Sacrifice Your Rights: Join a Union
Steve Kangas
Here's what you get with union membership:
-A political action group you are forced to pay for, but may not agree
with.
-A representative instead of a lawyer. That's right, the union can
refuse to provide you with a real lawyer even if you are dealing with
legal issue outside of the contract. I can almost guarantee your
employer will hire a real lawyer. These representatives are oten
would-be lawyers who just couldn't make it. As far as I know, there
is no standard they must meet to represent you.
-In the event your would-be lawyer loses the case, your court case has
just been seriously damaged. "An arbitrator is bound by nothing."
These famous words of AFSCME representative Jim Younger are absolutely
true. You are entitled to nothing at an arbitration hearing.
Precedent, procedure, all of the things you expect from a court of law
are marginal to nonexistent at the arbitration hearing. But the
arbirtration weighs in just as a court decsion would
I can almost hear the representatives and the people who
unconditionally support unions now. Let me assure you, these guys are
notorious liars.
YOU LOSE RIGHTS BELONGING TO A UNION!
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Dan Bahr
Steve Kangas <redc...@teleport.com> wrote in article
<356f0a90...@news.teleport.com>...
>
> Here's what you get with union membership:
> -A political action group you are forced to pay for, but may not agree
> with.
No member of any group agrees with every position taken by the group. But
the purpose of joining together is to match the strength of the employers.
The upside includes better pay, benefits and working conditions than
non-unionized employees (according to DOL studies).
> -A representative instead of a lawyer. That's right, the union can
> refuse to provide you with a real lawyer even if you are dealing with
> legal issue outside of the contract. I can almost guarantee your
> employer will hire a real lawyer. These representatives are oten
> would-be lawyers who just couldn't make it. As far as I know, there
> is no standard they must meet to represent you.
Hogwash. While I obviously can't speak for other unions, I can speak for
mine (New York State United Teachers, AFT). I am not a lawyer and,
therefore, cannot handle court-related issues. We have a team of more than
two dozen lawyers to deal with those cases. We guarantee an attorney for
any member who is threatened with job loss and take other legal matters on
a case by case basis. Arbitrations are handled by me and about 100 other
non-lawyers. We have been well-trained and win far more arbitrations than
we lose --- against those management lawyers you seem to fear so much.
> -In the event your would-be lawyer loses the case, your court case has
> just been seriously damaged. "An arbitrator is bound by nothing."
> These famous words of AFSCME representative Jim Younger are absolutely
> true. You are entitled to nothing at an arbitration hearing.
> Precedent, procedure, all of the things you expect from a court of law
> are marginal to nonexistent at the arbitration hearing. But the
> arbirtration weighs in just as a court decsion would.
There is no truth to these statements. First, it is rare to have an
arbitration and a court case on the same matter. The courts have routinely
remanded cases back to the contractual grievance procedure in such
situations. It is true that an arbitrator is not bound by the rules of
evidence. However, precedent, procedure, the concepts of res judicata and
collateral estoppal, past practice, just cause, etc. are all concepts taken
seriously by all arbitrators and have all been reasons I have won cases
over the last two decades.
> I can almost hear the representatives and the people who
> unconditionally support unions now. Let me assure you, these guys are
> notorious liars.
Speak for yourself. If you have had a personal problem with your union,
don't paint us all with that warped brush. If you have had a personal
problem with your union be specific with your complaints. The generalities
you so liberally spout only cause us to believe you are simply a
disgruntled loudmouth.
Steve Kangas
On Fri, 29 May 1998 21:13:17 GMT, "Dan Bahr" <dan...@unix.asb.com>
wrote:
>Steve Kangas <redc...@teleport.com> wrote in article
><356f0a90...@news.teleport.com>...
>>
>> Here's what you get with union membership:
>> -A political action group you are forced to pay for, but may not agree
>> with.
>
>No member of any group agrees with every position taken by the group. But
>the purpose of joining together is to match the strength of the employers.
>The upside includes better pay, benefits and working conditions than
>non-unionized employees (according to DOL studies).
Yes, this is undoubtedly true with public sector employees allowing
their retirement funds to be invested in takeover firms like KKR.
Denying a person the right to settle in court. I rest your case
It is true that an arbitrator is not bound by the rules of
>evidence.
I rest your case again
However, precedent, procedure, the concepts of res judicata and
>collateral estoppal, past practice, just cause, etc. are all concepts taken
>seriously by all arbitrators
A broad, sweeping staement we should accept as gospel "all
arbitrators."
and have all been reasons I have won cases
>over the last two decades.
>
>> I can almost hear the representatives and the people who
>> unconditionally support unions now. Let me assure you, these guys are
>> notorious liars.
>
>Speak for yourself. If you have had a personal problem with your union,
>don't paint us all with that warped brush. If you have had a personal
>problem with your union be specific with your complaints. The generalities
>you so liberally spout only cause us to believe you are simply a
>disgruntled loudmouth.
And here we start with the personal attacks. Anyone who does not like
the way unions operate is disgruntled. You know, you've heard it
before from employers: The disgruntled employee. My dictionary
defines disgruntled as discontented. Yes, I am not content with
unions interfering with the civil rights of employees, and I am quite
loud about my discontent. Maybe I should just be quiet and let Union
Joe go about his business - and it is a business as opposed to a
movement
>
This guy is selling unions. I'm telling you the truth. Why don't you
wait until you need a union to find out? Fact is: You must prove a
union DELIBERATELY failed to represent in order to hold them
accountable in a court of law. How do you meet this ridculous
standard of proof? No one does.
This guy is a master of double-talk. If you fail to exhaust your
administrative remedies, i.e. go to arbitration, this will hurt your
chances in court. If you go to arbitration and lose, this will also
seriously hurt your chances in court. It makes no difference if you
are talking about your civil rights, or contract related matters.
Yes, an arbitrator (at least in Oregon) is supposed to confine his
opinion to the contract. As it works, however, arbitration is used
by employers to escape a real court of law.
I have nothing to gain here. I'm self-employed with no employees, and
was once a very strong supporter of unions. I'm just telling it like
it is. You can believe me, or Union Joe. He's making his living
telling you what he would like you to believe: half-truths, and
misleading statements.
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Steve Kangas
>On Fri, 29 May 1998 21:13:17 GMT, "Dan Bahr" <dan...@unix.asb.com>
>>
>>No member of any group agrees with every position taken by the group. But
>>the purpose of joining together is to match the strength of the employers.
>>The upside includes better pay, benefits and working conditions than
>>non-unionized employees (according to DOL studies).
>Yes, this is undoubtedly true with public sector employees allowing
>their retirement funds to be invested in takeover firms like KKR.
The Oregonian: 11/19/97
"-- In 1968 , 28% of the work force was unionized. By 1996, just
14.5 percent was unionized"
"--Private sector decline has been partially made up by gains in the
public sector, where 37.7 percent of the work force is now unionized"
And what have your public sector brothers been doing to assist the
private sector: allowing PERS to invest in takeover firms like KKR, a
company that has contributed to the elimination of countless private
sector jobs and created untold hardships for workers.
Mr. Bahr fails to mention a union has no obligation to provide a
lawyer. Oregon AFSCME Council 75 has threatened to withdraw
representation entirely if an employee insists his own lawyer
represent him at a hearing.
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Allen Shur
Steve Kangas wrote:
>
> Here's what you get with union membership:
>
> -A political action group you are forced to pay for, but may not agree
> with.
>
> refuse to provide you with a real lawyer even if you are dealing with
> legal issue outside of the contract. I can almost guarantee your
> employer will hire a real lawyer. These representatives are oten
> would-be lawyers who just couldn't make it. As far as I know, there
> is no standard they must meet to represent you.
>
> just been seriously damaged. "An arbitrator is bound by nothing."
> These famous words of AFSCME representative Jim Younger are absolutely
> true. You are entitled to nothing at an arbitration hearing.
> Precedent, procedure, all of the things you expect from a court of law
> are marginal to nonexistent at the arbitration hearing. But the
> arbirtration weighs in just as a court decsion would
>
> unconditionally support unions now. Let me assure you, these guys are
> notorious liars.
>
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How about alt.society.mouse-molestation ?? Just trying to be nice,
make you feel at home!
Steve Kangas
>>
>> YOU LOSE RIGHTS BELONGING TO A UNION!
>> x-no-archive:yes
>Then, why don't you go to a different newsgroup?
>
>How about alt.society.mouse-molestation ?? Just trying to be nice,
>make you feel at home!
And here we have the thoughtful, intelligent response of a union
supporter. In essence, this person is saying: I don't want to hear
the voice of dissent.
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kim overstreet
> I can almost hear the representatives and the people who
> unconditionally support unions now. Let me assure you, these guys are
> notorious liars.
>
And your not? Maybe just ignorant and ill formed of the facts!
> YOU LOSE RIGHTS BELONGING TO A UNION!
>YOU LOSE THE RIGHT TO WORK MORE FOR LESS
(SAFETY<MONEY<BENEFITS<EQUITY,etc.)
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>
Steve Kangas
On 30 May 1998 12:17:33 GMT, "kim overstreet"
<oooh...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
You lose your right to protect your civil rights in a court of law.
If you belong to a union and your civil rights are violated by your
employer, your employer will argue you should be using the grievance
procedure if you take them to court. If, however, you use the
grievance procedure, your employer (I should say your employer's
lawyers) will argue that your civil rights complaints are subject to
arbitration. It is the classic catch-22.
So, belonging to a union hinders your ability to pursue your civil
rights in court. You also lose the right to have a lawyer represent
you. While some unions will provide a lawyer at the arbitration
hearing, Oregon AFSCME has threatened to withdraw entirely if the
grievant insists a lawyer represent him at the hearing. Now, Since
you seem to feel I may be "ignorant and ill-informed of the facts, "
Why don't you tell me what happens if the union withdraws. I guess I
could give you a short english lesson while we're at it, but sometimes
I have trouble placing hyphens, apostrophes, and using words.
Besides, I want to encourage you to voice your opinion, just as I
have.
The Union Joes will tell you your civil rights are a separate issue
from the grievance process, and they are partially right. In reality,
however, employers have used arbitration as a shield against
litigation, even when the issues have nothing to do with the contract.
I'm saying this is wrong and should be changed. I'm also saying the
unions should not be so well-cloaked against lawsuits.
The people who run unions, as opposed to the people who belong to
unions, are quite adept politically, and legally. They have stacked
the deck against workers who would hold them accountable for their
misdeeds. Tell me, If a union fails to represent, how does a person
prove they failed to represent DELIBERATELY? It is an impossible
standard of proof. The union simply says: Oops, we didn't mean too.
If an employee wants to bring his or her own lawyer into an
arbitration hearing, why should the union object, or be allowed to
withdraw the grievance? The union will be the first to tell you it is
their grievance and they have absolute control over the process.
Apparently this is true, but it is your life the are dealing with, and
I believe you should be entitled to the best representation available.
That means a lawyer. Either the unions clearly separate legal issues
and keep the arbitration process out of decisions a judge will make,
or they provide lawyers and make sure all the procedures followed in a
court of law apply to the arbitration process, including the
arbitrator's conduct. It's only fair.
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Rascal
I'm not sure of the situation you are referring to, but our Local has
attorneys on retainer, and they are consulted any time there is a legal
question........and any time a member requests. We have several cases
involving members that are being handled through these attorneys, rather
than the grievance process, at no cost to the member. Of course, our Local
is run by The Union (the members), not by some faceless "representative."
I'm not going to argue with you about our differing opinions on Union
membership, at least not without hearing more about your situation, and why
our Local seems to handle things differently.
David F. Boetcher
>The people who run unions, as opposed to the people who belong to
>unions, are quite adept politically, and legally. They have stacked
>the deck against workers who would hold them accountable for their
>misdeeds. Tell me, If a union fails to represent, how does a person
>prove they failed to represent DELIBERATELY? It is an impossible
>standard of proof. The union simply says: Oops, we didn't mean too.
As in any group there are good and bad unions. My question to you is what
is your point. You say the employer uses the arbitration clause against you
and therefor the union is sacrificing your rights. Would you be better with
no union?
The people who run unions should be the people who belong to the union. I
know this has been said before but get in your union and run for office.
That is the best way to ensure bad officers are out. Bad union
representation is not a reason to end all unions, it is a reason to fix
those unions. Obviously the employer is just out to catch you in that
catch-22, so only a good union can be there to help.
David F. Boetcher
President
MATC Part Time Teachers' Union
dfb...@itis.com
Steve Kangas
>>The people who run unions, as opposed to the people who belong to
>>unions, are quite adept politically, and legally. They have stacked
>>the deck against workers who would hold them accountable for their
>>misdeeds. Tell me, If a union fails to represent, how does a person
>>prove they failed to represent DELIBERATELY? It is an impossible
>>standard of proof. The union simply says: Oops, we didn't mean too.
>
>
>As in any group there are good and bad unions. My question to you is what
>is your point. You say the employer uses the arbitration clause against you
>and therefor the union is sacrificing your rights. Would you be better with
>no union?
Absolutely. Without a contract calling for arbitration you can step
into court where many of these "grievances" belong. If you are
covered by a contract and fail to exhaust your "remedies" before going
to court, you will hurt you chances of winning.
>The people who run unions should be the people who belong to the union. I
>know this has been said before but get in your union and run for office.
>That is the best way to ensure bad officers are out. Bad union
>representation is not a reason to end all unions, it is a reason to fix
>those unions. Obviously the employer is just out to catch you in that
>catch-22, so only a good union can be there to help.
>
I am trying to fix some problems with unions:
1. You should be able to use your own lawyer at an arbitration
hearing.
2. Legal issues and contract issues should be clearly separated
before the arbitration begins
3. An arbitration ruling should not be admissible in court of law
unless all the rules applied in a court of law are applied at the
hearing and the arbitrator is bound by the same constraints as a
judge, i.e. rules of evidence, procedure, precedent, etc.
4. The standard of proof required to hold a union accountable in a
court of law should be lowered. Proving a union DELIBERATELY failed
to represent is impossible, and the unions know it.
5. If there are legal issues involved, the arbitration hearing should
have no bearing on the legal case. In theory, I believe this is true.
In practice it is not.
>David F. Boetcher
>President
>MATC Part Time Teachers' Union
>dfb...@itis.com
>
>
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Steve Kangas
On Sat, 30 May 1998 14:58:27 -0500, "Rascal" <rasc...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
It sounds like you belong to a respectable union.
