the entire union work force with non-union (scab) labor. The union is demanding removal of those terms and the company has not only refused but has commenced to exercise the proposed intention by bringing in scabs in conflict with terms of the existing contract.

This is boldface union busting. So the situation is not as simple as you either think it is or are trying to present it as.

 

[Claudette]

You may not have wherever you're living. That doesn't mean that there are more people from the south that are not racist. I was born and raised in TX. I have lived in CT for the last 15 years. I rarely hear the word "******" around here. Down in TX, I heard it all the time. Whenever I visit TX, I hear it some more.

I'm not saying that there are no racists up north or no racist Dems. But from my experience, it is more prevalent down south. By the way, how do you know the union workers are all Dems?

I live in Fla. I never hear the N word. Unless it is a black who uses it then they say "we use it with affection" I just smile and nod. Can you tell us why all the major race riots happen to take place in liberalland? HUH?

Ditto.

Ditto again.