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KoKo

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45. The Business News Online (Bloomberg/CNBC) and in print is filled with

Mon Sep 15, 2014, 09:58 AM

Sep 2014

anti-union propaganda. Business leaders hate unions and the Chamber of Commerce, Koch, Milton Friedman's influence at Chicago School of Economics (spawning Alan Greenspan and others) has been at work for decades to bust them. Since FDR...the fight to get rid of workers rights has infested the Republican Party and now spilled over to the Democratic Party as it has moved to the right when the DLC decided to invite Big Business and & the Think Tanks who support Friedmanomics into the party and help do its bidding.

Union management helped it along with terrible mismanagement from the top...so they are partly to blame. And, as people did better they got lazy and didn't see when the jobs started to go offshore after NAFTA was enacted. The ILGWU ("Look for the Union Label" Campaign) tried their best. But, it was a losing proposition...as the jobs kept leaving to China. Textiles, Furniture, Mechanical Parts Manufacturing, Pharma...etc.

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Are mainstream media conspiring against unions? [View all] merrily Sep 2014 OP

"mainstream media" is owned by and operates for the benefit of the corporate elites. Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #1

Precisely Sherman A1 Sep 2014 #2

I just got a very similar comment in the Labor forum. My reply was: merrily Sep 2014 #3

And the absolute certain sign of the beginning of the end for the american worker. randys1 Sep 2014 #51

Well, I am ready to die for the cause, but not to die for merrily Sep 2014 #53

Like I said BlindTiresias Sep 2014 #60

I get there will be no resistance. merrily Sep 2014 #61

I plan on it BlindTiresias Sep 2014 #66

Leave the country BlindTiresias Sep 2014 #59

Automation wont benefit the people, exactly what I meant. randys1 Sep 2014 #64

Yep BlindTiresias Sep 2014 #67

Even if we welcomed it, we could still care for our own if we had the will. randys1 Sep 2014 #68

Wow liberalmike27 Sep 2014 #47

Then, with all due respect to your friend, your friend did not understand merrily Sep 2014 #62

I'd be shocked if they weren't. Smarmie Doofus Sep 2014 #4

But a conspiracy is exactly what I am asking about, not the same old, same old. merrily Sep 2014 #5

Essentially correct. MSM no longer has the free agency... Eleanors38 Sep 2014 #73

Thanks. I had linked to this thread in the labor group. merrily Sep 2014 #74

I have stated for some years, now, that the USA is Eleanors38 Sep 2014 #75

No, but yes el_bryanto Sep 2014 #6

^ There it is. n/t Smarmie Doofus Sep 2014 #8

I tried to address that in my OP and in every one of my replies so far on this thread. merrily Sep 2014 #12

Than no - I don't believe there to be a conspiracy. el_bryanto Sep 2014 #14

Conspiracy dotymed Sep 2014 #42

That's kind of amusing el_bryanto Sep 2014 #43

Actually bryant, dotymed Sep 2014 #71

Think of it this way. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #30

This has been going on so long it was still current when I labeled it... JHB Sep 2014 #72

A country of franchise culture doesn't need smoke-filled rooms. Eleanors38 Sep 2014 #76

Here's the paperwork making it official... Octafish Sep 2014 #7

Thanks, Octafish. That is very useful. merrily Sep 2014 #9

Not sure about unions but in the rare circumstance that you have an unapologetically ... Smarmie Doofus Sep 2014 #17

I thought Sanders was outstanding. merrily Sep 2014 #29

Yes, but like all major issues... vi5 Sep 2014 #10

Damn right it is madokie Sep 2014 #11

Thanks, I agree. But I am asking about something much more specific and newer than that. merrily Sep 2014 #13

What're you wanting to know then madokie Sep 2014 #19

Thank you. As I posted to Cha, I thought my Sunday merrily Sep 2014 #22

Yes. Cha Sep 2014 #15

Thanks, Cha! merrily Sep 2014 #18

Just the unions for the proles. raouldukelives Sep 2014 #16

Excellent point. merrily Sep 2014 #20

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Sep 2014 #21

Thanks and you're welcome. merrily Sep 2014 #24

No. It's open warfare. Orsino Sep 2014 #23

Thanks. I am not asking about "always," but rather whether there might be merrily Sep 2014 #26

I think the answer is still always... Orsino Sep 2014 #33

Thanks. merrily Sep 2014 #34

they are driving the message desired by their masters. Period. NRaleighLiberal Sep 2014 #25

I am not sure yet, one way or the other. Please see Reply 26. merrily Sep 2014 #27

I've not really believed a thing told to me by MSM for many many years. NRaleighLiberal Sep 2014 #28

Could not agree more. merrily Sep 2014 #31

great point. thanks and Happy Monday! NRaleighLiberal Sep 2014 #32

Thank you; you're welcome and Happy Monday to you as well. merrily Sep 2014 #35

Very possible. Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 #36

Yes, media is very definitely part of our ills. merrily Sep 2014 #38

Raising the minimum wage is very popular right now. People are restless mountain grammy Sep 2014 #37

Mountain grammy, I think you are on to something! Brilliant. merrily Sep 2014 #39

I've been involved in this fight for years.. mountain grammy Sep 2014 #44

Choir, here, Mountain Grammy. merrily Sep 2014 #46

"mainstream media" = super-rich rock Sep 2014 #40

Sunday was enough for me to get suspicious. I'll be keeping my eyes and ears open merrily Sep 2014 #41

The Business News Online (Bloomberg/CNBC) and in print is filled with KoKo Sep 2014 #45

Systematic (maybe systematic) shaming of Democratic candidates for being endorsed by merrily Sep 2014 #48

Does sound like that's a tactic they are dragging out. KoKo Sep 2014 #49

If you put a wedge between Democrats and unions, it will be easier to beat both. merrily Sep 2014 #50

The dark money is against unions oldandhappy Sep 2014 #52

If what I observed Sunday was not only coincidence, the media would have to be aware. merrily Sep 2014 #54

Yep! oldandhappy Sep 2014 #69

Guess who all the inflated Citizens United cash is paid to during campaigns--TV ADS librechik Sep 2014 #55

Thing is, though, who bought more ads in 2008? Obama or McCain? merrily Sep 2014 #56

and most folks working in TV belong to a union librechik Sep 2014 #57

Isn't it amazing how much we say Republicans are dumb and evil while merrily Sep 2014 #58

A conspiracy is supposed to be secret. hifiguy Sep 2014 #63

Please read the OP again. merrily Sep 2014 #65

What else would you call it then? Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 #70