Reply #46: Unions are worthless if they let scab labor slide.

[superduperfarleft]

With all the anti-labor propaganda we've been fed over the past few decades, I don't blame them for feeling like they've been backed into a corner. It's not just about this church, it's about a pattern of undercutting the livelihoods of millions of people, and trying to strong-arm them into accepting the lowest common denominator.

And why are the scab roofers charging the church, or is it only the union members that are supposed to "help their community?" Why aren't the scabs working for free?

Anyway, I don't know where you're from, but this sort of thing is quite common in the Northeast. This would barely even get them a mention in Philly (I saw them out with the giant rat just last week, protesting a shopping center using scab roofers). Yeah, the unions can be a pain in the ass, but at the core, they're 100% in the right. They're using the only tools they have to protect their livelihood, and anyone else would do the same. Or maybe not, I don't know, maybe anti-labor DUers would be happy to take a pay cut for the good of their bosses.