All unions will benefit from calling unions like AFSCME when their
members raise no objection to PERS investing retirement funds in the
elimination of private sector jobs. Unions have withheld, even
destroyed documentation related to arbitrations to protect employers
from litigation. Not to pick on AFSCME, but Oregon Council 75 is
guilty of this. If "representatives" want to play law, they need a
law degree. If they want to represent people within clearly defined
non-legal boundaries, fine, but the arbitration decision should not be
admissible as evidence unless the jury clearly understands the
arbitrator is not a judge, and many of the rules of procedure and
evidence do not necessarily apply to arbitrations
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." MLK
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Annie
It sounds to me as if you have had a bad experience with a union. This
means that your particular case was mishandled. This does not mean that
the entire concept of a unionized workplace is wrong. It does not mean
that the collective bargaining process is corrupt. There are thousands of
Doctors who are guilty of gross malpractice. Some have lost their
licensure as a result and some continue to practice on an unsuspecting
public. But, I'm guessing that if you were to fall and break your leg, you
are still going to the local emergency room! Why? Because, you are
trusting in your own ability to manage your health care and it's better
than the alternative.
If people would take an interest in their union before the greivance
occurs, maybe there would be less complaints about the way the union is
run. Perhaps if we were active in our union management, going to meetings,
participating in the conventions and just reading the damn newsletters we
wouldn't see it all as a great surprise. And maybe, just maybe, if we were
aware of the problems within our own locals and sections before it was too
late; it might just be possible to fix them!
Most people that I see, look at their union membership like a purchased
service agreement. "I'll pay you so much a month and you fix anything that
breaks" That is not what unions were meant to be. We are the unions! We
are the ones who make it or break it. We are responsible for who runs it.
We are responsible for it's decisions! Much like the regular political
elections. We all want the right to complain bitterly about those bums in
Washington D.C. or in our state capitals, but we won't get off our butts
and campaign for the ones who could change the status quo. We may piss and
moan about how all the candidates are alike, but we don't run for local
political office and we don't support our peers who do. We wait until the
day of the election when the money and the power brokers have decided who's
going to be on our ballots and complain!
Everytime you say "The Union" you should just strike it out and put in the
names of you and your co-workers. You are "The Union"! If you have
consented to give all your power away to someone else, then you only have
two choices left........ Do something about it! or....... sit down and
shut up!
Annie
kell...@hotmail.com
I get frustrated with my union at times also. Some of my union brothers are
lazy bastards who should be fired. A few of the reps and officials steal good
oxygen from other more deserving people every time they draw a breath. And we
sometimes endorse moronic candidates for political office. However, unions
are worth joining, starting, and fighting for. Anybody who thinks their boss
cares about their personal financial well being is an idiot. Hang in there,
and get involved-read the newsletter, attend meetings, vote, and if you still
aren't happy, run for union office yourself.
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kim overstreet
> >> YOU LOSE RIGHTS BELONGING TO A UNION!
> >>YOU LOSE THE RIGHT TO WORK MORE FOR LESS
> >(SAFETY<MONEY<BENEFITS<EQUITY,etc.)
> >
> You lose your right to protect your civil rights in a court of law.
> If you belong to a union and your civil rights are violated by your
> employer, your employer will argue you should be using the grievance
> procedure if you take them to court. If, however, you use the
> grievance procedure, your employer (I should say your employer's
> lawyers) will argue that your civil rights complaints are subject to
> arbitration. It is the classic catch-22.
>
> So, belonging to a union hinders your ability to pursue your civil
> rights in court. You also lose the right to have a lawyer represent
> you. While some unions will provide a lawyer at the arbitration
> hearing, Oregon AFSCME has threatened to withdraw entirely if the
> grievant insists a lawyer represent him at the hearing. Now, Since
> you seem to feel I may be "ignorant and ill-informed of the facts, "
> Why don't you tell me what happens if the union withdraws. I guess I
> could give you a short english lesson while we're at it, but sometimes
> I have trouble placing hyphens, apostrophes, and using words.
> Besides, I want to encourage you to voice your opinion, just as I
> have.
As we discussed before,If you feel that you got a raw deal from your reps
a: vote em out b:run yourself
c:tell the nlrb d:sue them for mis/nonrepresentation e:get a different
unionf:just shut up and live with it.
Since you keep on painting ALL UNIONS because you had a fuck up or fucked
up doesn't give you the go ahead to be a scab on the rest of us.And since
you said you didn't mind being a scab......
Ida Ontkno
Often, people say . . . if you don't like what the union leaders
are doing . . . run for office.
I agree.
An example . . . Geronmo should have ran for president of the United
States if he didn't like the treatment he was getting.
or, if the Jews didn't like the treatment given to them by the
National Socialists of Germany . . . one of them should have ran against
Hitler in the early 1940's on the "Be Nice To Jews" platform..
Don't complain about civil rights violations, or attempt to seek
justice. Run for office, instead.
It keeps people like me, and the government agency that I work for from
having to get involved, and from having to make a committment to your
civil rights protection.
gotta run . . . Ida
David F. Boetcher
< Often, people say . . . if you don't like what the union leaders
<are doing . . . run for office.
<I agree.
<
< An example . . . Geronmo should have ran for president of the United
<States if he didn't like the treatment he was getting.
<
<justice. Run for office, instead.
<
<It keeps people like me, and the government agency that I work for from
<having to get involved, and from having to make a committment to your
<civil rights protection.
The difference in Geronimo running for president and a union member running
for president of their local is scale. Most local unions are not so large
that an individual has no chance. My electrical local is only 600 people.
If the president is so bad that 301 do not like him, one of those 301 can
run against him.
Local politics is always easier to influence than national. A bad local is
not like Nazi Germany. A simple mailing to 600 people can change the entire
course of a local. You do not need millions of dollars or millions of
supporters. Bad locals stay as they are because of 301 lazy people
complaining.
David F. Boetcher
dfb...@itis.com
Steve Kangas
On Sun, 31 May 1998 10:29:52 GMT, kell...@hotmail.com wrote:
>I get frustrated with my union at times also. Some of my union brothers are
>lazy bastards who should be fired. A few of the reps and officials steal good
>oxygen from other more deserving people every time they draw a breath. And we
>sometimes endorse moronic candidates for political office. However, unions
>are worth joining, starting, and fighting for. Anybody who thinks their boss
>cares about their personal financial well being is an idiot. Hang in there,
>and get involved-read the newsletter, attend meetings, vote, and if you still
>aren't happy, run for union office yourself.
>
>
I believe unions can be more than they are. The existing unions want
to have it more than one way. Either you stand together for what is
right, or you practice lifeboat ethics, throwing people overboard who
don't quite fill the mold you've created. I stand alone for what I
believe is right.
Union representatives should not be playing lawyer, and arbitrators
should not be playing judge. If either want to continue, we need to
adapt the rules to fit the roles. We also need to hold unions
accountable for their misdeeds.
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Steve Kangas
On 31 May 1998 12:49:29 GMT, "kim overstreet"
<oooh...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
Here is a union response you may hear one day: "Just shut up an live
with it."
Tell me, how do you sue a union for misrepresentation when you must
prove they DELIBERATELY failed to do so? It is an impossible
standard of proof that affords the unions absolute impunity.
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Steve Kangas
I'll give you this much credit: At least your post is worth
responding to.
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Ryan M Lankford
Allen Shur wrote:
> Steve Kangas wrote:
> >
> > Here's what you get with union membership:
> >
> > -A political action group you are forced to pay for, but may not agree
> > with.
> >
> > -A representative instead of a lawyer. That's right, the union can
> > refuse to provide you with a real lawyer even if you are dealing with
> > legal issue outside of the contract. I can almost guarantee your
> > employer will hire a real lawyer. These representatives are oten
> > would-be lawyers who just couldn't make it. As far as I know, there
> > is no standard they must meet to represent you.
> >
> > -In the event your would-be lawyer loses the case, your court case has
> > just been seriously damaged. "An arbitrator is bound by nothing."
> > These famous words of AFSCME representative Jim Younger are absolutely
> > true. You are entitled to nothing at an arbitration hearing.
> > Precedent, procedure, all of the things you expect from a court of law
> > are marginal to nonexistent at the arbitration hearing. But the
> > arbirtration weighs in just as a court decsion would
> >
> > I can almost hear the representatives and the people who
> > unconditionally support unions now. Let me assure you, these guys are
> > notorious liars.
> >
> > YOU LOSE RIGHTS BELONGING TO A UNION!
> > x-no-archive:yes
> Then, why don't you go to a different newsgroup?
>
> How about alt.society.mouse-molestation ?? Just trying to be nice,
> make you feel at home!
Don't worry about this crap...whenever these left-wing pinkos can't win a
debate, they resort to name-calling, and worthless flames. I tend to agree
with you on almost everything, except for the intentional
misrepresentation. I think that intentional misrepresentation could be very
easy to prove, especially if decent records and transcripts are kept.
Ryan Lankford
lank...@dwx.com
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Sands/4253
Steve Kangas
> Don't worry about this crap...whenever these left-wing pinkos can't win a
>debate, they resort to name-calling, and worthless flames. I tend to agree
>with you on almost everything, except for the intentional
>misrepresentation. I think that intentional misrepresentation could be very
>easy to prove, especially if decent records and transcripts are kept.
>
>Ryan Lankford
>lank...@dwx.com
>http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Sands/4253
>
Well, I may be wrong, but I base this assertion on what I was told by
a prominent Portland labor attorney. According to him, the unions
simply claim they blew it - that the failure was unitentional, and
they're off the hook. AFSCME Oregon Council 75 has destroyed records
and denied the grievant access to them without worry.
Well, I guess we all know corruption exists even at the highest
levels. Why should Council 75 be different than their national
leaders?
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kim overstreet
> Tell me, how do you sue a union for misrepresentation when you must
> prove they DELIBERATELY failed to do so? It is an impossible
> standard of proof that affords the unions absolute impunity.
> x-no-archive:yes
>
I have a friend/superintendant who has done this 3 times succesfully!
Steve Kangas
On 2 Jun 1998 11:53:13 GMT, "kim overstreet"
<oooh...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
I'm not sure I understand. Your superintendent friend belongs to a
union, or has belonged to several unions and has successfully sued the
union(s) for failing to represent his/her interests on three different
occasions?
I'm not trying to be critical, but your post is not very clear.
Anyway, you raise an interesting question: Just how often are unions
successfully sued for misrepresentation? It's a question worth
researching.
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kim overstreet
> >I have a friend/superintendant who has done this 3 times succesfully!
>
> I'm not sure I understand. Your superintendent friend belongs to a
> union,
belongs....B&CT
or has belonged to several unions and has successfully sued the
> union(s) for failing to represent his/her interests on three different
> occasions?
>
yep
> I'm not trying to be critical, but your post is not very clear.
> Anyway, you raise an interesting question: Just how often are unions
> successfully sued for misrepresentation?
Ask the NLRB
kim overstreet
> > >I have a friend/superintendant who has done this 3 times succesfully!
> >
> > I'm not sure I understand. Your superintendent friend belongs to a
> > union,
> belongs....B&CT
> >
> yep
> > I'm not trying to be critical, but your post is not very clear.
> > Anyway, you raise an interesting question: Just how often are unions
> > successfully sued for misrepresentation?
> Ask the NLRB
The man in question is very sharp,has read every publication on these
subjects by the NLRB,and is the very essence of fear for bad BA's as well
as scabby contractors.
Steve Kangas
On 5 Jun 1998 03:20:53 GMT, "kim overstreet"
<oooh...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
Would you mind citing the specifics about this superintendent who
successfully sued the union he belongs to three times for failing to
represent him. It sounds very interesting, and I imagine much of it
is public record anyway.
Who is this person? Can you cite specific court cases?
I believe the unions are too well insulated against members who would
like to hold them accountable for misdeeds. If, in fact, the members
must prove unions deliberately failed to represent them, the standard
of proof is too high. Also, if arbitration is to carry the weight of
a legal decision, the representatives should be lawyers, the
arbitrators judges, and all the rules and procedures applied in a
court of law should apply at the hearing. Otherwise, as I've said,
you sacrifice rights belonging to a union.
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freedo...@webtv.net
It is the labor movement that fights for and protects the rights of all
working people. Yes, even the workers that despise the unions and would
like to destroy the labor movement. These people are too brain-washed
and ignorant to understand how they have benefited. Workers of Amerca,
do not fall prey to the ramblings
of the anti-forces, they are just to blind to see. PROTECT your rights,
join a Union.
Organize the un-organized......
Eric Olsen
freedo...@webtv.net wrote:
: It is the labor movement that fights for and protects the rights of all
you talk about being brain washed? You do not fight for my future pal. You and the rest of the
"goonions" drive jobs out of the country and prices of goods and services way up! Anyone in a union
today is too feeble minded to think for themselves. Unions "program" their members into thinking that
big bad corporate america is the big money hoarding enemy when in fact alot of union big wigs sit high on the hog living it up
on union dues. OR they dip into penison funds and when caught red handed they have the nerve to say they
were only "borrowing" the money!
Also, anyone who doesn't agree with the union philosphy is labeled a "scab". Just goes to show you are not allowed to think for yourself in a union. God forbid you cross a picket line beacuse your union does not have a strike fund and you need to feed your family.
--
kim overstreet
> Who is this person? Can you cite specific court cases?
>
What are you trolling for???? I'll see if I can call him and find out more
info,but as it stands now,everybody shuts up around him.
> I believe the unions are too well insulated against members who would
> like to hold them accountable for misdeeds. If, in fact, the members
> must prove unions deliberately failed to represent them, the standard
> of proof is too high. Also, if arbitration is to carry the weight of
> a legal decision, the representatives should be lawyers, the
> arbitrators judges, and all the rules and procedures applied in a
> court of law should apply at the hearing. Otherwise, as I've said,
> you sacrifice rights belonging to a union.
Again that was your problem not ours,I'm beggining to think that"
responding to you kills brain cells"
If you wanna be a scab,and continue with your preposterous postings,don't
yell when you get flamed!
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>
kim overstreet
>
> you talk about being brain washed? You do not fight for my future pal.
Do you earn time and one half after 40 hrs?Do you have health insurance?
