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WonderGrunion

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3. So Unions should stop protesting when it's cold, inconvenient or the Super Bowl is on?

Mon Feb 13, 2012, 06:33 AM

Feb 2012

You are way off base on this. Unions achieved what they have throughout the decade by having strong leadership and focused protest. Those things lead to the 40 hour work week, vacation time, safe work place laws, child labor laws, Lily Leadbetter, the legal right to protest on private property to issue their grievances against a company, overtime pay, pensions for workers and so much more.

Comparatively speaking OWS hasn't achieved anything tangible. They may claim to have shifted the conversation...unions actually accomplished things.

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Maybe unions should be taking a page from Occupy and the IWW. [View all] backscatter712 Feb 2012 OP

Also find ways to cut funding for the police gangs Zalatix Feb 2012 #1

Keep the Unions the way they are and call for Occupys help when needed.. NewEngland4Obama Feb 2012 #2

So Unions should stop protesting when it's cold, inconvenient or the Super Bowl is on? WonderGrunion Feb 2012 #3

+1 pintobean Feb 2012 #4

Indeed! JNelson6563 Feb 2012 #6

Too "cold, inconvenient" is RW spin pinboy3niner Feb 2012 #7

Yeah, we suck. mmonk Feb 2012 #10

LOL! pinboy3niner Feb 2012 #11

But what have unions done for public camping laws? Robb Feb 2012 #12

They have a Union for the unemployed and anyone who wants to join. justgamma Feb 2012 #5

We need "ONE BIG UNION" NAO Feb 2012 #8

Who needs the Right when we have plenty of armchair critics here on the Left lobbing cyber stones Magoo48 Feb 2012 #9