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Marthe48

(23,449 posts) Fri Jul 18, 2025, 10:01 AM Jul 2025

What if i.c.e thugs try to unionize?

That would turn Abe Lincoln's comment "A house divided against itself cannot stand" right on its head.

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What if i.c.e thugs try to unionize? (Original Post) Marthe48 Jul 2025 OP

They were members of AFGE Local 118 for a long time. The Local broke off from AFGE a couple years ago and WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2025 #1

if some i.c.e. thugs tried to organize Marthe48 Jul 2025 #2

I would find that extremely unlikely. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2025 #3

WhiskeyGrinder

(27,227 posts)

1. They were members of AFGE Local 118 for a long time. The Local broke off from AFGE a couple years ago and

Reply to Marthe48 (Original post)

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 10:05 AM

Jul 2025

disaffiliated from the AFL-CIO, and then the FLRA revoked its certification. AFAIK, employees haven't reorganized. I don't know what you mean about Lincoln's "house divided" comment, though.

Marthe48

(23,449 posts)

2. if some i.c.e. thugs tried to organize

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 10:10 AM

Jul 2025

the others would turn on them. They'd be so preoccupied tearing into each other, maybe they'd leave migrants, immigrants, refugees and foreign nationals in general alone. And American citizens, for that matter.

I cling to any chance of the assaults and kidnapping stopping soon.

WhiskeyGrinder

(27,227 posts)

3. I would find that extremely unlikely.

Reply to Marthe48 (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 10:17 AM

Jul 2025

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