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Stuart G

(38,726 posts) Mon Dec 19, 2011, 12:50 PM Dec 2011

YOU KNOW, I MIGHT BE COMPLETELY WRONG ABOUT BOYCOTTING KOCH PRODUCTS. tough issue... [View all]

It isn't the first time I have been wrong, or could be wrong, and it wont be the last...

I have found out that there are many unions involved in making Koch products, I didn't think of that before..
knee jerk reaction...
NOW I FOUND OUT....
Unions represents a lot of workers at GP facilities .Union workers get decent wages...benefits..etc.

The Kochs are doing what they can to break the union, but they are standing strong. A boycott, and resulting loss of business and jobs, would be perfect for the Kochs to force horrible terms onto the workers, then force them out on strike, and be able to weather a strike that kills the union off.

Then they get to be non-union, and it scares anyone else off from unionizing. ..............
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IN THE END.....HERE IS WHAT CAN HAPPEN........

In the end we have a non union situation where we had unions before, or worse, foreign competition....
I got no answer, all I know is life isn't simple..
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OK,..as I move along, I need to learn more. what else is new?..
don't we all need to learn some more, and listen more? ..hell I am not alone on this...I think....

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YOU KNOW, I MIGHT BE COMPLETELY WRONG ABOUT BOYCOTTING KOCH PRODUCTS. tough issue... [View all] Stuart G Dec 2011 OP

Seeing life as gray rather than black and white is what being a Democrat is all about. Democrats_win Dec 2011 #1

Very good point.. Stuart G Dec 2011 #12

Yup. It's boycotting the few American manufacturing jobs left. aquart Dec 2011 #2

As I think about this even more...I am sorry I was wrong..oh shit. Stuart G Dec 2011 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author femrap Dec 2011 #16

I honestly do not know. Stuart G Dec 2011 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author femrap Dec 2011 #20

Thoughtful point of view. I am one of those that am boycotting Koch brothers products. bluestate10 Dec 2011 #4

Gotta agree and I will tell my family. aquart Dec 2011 #11

bluestate10 makes a very good arguement in above post. Stuart G Dec 2011 #15

I always get an uneasy feeling after I've watched a show on PBS and then see that it was funded by progressoid Dec 2011 #5

It is well known--damned if you do, damned if you don't. asjr Dec 2011 #6

I have never done this before, and will never do it again... Stuart G Dec 2011 #7

You should never boycott a product unless there is a friendlier product. rhett o rick Dec 2011 #8

I am torn too NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #9

It sucks. Wallmart or worse? Stuart G Dec 2011 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author femrap Dec 2011 #18

Thanks for thinking and talking about this. Different people have different lines they will and Brickbat Dec 2011 #13

K#10 for bringing up a thoughtful point. But the KOCHers aren't ever going to be put out of UTUSN Dec 2011 #14

I think your motives were good - it is a tough call REP Dec 2011 #19

Yes, my motives were good, I didn't think it all through Stuart G Dec 2011 #21