Thursday, March 12, 2009
In View of Present Labor Issues
The Day the Unions Died. Dumb Fuck PATCO called Reagan's Bluff. Walked out on a No-Walk-Out contract like they didn't know what would happen. The military invaded the country's airports. Took over flight ops over night like they had invaded, anyways.
Then the Big Bidnez Machine sent the AFL-CIO through the grinder for the next few years and anytime a reporter showed up, someone was comparing the Steelworkers to the cry-baby PATCO idiots. This just after Nixon had started Big Bidnez talking to China again. Then after the steel headed to Asia, the Auto Workers are compared to the cry-baby...you know.
Now it's a bad thing to be in a union getting 40 hour weeks and job seniority. But Reagan and the boys wanted to play Monopoly and now China makes all the stuff and Wal Mart sells it. Everyone else gets the slop of shoving stuff around. It's not the fault of labor. If it is, please show me. Back when Unions were big from the 40's through the 70's there was a big middle class of organized labor.
Then the Big Bidnez Machine sent the AFL-CIO through the grinder for the next few years and anytime a reporter showed up, someone was comparing the Steelworkers to the cry-baby PATCO idiots. This just after Nixon had started Big Bidnez talking to China again. Then after the steel headed to Asia, the Auto Workers are compared to the cry-baby...you know.
Now it's a bad thing to be in a union getting 40 hour weeks and job seniority. But Reagan and the boys wanted to play Monopoly and now China makes all the stuff and Wal Mart sells it. Everyone else gets the slop of shoving stuff around. It's not the fault of labor. If it is, please show me. Back when Unions were big from the 40's through the 70's there was a big middle class of organized labor.
Comments:
<< Home
Reagan, the day we died. Here in CA at first, as a run up to his union busting/big bidness bad as Prez. And we've been dying ever since.
Great linky. It all started with PATCO at the national level. Great rant, hoss, smartly struck.
And Feinstein is the only CA Dem not on board with EFCA . . . . show her some constituent love if yer in her district, or if not. I mean, we're ONLY about at 22% unemployment in CA if you use REAL math, not the kind EDD is using . .
Post a Comment
Great linky. It all started with PATCO at the national level. Great rant, hoss, smartly struck.
And Feinstein is the only CA Dem not on board with EFCA . . . . show her some constituent love if yer in her district, or if not. I mean, we're ONLY about at 22% unemployment in CA if you use REAL math, not the kind EDD is using . .
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home
Subscribe to Posts [Atom]