You and the rest of the
> "goonions" drive jobs out of the country and prices of goods and services
way up! Anyone in a union
> today is too feeble minded to think for themselves.
I would venture that anyone NOT in a union would be either a coprorate
welfare shark,or brain dead.
Choose your poison.
Unions "program" their members into thinking that
> big bad corporate america is the big money hoarding enemy
Hell,they don't need to brain wash anyone.The corporate record speaks for
itself!
when in fact alot of union big wigs sit high on the hog living it up
> on union dues. OR they dip into penison funds and when caught red handed
they have the nerve to say they
> were only "borrowing" the money!
And it's acceptable for corporations to raid pension money?
>
> Also, anyone who doesn't agree with the union philosphy is labeled a
"scab".
Horseshit!
Just goes to show you are not allowed to think for yourself in a union.
God forbid you cross a picket line beacuse your union does not have a
strike fund and you need to feed your family.
>
God forbid that some asshole will cross a picket line to work for less of
everything so your family starves!
>
>
>
> --
>
David F. Boetcher
You and the rest of the
>"goonions" drive jobs out of the country and prices of goods and services
way up! Anyone in a union
>today is too feeble minded to think for themselves. >
>Also, anyone who doesn't agree with the union philosphy is labeled a
"scab". Just goes to show you are not allowed to think for yourself in a
union. God forbid you cross a picket line beacuse your union does not have a
strike fund and you need to feed your family.
And everyone who is in a union is labeled a "goonion". If you see a problem
with labels and blanket rhetoric statements do not use them yourself. This
is just a form of hate speech disguising itself as debate.
David F. Boetcher
dfb...@itis.com
Steve Kangas
On 5 Jun 1998 19:19:00 GMT, "kim overstreet"
<oooh...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
As I suspected, you seem to be posting false information to support a
case that doesn't exist. The problems I am talking about are problems
that can hurt any union member. Your angry posts reflect
unconditional support of unions, but no real substance. If you have
verifiable facts to supply here, please do. If you are here to flame
people, that is your right, as it is mine to choose to ignore you.
Calling names doesn't convince me, or anyone else that you have valid
points to make. Why are my posts "preposterous"? Why do you assume I
am a scab (I believe the term is intended for people who cross a
picket line)? Why are you so angry?
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Steve Kangas
Kim loves to cite the wonderful benefits associated with belonging to
a union. Unfortunately, most of those benefits are enjoyed by public
employees at the private sectors expense.
"In 1968 28 percent of the work force was unionized. By 1996 just
14.5 percent was unionized. Private sector decline has been partially
made up by gains in the public sector, where 37.7 percent of the work
force is now unionized." *
While the public employee unions have gained as the private declined,
some public employees have allowed their pension funds to be invested
in takeover firms eliminating private sector employment. These are
the shameful facts unions do not want people to hear. People like Kim
unconditionally support unions for any of a number of reason, and some
of them may be good reasons. The unions have done good things in the
past, and continue to do some good things. The problems that exist,
however, need to be widely known, then dealt with as the significant
issues they are. Another serious problem with unions is forcing
members to finance political causes they do not believe in. I believe
it is an issue that will come up all over the country. Many union
members are not aware that the people they employ with their dues have
stacked the legal deck against them in a number of ways. But I think
more and more members are learning more about the organizations they
fund. Hopefully this will lead to stronger, more ethical unions that
stand for all workers and the best interests of society.
*LA Times - Washington Post Service
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kim overstreet
> As I suspected, you seem to be posting false information to support a
> case that doesn't exist.
Horseshit!!! I'm working 90+ hrs a week and can't just drop everything to
call someone who may or may not be home so I can answer the questions of an
inarticulate self appointed scab.
The problems I am talking about are problems
> that can hurt any union member. Your angry posts reflect
> unconditional support of unions,
Again horseshit....I and other members readily admit to problems with
organized labor,however the difference between you and I is that I try do
do what I can to change the problem and drive out those who want sttus quo
whereas you want to whine and bitch on a public forum and sit on your lazy
ass telling all the conservinazi's everthing they want to hear.And when
someone offers advice to help you....You just go on repeating the same old
dry retoric and don't do any thing to implement any advice given to you.
You epitomize the republinazi's claim that union members are lazy and won't
help themselves.
You'd scab on a brother not out f principle,but out of sheer laziness and
ignorance.
Thus I refute Kangasbub!!
but no real substance. If you have
> verifiable facts to supply here, please do.
Wait your damn turn...OSHA has determined that the maximum load on my ass
is one person unless I install safety rails and harnesses,so you'll just
have to wait 'till the last asshole gets of my back to come aboard.
If you are here to flame
> people, that is your right, as it is mine to choose to ignore you.
>
> Calling names doesn't convince me, or anyone else that you have valid
> points to make. Why are my posts "preposterous"? Why do you assume I
> am a scab (I believe the term is intended for people who cross a
> picket line)? Why are you so angry?
Why are you so stupid and hardheaded???
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>
b.w...@usa.net
In article <6lbefv$s...@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>,
"kim overstreet" <oooh...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
(snip)
> Horseshit!!! I'm working 90+ hrs a week and can't just drop everything to
> call someone who may or may not be home so I can answer the questions of an
> inarticulate self appointed scab.
Remarkable.
Kim works 90+ hrs a week.
But he finds time to drop everything to spend time screaming incoherently
in this newsgroup.
But then again, maybe that's the work he's talking about.
(snip)
kim overstreet
b.w...@usa.net > Remarkable.
>
> Kim works 90+ hrs a week.
>
> But he finds time to drop everything to spend time screaming incoherently
> in this newsgroup.
>
> But then again, maybe that's the work he's talking about.
>
You have no where else to go troll?
I know,you're just bitter from losing (I guesse too many people saw through
your lies and bullshit).
b.wood>>>lies about being a union member>>>lies about Prop
226>>loses>>continues to troll in bitterness.
Dan Bahr
kim overstreet <oooh...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in article
<6lc7a2$a...@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>...
>
> b.w...@usa.net > Remarkable.
> >
> > Kim works 90+ hrs a week.
> >
> > But he finds time to drop everything to spend time screaming
incoherently
> > in this newsgroup.
> >
> > But then again, maybe that's the work he's talking about.
> >
> You have no where else to go troll?
> I know,you're just bitter from losing (I guesse too many people saw
through
> your lies and bullshit).
> b.wood>>>lies about being a union member>>>lies about Prop
> 226>>loses>>continues to troll in bitterness.
> >
Hey, Kim, Wood isn't worth getting an ulcer or losing sleep. He's just
sore over losing his 226 fight. If you pretend he's not there, all will be
well. His misinformation won no converts and never will. Let him rant ---
he's in the minority in this ng and he's just trying to feel good about
himself --- a losing fight.
b.w...@usa.net
In article <01bd9191$799c1700$1680...@dan1946.asb.com>,
"Dan Bahr" <dan...@unix.asb.com> wrote:
>
> kim overstreet <oooh...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in article
> <6lc7a2$a...@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>...
> >
> > b.w...@usa.net > Remarkable.
> > >
> > > Kim works 90+ hrs a week.
> > >
> > > But he finds time to drop everything to spend time screaming
> incoherently
> > > in this newsgroup.
> > >
> > > But then again, maybe that's the work he's talking about.
> > >
> > You have no where else to go troll?
> > I know,you're just bitter from losing (I guesse too many people saw
> through
> > your lies and bullshit).
> > b.wood>>>lies about being a union member>>>lies about Prop
> > 226>>loses>>continues to troll in bitterness.
> > >
> ===========
>
> Hey, Kim, Wood isn't worth getting an ulcer or losing sleep. He's just
> sore over losing his 226 fight.
What should I be sore about? I didn't lose the fight. You and Kim did. The
reality hasn't hit you yet. And you'll note that he get's real sore at
hearing the truth. He says that people resort to name calling when faced with
the truth. He's a champion at name calling, don't you think?
> If you pretend he's not there, all will be well.
Just like pretending reality doesn't exist, eh?
> His misinformation won no converts and never will.
The truth doesn't go away with a vote, and 2 miilion voters, a full 45% of the
voters in California know that.
> Let him rant ---
> he's in the minority in this ng and he's just trying to feel good about
> himself --- a losing fight.
It should be evident that Kim is ranting, but then evidence seems to elude you
most of the time anyway.
You'll note that I pointed out some facts about Kim above that neither he nor
you are able to address.
Just like with Prop. 226.
Funny how you guys upset when you are presented with reality.
b.w...@usa.net
In article <6lc7a2$a...@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>,
"kim overstreet" <oooh...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
>
> b.w...@usa.net > Remarkable.
> >
> > Kim works 90+ hrs a week.
> >
> > But he finds time to drop everything to spend time screaming incoherently
> > in this newsgroup.
> >
> > But then again, maybe that's the work he's talking about.
> >
> You have no where else to go troll?
> I know,you're just bitter from losing (I guesse too many people saw through
> your lies and bullshit).
The only bitter people I see are you and Allen shur. I guess 45% of the voters
know it's not bullshit. I gues i know that the wool was pulled over your eyes.
> b.wood>>>lies about being a union member>>>
Where? Show me.
I know you can't.
>lies about Prop 226>>loses>>continues to troll in bitterness.
Never lied about Prop. 226.Tthe truth doesn't change with a vote, now does it?
We note with interest that you are unable to explain how you work 90+ hours
a week and still find a considerable amount of time to spend in this newsgroup
screaming incoherently.
We also note that when faced with the truth you resort to name calling.
Look who's bitter!!
> >
> > (snip)
Allen Shur
b.w...@usa.net wrote:
>
> In article <6lc7a2$a...@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>,
> "kim overstreet" <oooh...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > b.w...@usa.net > Remarkable.
> > >
> > > Kim works 90+ hrs a week.
> > >
> > > But he finds time to drop everything to spend time screaming incoherently
> > > in this newsgroup.
> > >
> > > But then again, maybe that's the work he's talking about.
> > >
> > You have no where else to go troll?
> > I know,you're just bitter from losing (I guesse too many people saw through
> > your lies and bullshit).
>
> The only bitter people I see are you and Allen shur. I guess 45% of the voters
> know it's not bullshit. I gues i know that the wool was pulled over your eyes.
BITTER (?), not I, woodhead! But maybe, you????? 55% of the voters
(mostly non-union!!!!) saw your BIG LIE, and will be ready when (2000?)
you repackage your Trojan Horse.
> > b.wood>>>lies about being a union member>>>
>
> Where? Show me.
>
> I know you can't.
>
> >lies about Prop 226>>loses>>continues to troll in bitterness.
>
> Never lied about Prop. 226.Tthe truth doesn't change with a vote, now does it?
>
> We note with interest that you are unable to explain how you work 90+ hours
> a week and still find a considerable amount of time to spend in this newsgroup
> screaming incoherently.
>
> We also note that when faced with the truth you resort to name calling.
>
> Look who's bitter!!
>
DOH! DOH! DOH! [your own words]
-How about that, wood, do you understand, now?
Allen Shur
b.w...@usa.net wrote:
>
> In article <01bd9191$799c1700$1680...@dan1946.asb.com>,
> "Dan Bahr" <dan...@unix.asb.com> wrote:
> >
> > kim overstreet <oooh...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in article
> > <6lc7a2$a...@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>...
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Kim works 90+ hrs a week.
> > > >
> > > > But he finds time to drop everything to spend time screaming
> > incoherently
> > > > in this newsgroup.
> > > >
> > > > But then again, maybe that's the work he's talking about.
> > > >
> > > You have no where else to go troll?
> > > I know,you're just bitter from losing (I guesse too many people saw
> > through
> > > your lies and bullshit).
> > > 226>>loses>>continues to troll in bitterness.
> > > >
> >
> > Hey, Kim, Wood isn't worth getting an ulcer or losing sleep. He's just
> > sore over losing his 226 fight.
>
> What should I be sore about? I didn't lose the fight. You and Kim did. The
> reality hasn't hit you yet. And you'll note that he get's real sore at
> hearing the truth. He says that people resort to name calling when faced with
> the truth. He's a champion at name calling, don't you think?
>
> > If you pretend he's not there, all will be well.
>
> Just like pretending reality doesn't exist, eh?
>
> > His misinformation won no converts and never will.
>
> The truth doesn't go away with a vote, and 2 miilion voters, a full 45% of the
> voters in California know that.
>
> > Let him rant ---
> > he's in the minority in this ng and he's just trying to feel good about
> > himself --- a losing fight.
>
> It should be evident that Kim is ranting, but then evidence seems to elude you
> most of the time anyway.
>
> You'll note that I pointed out some facts about Kim above that neither he nor
> you are able to address.
>
> Just like with Prop. 226.
>
> Funny how you guys upset when you are presented with reality.
>
> >
Quote for b.wood (Splinter from the forest):
"It's hard to know which end's up with your head in your butt!"
Your "reality" is to destroy labor unions. You are an extremist,
b.wood. You are "petrified, wood"!
Allen Shur
Allen Shur wrote:
>
> b.w...@usa.net wrote:
> >
> > In article <6lc7a2$a...@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>,
> > "kim overstreet" <oooh...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Kim works 90+ hrs a week.
> > > >
> > > > But he finds time to drop everything to spend time screaming incoherently
> > > > in this newsgroup.
> > > >
> > > > But then again, maybe that's the work he's talking about.
> > > >
> > > You have no where else to go troll?
> > > I know,you're just bitter from losing (I guesse too many people saw through
> > > your lies and bullshit).
> >
> > know it's not bullshit. I gues i know that the wool was pulled over your eyes.
>
> BITTER (?), not I, woodhead! But maybe, you????? 55% of the voters
> (mostly non-union!!!!) saw your BIG LIE, and will be ready when (2000?)
> you repackage your Trojan Horse.
>
>
> >
> >
> > I know you can't.
> >
> >
> >
> > We note with interest that you are unable to explain how you work 90+ hours
> > a week and still find a considerable amount of time to spend in this newsgroup
> > screaming incoherently.
> >
> > We also note that when faced with the truth you resort to name calling.
> >
> > Look who's bitter!!
> >
> DOH! DOH! DOH! [your own words]
>
Or was that DUH, DUH, DUH?
b.w...@usa.net
In article <357A93...@connectnet.com.nospam>,
I understand very well that you can't read.
Note, I said "DUH!" not "DOH!"
