On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Lyle Leavitt wrote: > Unions have out lived their purpose. They have become a dinosaur just > begging for a new ice age. Which is sure to come if they continue to > operate with their current mind set. Have you noticed how they seem to > always go on strike at the most opportune moment when the industry they > operate in is the most vulnerable? > The idiots need their butts kicked. Pardon me, but when was the last time a union organized a lockout? The companies dealing with the union initiated the lockout, not the unions. > If the old Professional Air Traffic Controller's Organization (PATCO) > had still existed they would probably have gone on strike the day after > September 11th. But because they misjudged the political sentiment of > the nation in 1981, the Reagon Administration kicked their butts and > fired over 11,000 federal employees. The ILWU represents 10,500 > dockworkers at 29 major Pacific ports and are depriving many more than > that number from doing their jobs because of the lock-out. > The attacks of 9/11 on the twin towers was an effort to not only destroy > lives but also to disrupt our financial infrastructure and bring our > economy to its knees. This is a part of the terrorist agenda for which > all of us are now paying. If in fact the ILWU lockout is costing a > billion dollars a day in loses to our economy then can this not also be > considered a terrorist act? As Bush put it, "If they are not with us > then they are for the terrorists." Well then, I guess bush needs to lauch an airstrike on the companies that initiated the lockout. > I, along with thousands of others, have been out of work for over a year > now. The going salaries for many hi-tech positions, if you can find one, > are down by 50% or more from the year 2000. Now the ILWU wants to oppose > hi-tech job creation because they fear some may lose their jobs. With > the current sentiment in this country all 10,500 of them stand to lose > their jobs. It's time we took away their union crutch and make them > compete for jobs in the open market like the rest of us. May the best > man win? Why that would. of course, would be the owners and managers of the companies that decreed the lock out. Damn convenient. --
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