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BigmanPigman

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4. My grandfather was with the teamsters, my dad was with AT&T

Reply to Willie Pep (Original post)

Sat Sep 2, 2017, 08:42 PM

Sep 2017

and I was with the NEA and CTA (teachers). Reagan killed unions! He was the beginning of what we currently experience from the greedy, hypocritical GOP. Moral Majority, trickle down economics, and "I do not remember" BS have worked out so well for the middle class.

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Why the Left needs to stop attacking unions [View all] Willie Pep Sep 2017 OP

Nothing pisses me off more for a union member to bash unions nini Sep 2017 #1

My father hates unions other than his own. Willie Pep Sep 2017 #2

Every year i go to the labor day parade in the LA harbor area nini Sep 2017 #3

So agree,here this type of garbage Wellstone ruled Sep 2017 #8

My grandfather was with the teamsters, my dad was with AT&T BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #4

Absolutely Thinkingabout Sep 2017 #9

unions have shrunk over the past 30 years and it's not b/c of the left juxtaposed Sep 2017 #5

of course nini Sep 2017 #6

I've seen very few Dem. politicians fight for unions since raygun was president. juxtaposed Sep 2017 #7

Im a Union Thug,,,,, Cryptoad Sep 2017 #10

When There Are No Unions, There Are No Good Paying Jobs dlk Sep 2017 #11

I Dare Anyone to Talk Trash about Unions Around Me Leith Sep 2017 #12

People have been brainwashed and brain dead since Raygun! burrowowl Sep 2017 #13

Many Reformers should follow the lead of the UAW Working For A Living - Caucus leroysfish Sep 2017 #14