I also understand that you are very upset that you can't answer my question
about the real reason you wanted to defeat Prop. 226.
You are a very poor "winner." Maybe, deep down, you realize you didn't really
win anything.
b.w...@usa.net
In article <357A94...@connectnet.com.nospam>,
as...@connectnet.com.nospam wrote:
>
> b.w...@usa.net wrote:
> >
> > In article <01bd9191$799c1700$1680...@dan1946.asb.com>,
> > "Dan Bahr" <dan...@unix.asb.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > kim overstreet <oooh...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in article
> > > <6lc7a2$a...@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>...
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Kim works 90+ hrs a week.
> > > > >
> > > > > But he finds time to drop everything to spend time screaming
> > > incoherently
> > > > > in this newsgroup.
> > > > >
> > > > > But then again, maybe that's the work he's talking about.
> > > > >
> > > > You have no where else to go troll?
> > > > I know,you're just bitter from losing (I guesse too many people saw
> > > through
> > > > your lies and bullshit).
> > > > 226>>loses>>continues to troll in bitterness.
> > > > >
My posts show quite the contrary. You are still unable to read.
I have already stated the need for labor unions. Are you listening, Allen?
I have already stated that I am not against unions but I am against union
abuse. Are you listening, Allen?
I have already stated that I am for more union democracy, not less.
I have already stated that a measure like Prop. 226 will ultimately
strengthen, not weaken unions.
What part of that do you still not understand?
On your part, you have nothing put excuses. You are unable to answer the
question why Prop. 226 would have hurt union members or unions.
So you wonder why union membership is declining? You only have to look in the
mirror. Unions are decaying from within, and your disinformation campaign
about Prop. 226 has shown many more people that fact.
Duh.
Steve Kangas
On 6 Jun 1998 20:03:14 GMT, "kim overstreet"
<oooh...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
>
>b.w...@usa.net > Remarkable.
>>
>> Kim works 90+ hrs a week.
>>
>> But he finds time to drop everything to spend time screaming incoherently
>> in this newsgroup.
>>
>> But then again, maybe that's the work he's talking about.
>>
>You have no where else to go troll?
>I know,you're just bitter from losing (I guesse too many people saw through
>your lies and bullshit).
>b.wood>>>lies about being a union member>>>lies about Prop
>226>>loses>>continues to troll in bitterness.
>>
>> (snip)
>>
>> -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==-----
>> http://www.dejanews.com/ Now offering spam-free web-based newsreading
>>
I didn't even bother reading the most of your posts. Your vocabulary
seems to be limited to "horseshit, scab, and troll." These three
words run through most of your posts in this NG. You are a
six-foot-some-odd inches asshole. If the arguments you present were
representive of the average union supporter, anti-union forces would
have eliminated the movement years ago.
There, is that what you wanted? Now we can all walk away hating each
other, and I'll have one more example of how fucked up unions are -
namely you.
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Allen Shur
b.w...@usa.net wrote:
>
> In article <357A94...@connectnet.com.nospam>,
> as...@connectnet.com.nospam wrote:
> >
> > b.w...@usa.net wrote:
> > >
> > > In article <01bd9191$799c1700$1680...@dan1946.asb.com>,
> > > "Dan Bahr" <dan...@unix.asb.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > kim overstreet <oooh...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in article
> > > > <6lc7a2$a...@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>...
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Kim works 90+ hrs a week.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > But he finds time to drop everything to spend time screaming
> > > > incoherently
> > > > > > in this newsgroup.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > But then again, maybe that's the work he's talking about.
> > > > > >
> > > > > You have no where else to go troll?
> > > > > I know,you're just bitter from losing (I guesse too many people saw
> > > > through
> > > > > your lies and bullshit).
> > > > > b.wood>>>lies about being a union member>>>lies about Prop
> > > > > 226>>loses>>continues to troll in bitterness.
> > > > > >
wood you can't put words in my mouth so don't try to put your thoughts
in my head.
I don't wonder why, I know, for the last 40 years unions have decined.
Mainly it's because assholes like you have pushed to pass laws (or not
pass laws) to weaken unions and workers. IE: Taft-Hartly. When the
Wagner Act passed the labor movement thrived. When the NLRA was amended
time after time, it took all of the teeth out of workers rights.
With all of your DUH's & DOH's you would make a great cartoon "moron".
kim overstreet
> I didn't even bother reading the most of your posts. Your vocabulary
> seems to be limited to "horseshit, scab, and troll." These three
> words run through most of your posts in this NG. You are a
> six-foot-some-odd inches asshole. If the arguments you present were
> representive of the average union supporter, anti-union forces would
> have eliminated the movement years ago.
>
> There, is that what you wanted? Now we can all walk away hating each
> other, and I'll have one more example of how fucked up unions are -
> namely you.
> x-no-archive:yes
>
I don't know why you continue you antiunion tirade....If you are so fucked
up about you union not representing you you could do what we have suggested
or do as your antiunion consrvative/republican/christian
coalition/libertarian pals suggest we do when faced with a bad
employer....Find a new job.
b.w...@usa.net
In article <357AF5...@connectnet.com.nospam>,
How could I possibly put thoughts in your head!??! Unless, of course, you
are willing to have thoughts put in your head.
>
> I don't wonder why, I know, for the last 40 years unions have decined.
> Mainly it's because assholes like you have pushed to pass laws (or not
> pass laws) to weaken unions and workers. IE: Taft-Hartly. When the
> Wagner Act passed the labor movement thrived. When the NLRA was > amended time after time, it took all of the teeth out of workers rights.
I was waiting for the Big Excuse.
Allen, face reality for a change. It's people like you and Kim that are
killing labor unions from within.
Not intentionally, of course. You just don't get it. Perception is reality,
and reality is irrelevant. A valuable lesson to learn.
You're just clueless about the real world outside labor unions, the same world
where you would draw new members.
Reality is passing you by. The real world is leaving you behind.
You have a choice to face it or fight it. What will be your choice?
> With all of your DUH's & DOH's you would make a great cartoon "moron".
You're do the DOHs, remember?
I do the DUHs.
DUH.
b.w...@usa.net
In article <6letgn$9...@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>,
Steve left out how you like to call those with whom you disagree
"republinazis."
Another term used to enhance the image of labor unions.
But it seems you have your own problems with your own union. Perhaps
you would like to share them with us.
Imagine a union member having to work 90+ hours a week, then having
to spend your free time, what there is of it, in this newsgroup!
What kind of union do you belong to anyway , Kim?!!
Dan Steen
Public employee unions typical do not have direct control over investment of
pension funds. For example, in New York, the state Comptroller is the sole
trustee of the pension fund.
The inference that public employee pension investments are the cause of the
decline in the extent of union representation is far fetched. The reason
for the continued "success" of public employee unions might be a bit
simpler. Perhaps it is just harder for a governmental entity to pick up and
move off shore!
Steve Kangas wrote in message <3578db95...@news.teleport.com>...
kim overstreet
Dan Steen <dst...@nycap.rr.com> wrote in article
<feIe1.18$aB.1...@proxye1.nycap.rr.com>...
> Public employee unions typical do not have direct control over investment
of
> pension funds. For example, in New York, the state Comptroller is the
sole
> trustee of the pension fund.
>
> The inference that public employee pension investments are the cause of
the
> decline in the extent of union representation is far fetched. The reason
> for the continued "success" of public employee unions might be a bit
> simpler. Perhaps it is just harder for a governmental entity to pick up
and
> move off shore!
> Steve Kangas wrote in message <3578db95...@news.teleport.com>...
> >
> >Kim loves to cite the wonderful benefits associated with belonging to
> >a union. Unfortunately, most of those benefits are enjoyed by public
> >employees at the private sectors expense.
> >
This guy's just one of those shrill malcontents,that didn't get his way
with his union and now is crying FOUL!
kim overstreet
b.w...@usa.net wrote in article <6lffl7$ihk$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>> Steve left out how you like to call those with whom you disagree
> "republinazis."
>
I just call republinazis (like you,Especially you,who claim union
membership,yet are diametrically opposed to all that they stand for and
support right wing causes),republinazis.
> Another term used to enhance the image of labor unions.
>
And bitter whiners such as yourself are a positive thing?
> But it seems you have your own problems with your own union. Perhaps
> you would like to share them with us.
>
Have none....Best reps in the area B&CT's
> Imagine a union member having to work 90+ hours a week, then having
> to spend your free time, what there is of it, in this newsgroup!
>
Yep!!!! When I work 8 weeks @90+ hrs,get laid off and wait for the next
job.....But being "general Industry, You'd have no idea of what I was
talking about!!
> What kind of union do you belong to anyway , Kim?!!
>
A Building and Construction Trade one,like I posted earlier on the
thread.But you were too busy Whining about my "build" to bother reading the
full thread anyway.It seems you're so disenheartened by your trouncing
defeat,that you have to find a scapegoat for your troubles....It seems few
people fell for your lies and"go to this web site for the truth"
nonsense.If you can't post the truth on the NG,why send someone to look
elsewhere for it?
Prop 226 was defeated by some 55% of the people.Considering that union
membership is currently listed by the DOL at 14%,that leaves 41% of non
union voters that didn't believe the lies and saw through the bullshit of
the wealthy out of state people and Pete Wilson.If you stand with the lying
bullshitters (republinazis,conservinazis,libertarianazi's) then being
called a republinazi by me should be compliment to you.BTW>>>>Being a
lazy,shiftless union man...I have forgotten to change my party affiliation
from the Republinazis to the dumbacrats,so I infact,am denigrating myself
if you find any meager,bitter consolation in that!
Allen Shur
Dan Bahr wrote:
>
> kim overstreet <oooh...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in article
> <6lc7a2$a...@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>...
> >
> > b.w...@usa.net > Remarkable.
> > >
> > > Kim works 90+ hrs a week.
> > >
> > > But he finds time to drop everything to spend time screaming
> incoherently
> > > in this newsgroup.
> > >
> > > But then again, maybe that's the work he's talking about.
> > >
> > You have no where else to go troll?
> > I know,you're just bitter from losing (I guesse too many people saw
> through
> > your lies and bullshit).
> > b.wood>>>lies about being a union member>>>lies about Prop
> > 226>>loses>>continues to troll in bitterness.
> > >
> ===========
>
> Hey, Kim, Wood isn't worth getting an ulcer or losing sleep. He's just
> well. His misinformation won no converts and never will. Let him rant ---
> he's in the minority in this ng and he's just trying to feel good about
> himself --- a losing fight.
You know Dan, you make MORE sense in your few lines ^ then wood has ,
EVER! Thank you! I think that his hollow rants on this ng went no
where, in fact, may have convinced some to vote against 226. Maybe if
we ignore him and his rhetoric, he will go away? I think (from now, on)
I will.
Al
b.w...@usa.net
In article <6lgjah$c...@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>,
"kim overstreet" <oooh...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
>
> b.w...@usa.net wrote in article <6lffl7$ihk$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
> >> Steve left out how you like to call those with whom you disagree
> > "republinazis."
> >
> I just call republinazis (like you,Especially you,who claim union
> membership,yet are diametrically opposed to all that they stand for and
> support right wing causes),republinazis.
I asked you before to support your assertion that I claimed union membership.
Please point to my claim.
You know you can't, but you continue to lie about it.
> > Another term used to enhance the image of labor unions.
> >
> And bitter whiners such as yourself are a positive thing?
Bitter whiner?
Tell me, Kim, what is is you think I am bitter about? Why?
You see, you can't.
>
> > But it seems you have your own problems with your own union. Perhaps
> > you would like to share them with us.
> >
> Have none....Best reps in the area B&CT's
>
> > Imagine a union member having to work 90+ hours a week, then having
> > to spend your free time, what there is of it, in this newsgroup!
> >
> Yep!!!! When I work 8 weeks @90+ hrs,get laid off and wait for the next
> job.....But being "general Industry, You'd have no idea of what I was
> talking about!!
But I do know that you claim you work 90+ works and still have plenty of
time to scream incoherently on this newsgroup.
>
> > What kind of union do you belong to anyway , Kim?!!
> >
> A Building and Construction Trade one,like I posted earlier on the
> thread.But you were too busy Whining about my "build" to bother reading the
> full thread anyway.It seems you're so disenheartened by your trouncing
> defeat,that you have to find a scapegoat for your troubles....
It appears you're the one who can't read. I haven't been defeated nor
trounced. Neither have 2,500,000 Californians, those that you now call all
republinazis.
> It seems few
> people fell for your lies and"go to this web site for the truth"
> nonsense.If you can't post the truth on the NG,why send someone to look
> elsewhere for it?
Since they're not lies, that leaves you out in the cold.
What I showed, repeatedly, was that you could never admit to the real reason
you were opposed to Prop. 226.
And that's fact.
> Prop 226 was defeated by some 55% of the people.Considering that union
> membership is currently listed by the DOL at 14%,that leaves 41% of non
> union voters that didn't believe the lies and saw through the bullshit of
> the wealthy out of state people and Pete Wilson.If you stand with the lying
> bullshitters (republinazis,conservinazis,libertarianazi's) then being
> called a republinazi by me should be compliment to you.BTW>>>>Being a
> lazy,shiftless union man...I have forgotten to change my party affiliation
> from the Republinazis to the dumbacrats,so I infact,am denigrating myself
> if you find any meager,bitter consolation in that!
Since Prop. 226 was not about Pete Wilson nor about out of state people, you
once again admit, for all to see, in all it's blatancy, that you, nor unions
could argue on the merits of Prop. 226. You only have excuses.
You'll just have to get used to the fact that I'm on strike against you. I
have a right to strike against unfair labor practices. I am striking against
those that are destroying labor unions from within.
Like you are.
So get used to it, Kim.
b.w...@usa.net
In article <35532E...@connectnet.com>,
Allen Shur <ashur...@connectnet.com> wrote:
>
> Dan Bahr wrote:
> >
> > kim overstreet <oooh...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in article
> > <6lc7a2$a...@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>...
> > >
> > > b.w...@usa.net > Remarkable.
> > > >
> > > > Kim works 90+ hrs a week.
> > > >
> > > > But he finds time to drop everything to spend time screaming
> > incoherently
> > > > in this newsgroup.
> > > >
> > > > But then again, maybe that's the work he's talking about.
> > > >
> > > You have no where else to go troll?
> > > I know,you're just bitter from losing (I guesse too many people saw
> > through
> > > your lies and bullshit).
