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INdemo

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35. I am shocked many times listening to young union members
Mon Jan 6, 2014, 05:10 PM
Jan 2014

bash "liberals" and how they are taking our rights away and how "I'll be damned if I pay a penalty for failing to file for Obama care etc.. All this bullshit and more. Several times in the last few months I have argued that if they think liberals are that bad then move on to some trade that is non union or something else.
This article above should be posted in every damn unionized break room in America because folks its coming and ...the big push started with that idiot GW and I must say that President Obama fell back on his word when he vowed to walk the picket line with workers demanding fair treatment when Wisconsin was about to take away their bargaining rights...
So what does this reply have to do with this post. Well it shows that we have one hell of a battle ahead of us for maintaining our union bargaining rights...In my argument I have noted that anyone. Anyone that is a union member, a dues paying card member that will walk into a voting booth and vote those rights away does not deserve the privilege of carrying that union card and being a member of a bargaining unit that works to get them that livable wage they are earning. If they are willing to vote away what their Fathers and Grandfathers (and many cases Great Grandfathers ) fought for and laid their lives on the line so that us Union members of today still have those bargaining rights to earn, that livable wage.then no they should not belong to our union. A well built house has to be maintained. If termites attack that house they have to be dealt with or that house will crumble. So we have to stand up to issues such as this when a group conservative Judges(in ths case a small majority (2) take one more step forward in trying to destroy us as a bargaining unit...We have the right to work in Wisc,IN,and Ohio..So what would you expect if we should have a Republican President and Republican Majority in both Houses?..Could it be the end of unions with a national right to work law? So if you work with or know that young guy that insists that "liberals" are the bad guys remind them voting for the other guy is voting those livable wages away.
Excuse me that was 2 Judges giving way to the rights of workers being jepodized.

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That's depressing. k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Jan 2014 #1
Do you really expect the GD Woo War to go into cease-fire mode in order to talk about actual issues? ChisolmTrailDem Jan 2014 #2
Seriously getting tired of the word "woo" and all discussion of it. Obnoxious petulant children Ed Suspicious Jan 2014 #7
A freakin' Men! LeftofObama Jan 2014 #13
LOL, you can hide the posts. Or take a DU break! nt Logical Jan 2014 #14
Yes, what the hell is all this WOO BS about anyways. mikeysnot Jan 2014 #15
It's about 8 - 12 assholes that have been given carte blanche to stalk and spam the board. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #21
OK, but I don't get it? mikeysnot Jan 2014 #23
John Woo is a topic that should be revisited. Enthusiast Jan 2014 #49
The 'woo' they're refereing to here JackInGreen Jan 2014 #51
Mostly seems to be science deniers Bradical79 Jan 2014 #54
Also, though I often agree with the sentiment Bradical79 Jan 2014 #55
ok... thanks for the input. mikeysnot Jan 2014 #58
That's how I feel too - never see that word anywhere but here. And, too... George II Jan 2014 #20
Richard Dawkins coined the word meme. Neoma Jan 2014 #52
Says the poster that dropped a ridiculous piece of flame bait thread in GD over it. AtheistCrusader Jan 2014 #16
Your tears about that are crocodile tears. nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2014 #17
Aw, Geez--You just turned this into another Woo War thread. Jackpine Radical Jan 2014 #24
I thought "How I Met Your Mother" put the Woo EC Jan 2014 #29
The third-worldification of the USA continues. Ed Suspicious Jan 2014 #3
+1000! Meanwhile, WOO! n/t ChisolmTrailDem Jan 2014 #6
woo. Ed Suspicious Jan 2014 #8
Are they going to fire everyone in the class? PowerToThePeople Jan 2014 #4
How many will actually file... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2014 #32
The 1%-ers aren't going to stop until ... LisaLynne Jan 2014 #5
that's the plan. lastlib Jan 2014 #34
I haven't read the article, but it looks like the ruling was state law. Baitball Blogger Jan 2014 #9
Nope. It was the U.S. Court of Appeals....federal court. federal ruling. loudsue Jan 2014 #12
Congress critters can fix it. mountain grammy Jan 2014 #28
They can... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2014 #33
Agree, but they can get an ear full from all of us, they will from me. mountain grammy Jan 2014 #41
In New Orleans and everyone knows that the Fifth Circuit sucks. TexasTowelie Jan 2014 #44
I hope you're right about that. This ruling cannot stand. It would be terrible. loudsue Jan 2014 #46
Hopes don't rest entirely with SCOTUS. Jim Lane Jan 2014 #59
We need to fix that. nt Zorra Jan 2014 #10
And another court just gutted the hopes of thousands in Utah for the foreseeable future. William769 Jan 2014 #11
yep - right you are rurallib Jan 2014 #31
... William769 Jan 2014 #36
K&R. nt OnyxCollie Jan 2014 #18
The conclusion drawn in the article's headline AND in the article itself is.... George II Jan 2014 #19
Yes, each individual..... daleanime Jan 2014 #27
Anyone familiar with labor law would know that in MOST, if not all, states it is.... George II Jan 2014 #39
Cue the flood of copy-and-paste ALEC bills. n/t Orsino Jan 2014 #22
Freedumb! Freedumb! Freedumb! blkmusclmachine Jan 2014 #25
"Arbitration" is really starting to get out of hand. arcane1 Jan 2014 #26
450 former employees just got our money from a class action suit for wrongful termination abelenkpe Jan 2014 #30
But the difference in this case is... George II Jan 2014 #57
I am shocked many times listening to young union members INdemo Jan 2014 #35
It's sad to see working class people vote away all of their rights mdbl Jan 2014 #42
Very sad very real lunasun Jan 2014 #43
Such stupidity Bradical79 Jan 2014 #56
Amen. dotymed Jan 2014 #61
Yes we have very simular stories but now INdemo Jan 2014 #62
K&R woo me with science Jan 2014 #37
What is the "New Orleans Court of Appeals"? Do they mean .... oldhippie Jan 2014 #38
Yet another factual error in the article...errr...blog. George II Jan 2014 #40
K&R El_Johns Jan 2014 #45
There has been a long term trend of tort reform which limits your ability to sue, caps damages, Dustlawyer Jan 2014 #47
kick woo me with science Jan 2014 #48
Recommended a thousand shit loads! Enthusiast Jan 2014 #50
Why do you think they try to stop dem appointments? lonestarnot Jan 2014 #53
I am afraid that many people dotymed Jan 2014 #60
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