Union dock workers stick it to nation to protect

[EdwardBaiamonte]

their $85k jobs. Why not organize other folks in key bottlenecks all around the economy to really stick it to our greed head corporations. IF we act fast unions could eliminate Christmans this year!! That would teach 'em!!!

 

[Oldguy]

Huh? What are you talking about?

 

[JakeStarkey]

Edward is simply pissed because he knows that if Thomas Jefferson were alive he would be on the picket line with the protesters.

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

Huh? What are you talking about?

liberals love unions. I'm merely suggesting that liberal unions can succeed easily if they occupy key choke points in the economy like the dock workers have. Its important that union members earn higher pay this way rather than earn higher pay by being worth more to their employers.

 

[Toronado3800]

their $85k jobs. Why not organize other folks in key bottlenecks all around the economy to really stick it to our greed head corporations. IF we act fast unions could eliminate Christmans this year!! That would teach 'em!!!

Sorry but I do not know the particulars of this one. What happened to cause the strike? How is the company doing? The employees, that type of thing.

Really it is going to be tough to get public sympathy for any employee who makes more than minimum wage right now though.

But hey, how do we figure the fair market value for a crane operator is?

 

[Old Rocks]

Well, what does it cost for a crane, and how often will it be damaged by unqualified operators?

There are so many posting here as if the market place for workers is the same as 50 years ago. Then, with no education, you could work at a job that was mostly physical labor with little intellectual challenge. Today, even the entry level jobs in the steel mill I work at demands some computer skills. And that is just to start. The learning curve is steep for the first year. These are the people that are on lowest earnings tier. The demands for operators are far higher. As is the pay.

A skilled worker is easily worth 85K and more. The fact that the 'more' is going unjustly to the top is why the deep resentment of the very wealthy in this nation at present. And the wealthy fully understand this and are doing all they can to prevent unions, which give the workers the bargaining power.

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

The fact that the 'more' is going unjustly to the top is why the deep resentment

but why do you say unjustly?? We live in a free country??? If you think Steve Jobs, for example, is getting money unjustly stop buying from him. Who is stopping you????

It seems you want to buy from him, and then use the government to make it legal for you to steal your money back?? Is liberalism really theft??? Are you proud to be a thief???

 

[Toronado3800]

The fact that the 'more' is going unjustly to the top is why the deep resentment

but why do you say unjustly?? We live in a free country??? If you think Steve Jobs, for example, is getting money unjustly stop buying from him. Who is stopping you????

It seems you want to buy from him, and then use the government to make it legal for you to steal your money back?? Is liberalism really theft??? Are you proud to be a thief???

Heck, I don't even think its unjust. It just leads to a terrible society. Afterall, money makes money

 

[mjollnir]

The fact that the 'more' is going unjustly to the top is why the deep resentment

but why do you say unjustly?? We live in a free country??? If you think Steve Jobs, for example, is getting money unjustly stop buying from him. Who is stopping you????

It seems you want to buy from him, and then use the government to make it legal for you to steal your money back?? Is liberalism really theft??? Are you proud to be a thief???

^^^^

 

[saveliberty]

Well, what does it cost for a crane, and how often will it be damaged by unqualified operators?

There are so many posting here as if the market place for workers is the same as 50 years ago. Then, with no education, you could work at a job that was mostly physical labor with little intellectual challenge. Today, even the entry level jobs in the steel mill I work at demands some computer skills. And that is just to start. The learning curve is steep for the first year. These are the people that are on lowest earnings tier. The demands for operators are far higher. As is the pay.

A skilled worker is easily worth 85K and more. The fact that the 'more' is going unjustly to the top is why the deep resentment of the very wealthy in this nation at present. And the wealthy fully understand this and are doing all they can to prevent unions, which give the workers the bargaining power.

So skill sets matter huh? There are many operators in a plant, but one CEO. Maybe that is why they get paid MORE.

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

The fact that the 'more' is going unjustly to the top is why the deep resentment

but why do you say unjustly?? We live in a free country??? If you think Steve Jobs, for example, is getting money unjustly stop buying from him. Who is stopping you????

It seems you want to buy from him, and then use the government to make it legal for you to steal your money back?? Is liberalism really theft??? Are you proud to be a thief???

Heck, I don't even think its unjust. It just leads to a terrible society. Afterall, money makes money

well if its terrible organize follks to stop buying from Jobs , don't organize folks to steal his money!!

Are you a natural born liberal thief????

 

[JakeStarkey]

EB, libertarianism is as evil as communism: both are huckster cults so that evil men and women can prey on the masses.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

He's talking about unionized the Post of LA workers, all of whom need to be fired immediately

 

[Jarlaxle]

They should be thrown in jail...what they are doing could be considered terrorism under the Patriot Act. One of the definitions is "an organized attempt to disrupt the economy".

 

[mjollnir]

They should be thrown in jail...what they are doing could be considered terrorism under the Patriot Act. One of the definitions is "an organized attempt to disrupt the economy".

Yeah. You run with that one, Sport.

 

[Mr Natural]

And at 85K a year, those workers can afford lots of those Steve Jobs products.

Surely Special Ed with his advanced IQ can figure that concept out.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

And at 85K a year, those workers can afford lots of those Steve Jobs products.

Surely Special Ed with his advanced IQ can figure that concept out.

They should form their own company and pay themselves $2MM a year, with a $10MM severance package and golden parachute

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

They should be thrown in jail...what they are doing could be considered terrorism under the Patriot Act. One of the definitions is "an organized attempt to disrupt the economy".

Yeah. You run with that one, Sport.

yes better to let them control all the choke points in the economy, something Bin Laden would have loved to do.
Thats the violent liberal way to get higher wages for sure!!

 

[JakeStarkey]

Liberal conservative!

Some of you guys are outright jokes.

 

[sealadaigh]

The fact that the 'more' is going unjustly to the top is why the deep resentment

but why do you say unjustly?? We live in a free country??? If you think Steve Jobs, for example, is getting money unjustly stop buying from him. Who is stopping you????

It seems you want to buy from him, and then use the government to make it legal for you to steal your money back?? Is liberalism really theft??? Are you proud to be a thief???

we do live in a free country, and that means people have a right to organise into labour unions.