> > > b.wood>>>lies about being a union member>>>lies about Prop
> > > 226>>loses>>continues to troll in bitterness.
> > > >
> > ===========
> >
> > Hey, Kim, Wood isn't worth getting an ulcer or losing sleep. He's just
> > sore over losing his 226 fight. If you pretend he's not there, all will be
> > well. His misinformation won no converts and never will. Let him rant ---
> > he's in the minority in this ng and he's just trying to feel good about
> > himself --- a losing fight.
>
> You know Dan, you make MORE sense in your few lines ^ then wood has ,
> EVER!
Yes, I only make sense to the rational amongst us.
> Thank you! I think that his hollow rants on this ng went no
> where, in fact, may have convinced some to vote against 226.
In that case you should be gleefully happy that I helped you.
But you're not.
You don't like the truth.
> Maybe if we ignore him and his rhetoric, he will go away?
Yes, you hope that by ignoring reality, it will go away. We've seen how you've
tried that time and again.
But it's still there biting you.
>I think (from now, on) I will.
>
> Al
Good luck.
kim overstreet
I asked you before to support your assertion that I claimed union
membership.
>
> Please point to my claim.
>
Ooops,I just confused you with the other malcontent parrot!
> You know you can't, but you continue to lie about it.
>
So if you have no claim of union membership,you have no business trying to
dictate how we run!
> > > But it seems you have your own problems with your own union. Perhaps
> > > you would like to share them with us.
> > >
> > Have none....Best reps in the area B&CT's
> >
> > > Imagine a union member having to work 90+ hours a week, then having
> > > to spend your free time, what there is of it, in this newsgroup!
> > >
> > Yep!!!! When I work 8 weeks @90+ hrs,get laid off and wait for the next
> > job.....But being "general Industry, You'd have no idea of what I was
> > talking about!!
>
> But I do know that you claim you work 90+ works and still have plenty of
> time to scream incoherently on this newsgroup.
>
Again you fail to read or just want to twist my words your way!!
I work 60-110 hrs a week when I'm working(till job ends ) then I'm idle
till the next project.
But you can't seem to comprehend this!
> > > What kind of union do you belong to anyway , Kim?!!
> > >
> > A Building and Construction Trade one,like I posted earlier on the
> > thread.But you were too busy Whining about my "build" to bother reading
the
> > full thread anyway.It seems you're so disenheartened by your trouncing
> > defeat,that you have to find a scapegoat for your troubles....
>
> It appears you're the one who can't read. I haven't been defeated nor
> trounced. Neither have 2,500,000 Californians, those that you now call
all
> republinazis.
>
226 didn't pass despite your lies!
sour grapes!
> > It seems few
> > people fell for your lies and"go to this web site for the truth"
> > nonsense.If you can't post the truth on the NG,why send someone to look
> > elsewhere for it?
>
> Since they're not lies, that leaves you out in the cold.
>
Read below for the truth to your lies!
>>
> > Prop 226 was defeated by some 55% of the people.Considering that union
> > membership is currently listed by the DOL at 14%,that leaves 41% of non
> > union voters that didn't believe the lies and saw through the bullshit
of
> > the wealthy out of state people and Pete Wilson.If you stand with the
lying
> > bullshitters (republinazis,conservinazis,libertarianazi's) then being
> > called a republinazi by me should be compliment to you.BTW>>>>Being a
> > lazy,shiftless union man...I have forgotten to change my party
affiliation
> > from the Republinazis to the dumbacrats,so I infact,am denigrating
myself
> > if you find any meager,bitter consolation in that!
>
> Since Prop. 226 was not about Pete Wilson nor about out of state people,
Lies!!!! All the big and major backers of this (money,time,and effort) were
all out of the state.
Few californians besides Wilson and his halleluja chorus made large
individual contributions of money time or effort!
you
> once again admit, for all to see, in all it's blatancy, that you, nor
unions
> could argue on the merits of Prop. 226. You only have excuses.
>
I have no excuses.....You guy's lost despite the backing you had!
> You'll just have to get used to the fact that I'm on strike against you.
I
> have a right to strike against unfair labor practices. I am striking
against
> those that are destroying labor unions from within.
>
You haven't the first clue as to what your talking about.....
Allen Sure verbally beats your ass every time you open your
mouth/keyboard,so you gotta troll for lesser opponents......Sorry you lose
again.
> Like you are.
>
Coming from an non union person, I'd have to take that as a compliment.
You're bent on the destruction of the labor movement,and losing,so any
diatribe and retoric you sling my way is only complimentary in nature!
> So get used to it, Kim.
>
Actuall,my name's Chuck,and I don't have to get used to anything!
kim overstreet
> > I asked you before to support your assertion that I claimed union
> > membership.
> > >
> > > Please point to my claim.
> > >
> > Ooops,I just confused you with the other malcontent parrot!
>
> Kim dodges the question once again.
>
Answered it trolliboy! I admitted I confused you with that other anti union
troll.
> >
> > > You know you can't, but you continue to lie about it.
> > >
> > So if you have no claim of union membership,you have no business trying
to
> > dictate how we run!
>
> Neither have I claimed that I am not a union member.
>
Either you do or don't....Wich is it or are you trying to hide the facts ?
> Neither have I tried to dictate how your union is run.
>
226 would've dictated (unfairly) how unions are run in Ca.You have been
rabid in your zeal to support this.
> Like Allen, you are so blinded by prejudice that you can't read.
>
I don't know Allen personally and know little of him besides believing him
to be IBEW (good enough for me,I'm the only one in my family not in IBEW)
> > > > > But it seems you have your own problems with your own union.
Perhaps
> > > > > you would like to share them with us.
> > > > >
> > > > Have none....Best reps in the area B&CT's
> > > >
> > > > > Imagine a union member having to work 90+ hours a week, then
having
> > > > > to spend your free time, what there is of it, in this newsgroup!
> > > > >
> > > > Yep!!!! When I work 8 weeks @90+ hrs,get laid off and wait for the
next
> > > > job.....But being "general Industry, You'd have no idea of what I
was
> > > > talking about!!
> > >
> > > But I do know that you claim you work 90+ works and still have plenty
of
> > > time to scream incoherently on this newsgroup.
> > >
> > Again you fail to read or just want to twist my words your way!!
> > I work 60-110 hrs a week when I'm working(till job ends ) then I'm idle
> > till the next project.
>
> > But you can't seem to comprehend this!
>
> You said you worked 90+ hours. Now are you denying that? Is it time to
change
> your story?
>
READ AGAIN >>>> WORK MY ASS OFF TILL JOB DONE>>>>SIT IDLE WAITING FOR NEXT
JOB>>>GO AND WORK ASS OFF ON NEXT JOB!!!(Cycle continues over and over)
> So you work up to 110 hours a week and you STILL have time to scream
> incoherently in this newsgroup. Now you are screaming at your fellow
union
> members!
>
Are you only semi literate?
Or do you have no concept of work in organized construction?
> Maybe you stop screaming for awhile and start thinking.
>
Kinda hard to scream with a keyboard!
> >
> > > > > What kind of union do you belong to anyway , Kim?!!
> > > > >
> > > > A Building and Construction Trade one,like I posted earlier on the
> > > > thread.But you were too busy Whining about my "build" to bother
reading
> > the
> > > > full thread anyway.It seems you're so disenheartened by your
trouncing
> > > > defeat,that you have to find a scapegoat for your troubles....
> > >
> > > It appears you're the one who can't read. I haven't been defeated nor
> > > trounced. Neither have 2,500,000 Californians, those that you now
call
> > all
> > > republinazis.
> > >
> > 226 didn't pass despite your lies! sour grapes!
>
> I didn't lie. You know it.
>
You lie so and twist the truth so much that there are many here who can't
discern your "truths"from your "untruths".
> >
> > > > It seems few
> > > > people fell for your lies and"go to this web site for the truth"
> > > > nonsense.If you can't post the truth on the NG,why send someone to
look
> > > > elsewhere for it?
> > >
> > > Since they're not lies, that leaves you out in the cold.
> > >
Since they didn't fall for it,I'd have to say you were the one out in the
cold!
> > Read below for the truth to your lies!
>
> I know the truth. And I know you can't reveal it.
>
> >
> > >>
> > > > Prop 226 was defeated by some 55% of the people.Considering that
union
> > > > membership is currently listed by the DOL at 14%,that leaves 41% of
non
> > > > union voters that didn't believe the lies and saw through the
bullshit
> > of
> > > > the wealthy out of state people and Pete Wilson.If you stand with
the
> > lying
> > > > bullshitters (republinazis,conservinazis,libertarianazi's) then
being
> > > > called a republinazi by me should be compliment to you.BTW>>>>Being
a
> > > > lazy,shiftless union man...I have forgotten to change my party
> > affiliation
> > > > from the Republinazis to the dumbacrats,so I infact,am denigrating
> > myself
> > > > if you find any meager,bitter consolation in that!
> > >
> > > Since Prop. 226 was not about Pete Wilson nor about out of state
people,
> > Lies!!!! All the big and major backers of this (money,time,and effort)
were
> > all out of the state.
>
> Let me repeat -- or should I scream in your ears -- Prop. 226 was not
about
> Pete Wilson or about out of state people.
>
Then (Allen,refresh my memory as to names) who was the man from Iowa who
came to offer money and support to 226?
Who was/where was he from ( the guy from Nevada " ")?
> You should read Prop. 226 so you don't continue to make such a fool of
> yourself.
>
I have and there's no confusion here!
> > Few californians besides Wilson and his halleluja chorus made large
> > individual contributions of money time or effort!
>
> And you continue to dodge the truth.
>
You refuse/are too cowardly to tell us the truth....So once again tell us
that there were no out of state influences from the pro side?
Also tell us how this prop differs from laws already in place on both the
state and federal level that state along the lines that union members can
refuse to contribute to union pacs,request a refund of dues that were not
part of the collective bargaining agreement,
that no part of dues can be used for pollitical purpose??????
> > you
> > > once again admit, for all to see, in all it's blatancy, that you, nor
> > unions
> > > could argue on the merits of Prop. 226. You only have excuses.
> > >
> > I have no excuses.....You guy's lost despite the backing you had!
>
> Prop. 226 lost. You lost. And you spent $20 million dollars doing it.
>
> >
> > > You'll just have to get used to the fact that I'm on strike against
you.
> > I
> > > have a right to strike against unfair labor practices. I am striking
> > against
> > > those that are destroying labor unions from within.
> > >
> > You haven't the first clue as to what your talking about.....
> > Allen Sure verbally beats your ass every time you open your
> > mouth/keyboard,so you gotta troll for lesser opponents......Sorry you
lose
> > again.
>
> Then, according to you, the earth is flat. Anyone here knows that neither
he
> nor you can answer my questions. You and Allen have never been able to
argue
> the merits of Prop. 226.
>
What an idiot....As you would whine "where have I said the world was
flat....You can't find it so you're a moron.See I knew you couldn't because
you tell lies"....Or to that effect.
> You've been trounced.
>
I think you're confused.
> >
> > > Like you are.
> > >
> > Coming from an non union person, I'd have to take that as a compliment.
>
> I never said I was non-union.
>
You're to cowardly to admit either way so the question is moot till you get
the testicles to say so!
> > You're bent on the destruction of the labor movement,and losing,so any
> > diatribe and retoric you sling my way is only complimentary in nature!
> > > So get used to it, Kim.
>
> When you and Allen get around to using your brains you'll find that I am
> a much better supporter of the labor movement than both of you put
together.
>
Oh,horsepucky!
> You can't see beyond your nose. You're blinded by your short-sightedness.
> You're just sending the labor movement down the tubes because you won't
> look beyond your nose.
>
And again since you'll not admit either way the statement made is moot.
> > >
> > Actuall,my name's Chuck,and I don't have to get used to anything!
> >
> Good, so you won't mind my picket signs, Chuck.
>
It'll never happen.The way you post,it would seem you're bent on trashing
the entire global labor movement....The only other explanation for you
would be that you're some lonely person who trolls with negative nonsense
to provoke people to talk/type to you.
And like fools,Allen,I,and others are the fools for responding.
b.w...@usa.net
In article <6ll73u$q...@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>,
"kim overstreet" <oooh...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
>
> > > I asked you before to support your assertion that I claimed union
> > > membership.
> > > >
> > > > Please point to my claim.
> > > >
> > > Ooops,I just confused you with the other malcontent parrot!
> >
> > Kim dodges the question once again.
> >
> Answered it trolliboy! I admitted I confused you with that other anti union
> troll.
You're still confused. I'm not anti-union.
Maybe it's because you only respond to screaming.
> > >
> > > > You know you can't, but you continue to lie about it.
> > > >
> > > So if you have no claim of union membership,you have no business trying
> to
> > > dictate how we run!
> >
> > Neither have I claimed that I am not a union member.
> >
> Either you do or don't....Wich is it or are you trying to hide the facts ?
I'm just showing how you make unsupported claims.
I know what you said and I responded to it. Here is what you said to the
poster: "Horseshit!!! I'm working 90+ hrs a week and can't just drop
everything to call someone who may or may not be home so I can answer the
questions of an inarticulate self appointed scab."
Here is what I said in response:
"Remarkable.
"Kim works 90+ hrs a week.
"But he finds time to drop everything to spend time screaming incoherently
in this newsgroup."
It seems you were complaining about not having enough time to drop everything
from your 90+ hour a week job. But you have enough time to scream incoherently
on this newsgroup. So which is it? Do you have enough time to spare from your
90+ hour a week job or don't you?
>
> > Maybe you stop screaming for awhile and start thinking.
> >
> Kinda hard to scream with a keyboard!
You ought to patent the process.
> > >
> > > > > > What kind of union do you belong to anyway , Kim?!!
> > > > > >
> > > > > A Building and Construction Trade one,like I posted earlier on the
> > > > > thread.But you were too busy Whining about my "build" to bother
> reading
> > > the
> > > > > full thread anyway.It seems you're so disenheartened by your
> trouncing
> > > > > defeat,that you have to find a scapegoat for your troubles....
> > > >
> > > > It appears you're the one who can't read. I haven't been defeated nor
> > > > trounced. Neither have 2,500,000 Californians, those that you now
> call
> > > all
> > > > republinazis.
> > > >
> > > 226 didn't pass despite your lies! sour grapes!
> >
> > I didn't lie. You know it.
