Where's the labor section?

Richard Fiero rfiero at gmail.com
Sat Dec 11 17:33:50 CST 2010


Ian Livingston wrote:
> > I don't think there are *any* union members on this list.
>
>Well, I'm a former one. I had to sign up to keep my job once. Paid
>dues for a few years and found out the dues got you nothing, but that
>they helped support the extravagant tastes of the union brass. Lots of
>gold jewelry on em, in their Cadillacs, and a ditzy dame in every
>other seat. Was already pretty anti-union because of the jobs I
>couldn't get until I paid the dues--which I couldn't afford until I
>got the job. Also watched incompetent slugs rise in the ranks by
>duration rather than skill.


The assertion was made in response to a post by Kai which mentioned 
the intersection of labor and politics in P. Some imaginative 
responses to my assertion were made by Ian, Alice and Rich. Well what 
do you expect from a crew that can't even get Vineland right?
Here in the US every newspaper has a business section. Where's the 
labor section?
Ex: Arizona State Carpenters' Union Local 1089.





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