> >
> You lie so and twist the truth so much that there are many here who can't
> discern your "truths"from your "untruths".
Truths are not mine. They exist. Reality exists.
I am just here to help you see it.
> > >
> > > > > It seems few
> > > > > people fell for your lies and"go to this web site for the truth"
> > > > > nonsense.If you can't post the truth on the NG,why send someone to
> look
> > > > > elsewhere for it?
> > > >
> > > > Since they're not lies, that leaves you out in the cold.
> > > >
> Since they didn't fall for it,I'd have to say you were the one out in the
> cold!
Not actually, but I know it comforts you to pretend to believe that I am.
Please point to their names in the language of Prop. 226.
You can't because they're not there.
You see. You cannot defend Prop. 226 on its merits. You know it and I know it.
But you have invested your energy in disinformation on it. You have no
defense, just excuses.
>
> > You should read Prop. 226 so you don't continue to make such a fool of
> > yourself.
> >
> I have and there's no confusion here!
There certainly is no conofusion about your obfuscations.
>
> > > Few californians besides Wilson and his halleluja chorus made large
> > > individual contributions of money time or effort!
> >
> > And you continue to dodge the truth.
> >
> You refuse/are too cowardly to tell us the truth....So once again tell us
> that there were no out of state influences from the pro side?
Do you want to change the subject from what Prop. 226 was about to what
out of state influences there were? Where have you been? Haven't you read
that pro and anti prop 226 influence from out of state is irrelevant to the
issue of Prop. 226?
> Also tell us how this prop differs from laws already in place on both the
> state and federal level that state along the lines that union members can
> refuse to contribute to union pacs,request a refund of dues that were not
> part of the collective bargaining agreement,
> that no part of dues can be used for pollitical purpose??????
If that's so, what are you so afraid of.
Union members able to say, up front, by checking a box, their preferences?
C'mon, Kim, you know the answer. Tell us you were afraid of Prop. 226 (and
apparently still are.)
There you go again. The name calling starts so I must have hit the truth.
>
> > You've been trounced.
> >
> I think you're confused.
You've been thouroughly trounced.
>
> > >
> > > > Like you are.
> > > >
> > > Coming from an non union person, I'd have to take that as a compliment.
> >
> > I never said I was non-union.
> >
> You're to cowardly to admit either way so the question is moot till you get
> the testicles to say so!
Whether I am union or non union is irrelvant to the discussion.
>
> > > You're bent on the destruction of the labor movement,and losing,so any
> > > diatribe and retoric you sling my way is only complimentary in nature!
> > > > So get used to it, Kim.
> >
> > When you and Allen get around to using your brains you'll find that I am
> > a much better supporter of the labor movement than both of you put
> together.
> >
> Oh,horsepucky!
I guess the truth hurts Kim.
>
> > You can't see beyond your nose. You're blinded by your short-sightedness.
> > You're just sending the labor movement down the tubes because you won't
> > look beyond your nose.
> >
> And again since you'll not admit either way the statement made is moot.
>
> > > >
> > > Actuall,my name's Chuck,and I don't have to get used to anything!
> > >
> > Good, so you won't mind my picket signs, Chuck.
> >
> It'll never happen.The way you post,it would seem you're bent on trashing
> the entire global labor movement....
But I'm not and I have said so repeatedly. However, I will expose people like
you that hurt the labor movement. Actually, I let you guys expose yourself.
> The only other explanation for you
> would be that you're some lonely person who trolls with negative nonsense
> to provoke people to talk/type to you.
Provoke? I ask simple questions. You and Allen can't or won't answer them.
But you're good at screaming with a keyboard.
> And like fools,Allen,I,and others are the fools for responding.
You mean fools for screaming. There have been no responses.
kim overstreet
> > Answered it trolliboy! I admitted I confused you with that other anti
union
> > troll.
>
> You're still confused. I'm not anti-union.
>
Again either you belong to a union,and are against it or you don't belong
to an union and are against them anyway.
> Maybe it's because you only respond to screaming.
>
> > > Neither have I claimed that I am not a union member.
> > >
> > Either you do or don't....Wich is it or are you trying to hide the
facts ?
>
> I'm just showing how you make unsupported claims.
>
And I readily admitted confusing you with the other anti union,pro 226
troll.What's your deal?
> >
> > > Neither have I tried to dictate how your union is run.
> >
> > > Like Allen, you are so blinded by prejudice that you can't read.
> > >
> > I don't know Allen personally and know little of him besides believing
him
> > to be IBEW (good enough for me,I'm the only one in my family not in
IBEW)
> > Then (Allen,refresh my memory as to names) who was the man from Iowa
who
> > came to offer money and support to 226?
> > Who was/where was he from ( the guy from Nevada " ")?
>
> Please point to their names in the language of Prop. 226.
>
Language????
These guys spent time and effort to produce this garbage.The language of
this prop only deals with what
issues,not supporters.
> You can't because they're not there.
>
Read above.
> You see. You cannot defend Prop. 226 on its merits. You know it and I
know it.
> But you have invested your energy in disinformation on it. You have no
> defense, just excuses.
Of course I can't defend 226 on it's merits....It has none!
> > > And you continue to dodge the truth.
> > >
> > You refuse/are too cowardly to tell us the truth....So once again tell
us
> > that there were no out of state influences from the pro side?
>
> Do you want to change the subject from what Prop. 226 was about to what
> out of state influences there were? Where have you been? Haven't you read
> that pro and anti prop 226 influence from out of state is irrelevant to
the
> issue of Prop. 226?
>
Are you the resident of some state run mental health facillity?
Or has your public school education lacking?
No one but you is trying to change the subject,or dodge the question.
So AGAIN TELL US THAT THERE WERE NO OUT OF STATE INFLUENCES TO PUT THIS
GARBAGE ON THE BALLOT.
Just want you to say it again so we can be clear on what you state!
> > Also tell us how this prop differs from laws already in place on both
the
> > state and federal level that state along the lines that union members
can
> > refuse to contribute to union pacs,request a refund of dues that were
not
> > part of the collective bargaining agreement,
> > that no part of dues can be used for pollitical purpose??????
>
> If that's so, what are you so afraid of.
>
> Union members able to say, up front, by checking a box, their
preferences?
If you WERE a union member,you'd already know that you had to do that
anyway,just once in your career,rather than every year,and if you don't
like the position the union takes,you can ask for a refund.
Your argument has been nutralized and negated.
> > > > You haven't the first clue as to what your talking about.....
> > > > Allen Sure verbally beats your ass every time you open your
> > > > mouth/keyboard,so you gotta troll for lesser opponents......Sorry
you
> > lose
> > > > again.
> > >
> > > Then, according to you, the earth is flat. Anyone here knows that
neither
> > he
> > > nor you can answer my questions. You and Allen have never been able
to
> > argue
> > > the merits of Prop. 226.
> > >
> > What an idiot....As you would whine "where have I said the world was
> > flat....You can't find it so you're a moron.See I knew you couldn't
because
> > you tell lies"....Or to that effect.
>
> There you go again. The name calling starts so I must have hit the truth.
READ<READ READ>I was refering to your "style" of posts where if someone
disagrees with your retoric of idiocy,you turn to the flame rather than
meritorious argument.
> > > I never said I was non-union.
> > >
Hell you don't have to!!! The contents of your posts convey your attitudes
well enough.
> > You're to cowardly to admit either way so the question is moot till you
get
> > the testicles to say so!
>
> Whether I am union or non union is irrelvant to the discussion.
>
It is if you want to stick your nose in union business!
The non union voters/government of California have no right to interfere
with the workings of a separate,private entity.That task is for members of
that entity alone!
> > The only other explanation for you
> > would be that you're some lonely person who trolls with negative
nonsense
> > to provoke people to talk/type to you.
>
> Provoke? I ask simple questions. You and Allen can't or won't answer
them.
>
Again...the pot calls the kettle black....same old tired retoric.
> But you're good at screaming with a keyboard.
>
> > And like fools,Allen,I,and others are the fools for responding.
"
" part 2.
b.w...@usa.net
In article <6ln7k6$m...@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>,
"kim overstreet" <oooh...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
>
> > > Answered it trolliboy! I admitted I confused you with that other anti
> union
> > > troll.
> >
> > You're still confused. I'm not anti-union.
> >
> Again either you belong to a union,and are against it or you don't belong
> to an union and are against them anyway.
You don't read. Here is what I said: "Whether I am union or non union is
irrelvant to the discussion." It's in plain English.
>
> > Maybe it's because you only respond to screaming.
> >
> > > > Neither have I claimed that I am not a union member.
> > > >
> > > Either you do or don't....Wich is it or are you trying to hide the
> facts ?
> >
> > I'm just showing how you make unsupported claims.
> >
> And I readily admitted confusing you with the other anti union,pro 226
> troll.What's your deal?
No deal. I'm just letting you demonstrate how your posts arefull of
unsupported claims.
> > >
> > > > Neither have I tried to dictate how your union is run.
> > >
> > > > Like Allen, you are so blinded by prejudice that you can't read.
> > > >
> > > I don't know Allen personally and know little of him besides believing
> him
> > > to be IBEW (good enough for me,I'm the only one in my family not in
> IBEW)
> > > Then (Allen,refresh my memory as to names) who was the man from Iowa
> who
> > > came to offer money and support to 226?
> > > Who was/where was he from ( the guy from Nevada " ")?
> >
> > Please point to their names in the language of Prop. 226.
> >
> Language????
> These guys spent time and effort to produce this garbage.The language of
> this prop only deals with what issues,not supporters.
Is it possible Kim is getting closer to the ISSUES of Prop. 226???
Gee, Kim, hasn't that been what I've been saying ALL ALONG?
>
> > You can't because they're not there.
> >
> Read above.
>
> > You see. You cannot defend Prop. 226 on its merits. You know it and I
> know it.
> > But you have invested your energy in disinformation on it. You have no
> > defense, just excuses.
>
> Of course I can't defend 226 on it's merits....It has none!
Ifit has no merits, then by necessity it has no supporters nor opponents, does
not exist, and was not voted on. It was in everyone's imagination.
>
> > > > And you continue to dodge the truth.
> > > >
> > > You refuse/are too cowardly to tell us the truth....So once again tell
> us
> > > that there were no out of state influences from the pro side?
> >
> > Do you want to change the subject from what Prop. 226 was about to what
> > out of state influences there were? Where have you been? Haven't you read
> > that pro and anti prop 226 influence from out of state is irrelevant to
> the
> > issue of Prop. 226?
> >
> Are you the resident of some state run mental health facillity?
> Or has your public school education lacking?
> No one but you is trying to change the subject,or dodge the question.
> So AGAIN TELL US THAT THERE WERE NO OUT OF STATE > INFLUENCES TO PUT THIS GARBAGE ON THE BALLOT.
> Just want you to say it again so we can be clear on what you state!
I think everyone is absolutely clear what I said except you, but if you
want me to repeat it you once again, here goes:
"Do you want to change the subject from what Prop. 226 was about to what
out of state influences there were? Where have you been? Haven't you read
that pro and anti prop 226 influence from out of state is irrelevant to the
issue of Prop. 226?"
Read the last sentence carefully, Kim. What does it say? It says the issue
is irrelevant, as I've been saying all along.
Now, Kim, if an issue is irrelevant then you are PRESUPPOSING that the
issue EXISTS.
If I state that out of state influences are IRRELEVANT to the ISSUES of Prop.
226, I am PRESUPPOSING the influences EXIST.
What part of my statement denies that they exist?
What part of all of this do you not understand?
When are you going to tell us why you are so afraid of the provisions
of Prop. 226?
>
> > > Also tell us how this prop differs from laws already in place on both
> the
> > > state and federal level that state along the lines that union members
> can
> > > refuse to contribute to union pacs,request a refund of dues that were
> not
> > > part of the collective bargaining agreement,
> > > that no part of dues can be used for pollitical purpose??????
> >
> > If that's so, what are you so afraid of.
> >
> > Union members able to say, up front, by checking a box, their
> preferences?
> If you WERE a union member,you'd already know that you had to do that
> anyway,just once in your career,rather than every year,and if you don't
> like the position the union takes,you can ask for a refund.
> Your argument has been nutralized and negated.
So now to you the issue is down to whether a union member checks a box
off once a year or once a career. At least we have dispensed with the out
of state money influence from businessmen and unions.
Tell us, Kim, why are you afraid of union members checking off a box
once a year?
>
> > > > > You haven't the first clue as to what your talking about.....
> > > > > Allen Sure verbally beats your ass every time you open your
> > > > > mouth/keyboard,so you gotta troll for lesser opponents......Sorry
> you
> > > lose
> > > > > again.
> > > >
> > > > Then, according to you, the earth is flat. Anyone here knows that
> neither
> > > he
> > > > nor you can answer my questions. You and Allen have never been able
> to
> > > argue
> > > > the merits of Prop. 226.
> > > >
> > > What an idiot....As you would whine "where have I said the world was
> > > flat....You can't find it so you're a moron.See I knew you couldn't
> because
> > > you tell lies"....Or to that effect.
> >
> > There you go again. The name calling starts so I must have hit the truth.
> READ<READ READ>I was refering to your "style" of posts where if someone
> disagrees with your retoric of idiocy,you turn to the flame rather than
> meritorious argument.
Which is what you do.
>
> > > > I never said I was non-union.
> > > >
> Hell you don't have to!!! The contents of your posts convey your attitudes
> well enough.
It has certainly revealed the true Kim Overstreet.
> > > You're to cowardly to admit either way so the question is moot till you
> get
> > > the testicles to say so!
> >
> > Whether I am union or non union is irrelvant to the discussion.
> >
> It is if you want to stick your nose in union business!
> The non union voters/government of California have no right to interfere
> with the workings of a separate,private entity.That task is for members of
> that entity alone!
Ah! So a legally established proposition of the State of California is now an
interference in union matters?
Would you like to try that in a court of law?
Is this how you view all propositions that you do not like? Like the 1500
CTA members that did not like Prop. 227 and said they would resist it, forcing
the CTA leadership to tell their members to obey the law? Is that how it
works for you, Kim?
You forget that Prop. 226 was not just a union issue. An issue of individual
rights is everyone's issue. And it won't go away.
>
> > > The only other explanation for you
> > > would be that you're some lonely person who trolls with negative
> nonsense
> > > to provoke people to talk/type to you.
> >
> > Provoke? I ask simple questions. You and Allen can't or won't answer
> them.
> >
> Again...the pot calls the kettle black....same old tired retoric.
You wish it were, don't you? Except the proof is in the posts.
>
> > But you're good at screaming with a keyboard.
> >
> > > And like fools,Allen,I,and others are the fools for responding.
You haven't responded, but, yes, I agree with the rest of the sentence.
kim overstreet
b.w...@usa.net wrote in article <6loe71$30s$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
> In article <6ln7k6$m...@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>,
> "kim overstreet" <oooh...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > > Answered it trolliboy! I admitted I confused you with that other
anti
> > union
> > > > troll.
> > >
> > > You're still confused. I'm not anti-union.
> > >
> > Again either you belong to a union,and are against it or you don't
belong
> > to an union and are against them anyway.
>
Again oh ignorant one,it does matter when you try to dictate policies of an
organization to which you don't belong.
> You don't read. Here is what I said: "Whether I am union or non union is
> irrelvant to the discussion." It's in plain English.
> > > > > Neither have I claimed that I am not a union member.
> > > > >
> > > > Either you do or don't....Wich is it or are you trying to hide the
> > facts ?
> > >
> > > I'm just showing how you make unsupported claims.
> > >
> > And I readily admitted confusing you with the other anti union,pro 226
> > troll.What's your deal?
>
> No deal. I'm just letting you demonstrate how your posts arefull of
> unsupported claims.
>
No,your just repeating tired rehashed retoric.
> > >
> > Language????
> > These guys spent time and effort to produce this garbage.The language
of
> > this prop only deals with what issues,not supporters.
>
> Is it possible Kim is getting closer to the ISSUES of Prop. 226???
>
> Gee, Kim, hasn't that been what I've been saying ALL ALONG?
>
> > > > You see. You cannot defend Prop. 226 on its merits. You know it and
I
> > know it.
> > > But you have invested your energy in disinformation on it. You have
no
> > > defense, just excuses.
> >
> > Of course I can't defend 226 on it's merits....It has none!
>
> Ifit has no merits, then by necessity it has no supporters nor opponents,
does
> not exist, and was not voted on. It was in everyone's imagination.
>
It no longer exists so the question is moot.
> >
> > > > > And you continue to dodge the truth.
> > > > >
> > > > You refuse/are too cowardly to tell us the truth....So once again
tell
> > us
> > > > that there were no out of state influences from the pro side?
> > >
> > > Do you want to change the subject from what Prop. 226 was about to
what
> > > out of state influences there were? Where have you been? Haven't you
read
> > > that pro and anti prop 226 influence from out of state is irrelevant
to
> > the
> > > issue of Prop. 226?
> > >
> > Are you the resident of some state run mental health facillity?
> > Or has your public school education lacking?
> > No one but you is trying to change the subject,or dodge the question.
> > So AGAIN TELL US THAT THERE WERE NO OUT OF STATE > INFLUENCES TO PUT
THIS GARBAGE ON THE BALLOT.
> > Just want you to say it again so we can be clear on what you state!
> "Do you want to change the subject from what Prop. 226 was about to what
> out of state influences there were? Where have you been? Haven't you read
> that pro and anti prop 226 influence from out of state is irrelevant to
the
> issue of Prop. 226?"
>
No silly,I again ask you to state that there were no outside
influences....Just so we can be clear on what you claim....Of course you
can't claim there were no outstate influences because the entire campaign
was rife with them.
> Read the last sentence carefully, Kim. What does it say? It says the
issue
> is irrelevant, as I've been saying all along.
>
You cannot decide for others what is and is not relevant,like 226, it's not
your descision to make!
> Now, Kim, if an issue is irrelevant then you are PRESUPPOSING that the
> issue EXISTS.
>
> If I state that out of state influences are IRRELEVANT to the ISSUES of
Prop.
> 226, I am PRESUPPOSING the influences EXIST.
>
> What part of my statement denies that they exist?
>
> What part of all of this do you not understand?
>
> When are you going to tell us why you are so afraid of the provisions
> of Prop. 226?
>
I have no fear of 226.....It's dead,defaeted ,gone.
I had no fear of the languge as anyone with any sense an ethos would see
right through it to be the union busting claptrap it was.It's the people
that lack ethos,scruples and common sense I fear.
> >
> > > > Also tell us how this prop differs from laws already in place on
both
> > the
> > > > state and federal level that state along the lines that union
members
> > can
> > > > refuse to contribute to union pacs,request a refund of dues that
were
> > not
> > > > part of the collective bargaining agreement,
> > > > that no part of dues can be used for pollitical purpose??????
> > >
> > > If that's so, what are you so afraid of.
> > >
> > > Union members able to say, up front, by checking a box, their
> > preferences?
> > If you WERE a union member,you'd already know that you had to do that
> > anyway,just once in your career,rather than every year,and if you don't
> > like the position the union takes,you can ask for a refund.
> > Your argument has been nutralized and negated.
>
> So now to you the issue is down to whether a union member checks a box
> off once a year or once a career. At least we have dispensed with the out
> of state money influence from businessmen and unions.
>
No we haven't.
> Tell us, Kim, why are you afraid of union members checking off a box
> once a year?
>
That kind of beaurocracy costs money.And it would be difficult to go and
get these things signed in time.
Further there are no likewise restictions on business (stockholders and the
like),other private organizations like right to life,NRA (which I support
btw),chambers of commerce,And the worst bunch of scum like The Associated
Builders and Contractors (ABC).They would operate status quo in the fight
to destroy us,yet would not suffer any of the same restrictive policies
that would effectively hamstring unions.
> > > There you go again. The name calling starts so I must have hit the
truth.
>
> > READ<READ READ>I was refering to your "style" of posts where if someone
> > disagrees with your retoric of idiocy,you turn to the flame rather than
> > meritorious argument.
>
> Which is what you do.
>
If you insist on being childish in these types of replies,can you not be a
tad more eloquent in doing so?
> >
> > > > > I never said I was non-union.
> > > > >
>
> > Hell you don't have to!!! The contents of your posts convey your
attitudes
> > well enough.
>
> It has certainly revealed the true Kim Overstreet.
>
How so?
> > > > You're to cowardly to admit either way so the question is moot till
you
> > get
> > > > the testicles to say so!
> > >
> > > Whether I am union or non union is irrelvant to the discussion.
> > >
>
> > It is if you want to stick your nose in union business!
> > The non union voters/government of California have no right to
interfere
> > with the workings of a separate,private entity.That task is for members
of
> > that entity alone!
>
> Ah! So a legally established proposition of the State of California is
now an
> interference in union matters?
>
When it tries to superscede Federal law and dictate the policies of a
private institution contrary to
federal law already in place guaranteeing the rights of said entities to
exist and function within the parameters already stated.
> Would you like to try that in a court of law?
>
If Califorians would prove themselves that foolish to pass such
rubbish,then of course it would be fought in court all the way to the US
supreme court.
> Is this how you view all propositions that you do not like? Like the 1500
> CTA members that did not like Prop. 227 and said they would resist it,
forcing
> the CTA leadership to tell their members to obey the law? Is that how it
> works for you, Kim?
What the hell are you talking about now,Oh paranoid one?
>
> You forget that Prop. 226 was not just a union issue. An issue of
individual
> rights is everyone's issue. And it won't go away.
>
It was a union issue only.It would not have been inflicted on anyone
else,and there are laws already in place that do the same thing albiet in a
more sensible way..
> >
> > > > The only other explanation for you
> > > > would be that you're some lonely person who trolls with negative
> > nonsense
> > > > to provoke people to talk/type to you.
> > >
> > > Provoke? I ask simple questions. You and Allen can't or won't answer
> > them.
> > >
> > Again...the pot calls the kettle black....same old tired retoric.
>
> You wish it were, don't you? Except the proof is in the posts.
>
The nonsense is in your posts you mean?
> >
> > > But you're good at screaming with a keyboard.
> > >
> > > > And like fools,Allen,I,and others are the fools for responding.
>
>
> You haven't responded, but, yes, I agree with the rest of the sentence.
> And does your keyboard scream to you as well?
>
I3DSPARKY
>Provoke? I ask simple questions.
No, you provoke Woodster.
IMHO
I'd killfile ya if I could, but, well, it's an AOL thing.
But I strongly recommend everyone who can, does.
You're just a flamer.
i-3-d-s-p-a-r-k-y-@-a-o-l-.-c-o-m
We shall be free
b.w...@usa.net
In article <199806112335...@ladder03.news.aol.com>,
i3ds...@aol.com (I3DSPARKY) wrote:
>
> In article <6lmr0a$fml$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, b.w...@usa.net writes:
>
>
> IMHO
Ok, I ask provocative questions.
> I'd killfile ya if I could, but, well, it's an AOL thing.
More excuses.
> But I strongly recommend everyone who can, does.
> You're just a flamer.
I only flame nonsense. You just spark.
> i-3-d-s-p-a-r-k-y-@-a-o-l-.-c-o-m
> We shall be free
Fortunately, union members are already free from your nonsense.
Allen Shur
Sorry to butt in here (aqain).
> > >
> > Oh,horsepucky!
>
> I guess the truth hurts Kim.
I think that the truth hurts you, b.wood. Every time we get close, YOU
run away. You talk about "saving" union members from their (yes, their)
unions.
Please, WOOD, don't save me from myself!!!
> >
> > > You can't see beyond your nose. You're blinded by your short-sightedness.
> > > You're just sending the labor movement down the tubes because you won't
> > > look beyond your nose.
> > >
> > And again since you'll not admit either way the statement made is moot.
> >
> > > > >
> > > > Actuall,my name's Chuck,and I don't have to get used to anything!
> > > >
> > > Good, so you won't mind my picket signs, Chuck.
> > >
> > It'll never happen.The way you post,it would seem you're bent on trashing
> > the entire global labor movement....
>
> But I'm not and I have said so repeatedly. However, I will expose people like
> you that hurt the labor movement. Actually, I let you guys expose >yourself.
My hero! (Maybe you should quit exposing YOURSELF?)
If you really want to be a hero, clean up your "group", the extreme
right-wing.
>
> > The only other explanation for you
> > would be that you're some lonely person who trolls with negative nonsense
> > to provoke people to talk/type to you.
>
> Provoke? I ask simple questions. You and Allen can't or won't answer >them.
Been answering right along. It's you that picks the posts that you want
to reply to and you ignore the rest. I know who opposed 226, and you
rant post after post about the "disservice" we do to union members. In
all of your posts you've ignored the people (all heros(?yah, right!) to
working people) that paid for and pushed this Trojan Horse. It was
designed to weaken the collective voice of working people. Funny, a
judge in NV just ruled that very thing and ordered it off the November
ballot in that state.
> But you're good at screaming with a keyboard.
>
> > And like fools,Allen,I,and others are the fools for responding.
>
> You mean fools for screaming. There have been no responses.
>
Like responding to a brick wall, wood! We should call you b.brick
instead of b.woodhead.
Last week, I told myself that I wouldn't respond to your ignorant
ravings any longer... BUT, "what the hell" your too much fun!
Allen Shur
b.w...@usa.net wrote:
>
> In article <6ln7k6$m...@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>,
> "kim overstreet" <oooh...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > > Answered it trolliboy! I admitted I confused you with that other anti
> > union
> > > > troll.
> > >
> > > You're still confused. I'm not anti-union.
> > >
> > Again either you belong to a union,and are against it or you don't belong
> > to an union and are against them anyway.
>
> You don't read. Here is what I said: "Whether I am union or non union is
> irrelvant to the discussion." It's in plain English.
NOT irrelevant! If you not a union member, THEN LEAVE UNIONS ALONE!
> >
> > > Maybe it's because you only respond to screaming.
> > >
> > > > > Neither have I claimed that I am not a union member.
> > > > >
> > > > Either you do or don't....Wich is it or are you trying to hide the
> > facts ?
> > >
> > > I'm just showing how you make unsupported claims.
> > >
> > And I readily admitted confusing you with the other anti union,pro 226
> > troll.What's your deal?
>
> No deal. I'm just letting you demonstrate how your posts arefull of
> unsupported claims.
>
> > > >
> > > > > Neither have I tried to dictate how your union is run.
> > > >
> > > > > Like Allen, you are so blinded by prejudice that you can't > > > > > read.
Yes, maybe prejudice is a good word. But only as it applies to those of
you that want to destroy my union... destroy what (little) working
people have been able to accomplish and futher weaken the collective
voice of those almost silenced. (you may quote me here!)
I AM BIASED AGAINST "UNION BUSTERS" and UNION BUSTING!
> > > > >
> > > > I don't know Allen personally and know little of him besides believing
> > him
> > > > to be IBEW (good enough for me,I'm the only one in my family not in
> > IBEW)
> > > > Then (Allen,refresh my memory as to names) who was the man from Iowa
> > who
> > > > came to offer money and support to 226?
> > > > Who was/where was he from ( the guy from Nevada " ")?
> > >
> > > Please point to their names in the language of Prop. 226.
> > >
> > Language????
wood like to say that the supporters are unimportant.
Why would we mind if Jack The Ripper supported a proposition requiring
young women to be naked? Same thing!!!! (NO offence to women,
intended!!!)
The people that put 226 on the ballot have NEVER done anything to
promote the labor movement, have done NOTHING to make workers "better
off". In almost every case they are ANTI-UNION and want workers at the
bottom of the heap!
Why would any worker trust them??? That IS why wood(brain) doesn't
want to talk about them.
> > These guys spent time and effort to produce this garbage.The language of
> > this prop only deals with what issues,not supporters.
>
> Is it possible Kim is getting closer to the ISSUES of Prop. 226???
>
> Gee, Kim, hasn't that been what I've been saying ALL ALONG?
You have said NOTHING, "all along"!
Not (again) irrelevant! The out of state money that came in to fight
this attack, came from... National Unions, made up of Local Unions in
the state of California (by the way, made of California residents) that
allowed their "National Offices" to help them in this fight. The real
reason that the enemies of labor wanted 226 was to weaken the ability of
union members to join their money together to fight the "common cause".
Much more money came from unions and members within the state. The
reason for a UNION is that workers might join together their voice,
their effort, and their money so that they become much more powerfull
then they would be able alone.
I think that you know all of that wood... YOU'RE JUST FOOLING (g) US!
>
> Read the last sentence carefully, Kim. What does it say? It says the issue
> is irrelevant, as I've been saying all along.
>
> Now, Kim, if an issue is irrelevant then you are PRESUPPOSING that the
> issue EXISTS.
>
> If I state that out of state influences are IRRELEVANT to the ISSUES of Prop.
> 226, I am PRESUPPOSING the influences EXIST.
>
> What part of my statement denies that they exist?
>
> What part of all of this do you not understand?
>
> When are you going to tell us why you are so afraid of the provisions
> of Prop. 226?
One more time, wood, then go away! It WEAKENS our collective voice, it
puts more "roadblocks" in front of unions than any other group, and
because people like you ("Jack The Ripper"?????) support it!
wood, you force (g) me to do this... If the Earth was flat, maybe
workers would be able to defend themselves and you would have no place
to hide.
> > > > >
> > > > What an idiot....As you would whine "where have I said the world was
> > > > flat....You can't find it so you're a moron.See I knew you couldn't
> > because
> > > > you tell lies"....Or to that effect.
> > >
> > > There you go again. The name calling starts so I must have hit the truth.
>
> > READ<READ READ>I was refering to your "style" of posts where if someone
> > disagrees with your retoric of idiocy,you turn to the flame rather than
> > meritorious argument.
>
> Which is what you do.
>
> >
> > > > > I never said I was non-union.
> > > > >
> > Hell you don't have to!!! The contents of your posts convey your attitudes
> > well enough.
>
> It has certainly revealed the true Kim Overstreet.
>
> > > > You're to cowardly to admit either way so the question is moot till you
> > get
> > > > the testicles to say so!
> > >
> > > Whether I am union or non union is irrelvant to the discussion.
> > >
>
> > It is if you want to stick your nose in union business!
> > The non union voters/government of California have no right to interfere
> > with the workings of a separate,private entity.That task is for members of
> > that entity alone!
>
> Ah! So a legally established proposition of the State of California is now an
> interference in union matters?
Amen! Leave my union alone, wood!!!
> Would you like to try that in a court of law?
>
> Is this how you view all propositions that you do not like? Like the 1500
> CTA members that did not like Prop. 227 and said they would resist it, forcing
> the CTA leadership to tell their members to obey the law? Is that how it
> works for you, Kim?
How about you, wood. At one time citizens could only vote if they were
property owners, do you wish for that, again?
Or, how about, telling union members that they sign a form (that their
employer gives them) to give permission for their union to do something
that they have already had to right to vote on. And how about letting
the employer know (if you're timid, like so many are) that you support
your unions politics by signing the form. In my union we don't tell the
boss how we vote within the union. AS IT SHOULD BE! It's none of the
bosses business (or YOURs) what we do in the union.
> You forget that Prop. 226 was not just a union issue. An issue of individual
> rights is everyone's issue. And it won't go away.
>
> >
> > > > The only other explanation for you
> > > > would be that you're some lonely person who trolls with negative
> > nonsense
> > > > to provoke people to talk/type to you.
> > >
> > > Provoke? I ask simple questions. You and Allen can't or won't answer
> > them.
> > >
> > Again...the pot calls the kettle black....same old tired retoric.
>
> You wish it were, don't you? Except the proof is in the posts.
>
> >
> > > But you're good at screaming with a keyboard.
> > >
> > > > And like fools,Allen,I,and others are the fools for responding.
>
I, sometimes, feel like a fool responding to wood. But when striving
for the truth, you sometimes have to mix with some that you rather not.
b.w...@usa.net
In article <35585C...@connectnet.com>,
Allen Shur <ashur...@connectnet.com> wrote:
>
> b.w...@usa.net wrote:
> >
> > In article <6ll73u$q...@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>,
> > "kim overstreet" <oooh...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >
(snip)
> > > >
> > > > When you and Allen get around to using your brains you'll find that I am
> > > > a much better supporter of the labor movement than both of you put
> > > together.
>
> Sorry to butt in here (aqain).
Couldn't stay away. You see Kim is making progress, but you're not.
>
> > > >
> > > Oh,horsepucky!
> >
> > I guess the truth hurts Kim.
>
> I think that the truth hurts you, b.wood. Every time we get close, YOU
> run away.
I have? When?
> You talk about "saving" union members from their (yes, their)
> unions.
No, I just point out those things that are contributing to their continued
decline. I have just as much right to point those facts out as anybody. I
just use you as an example.
>
> Please, WOOD, don't save me from myself!!!
Even when you're drowning???!!!!
>
> > >
> > > > You can't see beyond your nose. You're blinded by your short-
sightedness.
> > > > You're just sending the labor movement down the tubes because you won't
> > > > look beyond your nose.
> > > >
> > > And again since you'll not admit either way the statement made is moot.
> > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > Actuall,my name's Chuck,and I don't have to get used to anything!
> > > > >
> > > > Good, so you won't mind my picket signs, Chuck.
> > > >
> > > It'll never happen.The way you post,it would seem you're bent on trashing
> > > the entire global labor movement....
> >
> > But I'm not and I have said so repeatedly. However, I will expose people
like
> > you that hurt the labor movement. Actually, I let you guys expose >yourself.
>
> My hero! (Maybe you should quit exposing YOURSELF?)
>
> If you really want to be a hero, clean up your "group", the extreme
> right-wing.
>
> >
> > > The only other explanation for you
> > > would be that you're some lonely person who trolls with negative nonsense
> > > to provoke people to talk/type to you.
> >
> > Provoke? I ask simple questions. You and Allen can't or won't answer >them.
>
> Been answering right along. It's you that picks the posts that you want
> to reply to and you ignore the rest.
I answered everyone of yours that appeared on DejaNews. You never could come
up with answers.
> I know who opposed 226, and you
> rant post after post about the "disservice" we do to union members.
I don't rant. I just point out the obvious.
> In
> all of your posts you've ignored the people (all heros(?yah, right!) to
> working people) that paid for and pushed this Trojan Horse.
Like I said, you can't read. I didn't ignore them. There just irrelvant to
the issue.
> It was designed to weaken the collective voice of working people.
You just can't admit that the the collective voice of working people is the
one that would have been heard with Prop. 226. You KNOW political funds would
decline because working people would have had a free choice. Just like Oregon.
But you really can't stand a powerful collective voice of working people. It
just may be a tad bit more powerful than you can tolerate.
Funny, a
> judge in NV just ruled that very thing and ordered it off the November
> ballot in that state.
>
> > But you're good at screaming with a keyboard.
> >
> > > And like fools,Allen,I,and others are the fools for responding.
> >
> > You mean fools for screaming. There have been no responses.
> >
>
> Like responding to a brick wall, wood! We should call you b.brick
> instead of b.woodhead.
>
> Last week, I told myself that I wouldn't respond to your ignorant
> ravings any longer... BUT, "what the hell" your too much fun!
You desperately hope the truth won't catch up with you. But it always does.
kim overstreet
As is true of the rest of the labor movement,solidarity is the key.
Thank you Allen for you show of solidarity against the evil forest (Woods?)
kim overstreet
>
> Fortunately, union members are already free from your nonsense.
Horse pucky....we're too busy trying to free ourselves from your continous
drivel.
kim overstreet
> > Sorry to butt in here (aqain).
>
> Couldn't stay away. You see Kim is making progress, but you're not.
Are you conceding defeat?
> > I think that the truth hurts you, b.wood. Every time we get close, YOU
> > run away.
>
> I have? When?
>
When it suits you to run from a tough issue.
> > You talk about "saving" union members from their (yes, their)
> > unions.
>
> No, I just point out those things that are contributing to their
continued
> decline. I have just as much right to point those facts out as anybody. I
> just use you as an example.
> > Please, WOOD, don't save me from myself!!!
>
> Even when you're drowning???!!!!
The point that we're trying to make and that you run from or ignore,is that
you do not claim union membershi and therefore it's quite likely that you
aren't.With that in mind,you have ABSOLUTLY no business involving yourself
in something that has no bearing on you.
If,through our actions,we the union membership,sink our collective
boat,slit our own throats,etc,etc ad nauseum,then it's our fault and no one
can be blamed but us.This does NOT CONCERN YOU.
The question of course is different and harder to defend if you claimed
membership.Otherwise we can only assume you are the proverbial "agent
provacateur" and your posts are those of the enemies of working people and
unionist,namely the conservatives,the "libertarians and big business.
You claim to want to help the movement,if so the best way would be to post
on the alt.rush,alt.republican,alt.conservatism,and alt.libertarian.
We thank you in advance for your support.
.> > Been answering right along. It's you that picks the posts that you
want
> > to reply to and you ignore the rest.
"Ditto"
> > I know who opposed 226, and you
> > rant post after post about the "disservice" we do to union members.
>
> I don't rant. I just point out the obvious.
>
And that was ?
> > In
> > all of your posts you've ignored the people (all heros(?yah, right!) to
> > working people) that paid for and pushed this Trojan Horse.
>
> Like I said, you can't read. I didn't ignore them. There just irrelvant
to
> the issue.
>
Please enlighten me as to how this is irelevant?
> > It was designed to weaken the collective voice of working people.
>
> You just can't admit that the the collective voice of working people is
the
> one that would have been heard with Prop. 226.
You KNOW political funds would
> decline because working people would have had a free choice.
And this would be the wish of the voting majority of union people?
Just like Oregon.
> But you really can't stand a powerful collective voice of working people.
It
> just may be a tad bit more powerful than you can tolerate.
>
The collective voice of union people and sympathisers has been
heard.....Leading to the trouncing defeat of prop 226!
>
> Funny, a
> > judge in NV just ruled that very thing and ordered it off the November
> > ballot in that state.
And like fools,Allen,I,and others are the fools for responding.
> > > You mean fools for screaming. .
You seem to hear a lot of screeming.Screams coming from a keyboard and a
videoscreen?
You may need to think about seeing a mental health professional if you
aren't using these euphamisms in a futileattempt at insult.
kim overstreet
> > I don't wonder why, I know, for the last 40 years unions have decined.
> > Mainly it's because assholes like you have pushed to pass laws (or not
> > pass laws) to weaken unions and workers. IE: Taft-Hartly. When the
> > Wagner Act passed the labor movement thrived. When the NLRA was >
amended time after time, it took all of the teeth out of workers rights.
>
> I was waiting for the Big Excuse.
>
> Allen, face reality for a change. It's people like you and Kim that are
> killing labor unions from within.
>
Coming from someone that will niether acnowledge or deny union
membership,your comments are suspect at the least!
> Not intentionally, of course. You just don't get it. Perception is
reality,
> and reality is irrelevant.
Now that really scares me....Someone who claims to be working for the
benefit of union workers claiming
"reality is irelevant".I'm certainly glad you seem to live in Cal.
BTW woody,Are you an ex postal worker?
A valuable lesson to learn.
>
> You're just clueless about the real world outside labor unions, the same
world
> where you would draw new members.
>
As a matter of fact,although the AFL-CIO has a budget for recruiting,most
new members seek us out.
> Reality is passing you by. The real world is leaving you behind.
>
But didn't you just say "reality is Irrelevant"?
Lyle Grimes
Witth all due respect if you are saying unions can't be held responsible
for not representing
its members you are 100% wrong.
In 1993 I was appointted assistant buisness
agent of my local and had to take care of a
problem left over from the previous buisness
agent.
Three members had claimed they were discriminated by one of our
contractors.
They discussed this matter with the previous buisness agent who refused
to file their grieva nces properly because all of the info he had at
the time showed no signs of discrimination.
The three members proceeded to go to eeoc
on the contractors and the nlrb on the union hall
for failing to properly represent them.
The nlrb ruled in the three members favor.
The nlrb said the agent should have filed the grievances no matter what
and by not doing so he failed to represent them.
Our local wound up having to pay for the agents
mistake I know this to be true because I signed their settlement checks.
I really hated to see this happen but I couldn't argue the agent was
wrong no matter what you have a procedure to follow and the agent didn't
do it.
UNIONS ARE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS OR INACTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I 'm very proud to be union.
b.w...@usa.net
In article <6lsq02$o...@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>,
"kim overstreet" <oooh...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
>
> > > I don't wonder why, I know, for the last 40 years unions have decined.
> > > Mainly it's because assholes like you have pushed to pass laws (or not
> > > pass laws) to weaken unions and workers. IE: Taft-Hartly. When the
> > > Wagner Act passed the labor movement thrived. When the NLRA was >
> amended time after time, it took all of the teeth out of workers rights.
> >
> > I was waiting for the Big Excuse.
> >
> > Allen, face reality for a change. It's people like you and Kim that are
> > killing labor unions from within.
> >
> membership,your comments are suspect at the least!
>
> reality,
> > and reality is irrelevant.
> benefit of union workers claiming
> "reality is irelevant".I'm certainly glad you seem to live in Cal.
> BTW woody,Are you an ex postal worker?
>
> >
> > You're just clueless about the real world outside labor unions, the same
> world
> > where you would draw new members.
> >
> new members seek us out.
>
> >
>
You've never understood what I've said, nor cared to. But you keep coming
back for more anyway.
kim overstreet
> UNIONS ARE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS OR INACTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> I 'm very proud to be union.
>
Thank you for your anti-union hatemongers anti-thesis.I doubt though that
this would silence any of them on this subject.The truth rarely does,but
thanks for trying.
>
>
kim overstreet
> You've never understood what I've said, nor cared to. But you keep coming
> back for more anyway.
Hell woodie,I don't think you understand/know/comprehend what you've
said.And no,when someone comes and claims to want to "help unions",but
who's ideology goes against the collective grain and wishes/will of the
people involved,no,I don't much care.But your good practice,something to
keep my teeth sharp while waiting for one of your other
libertarian/republican friends who has brains and doesn't resort to
personal attacks.
Stiil waiting!
Jiminy
Well, you may be right about the NLRB, but I'm speaking of using the
courts to hold unions accountable. In order to do so a person must
prove a union deliberately failed to represent. This is a ridiculous
standard of proof, since the union will simply claim the failure was
unintentional. I suspect the NLRB is not very useful in most
instances, but I'll admit I do not have enough knowledge to say either
way. My question is: why shouldn't the unions stand in court with a
reasonable standard of proof applied?
It's nice to see an intelligent response here. I was beginning to
think far too many union supporters are like the guy with the
vocablulary limited to "scab, horseshit," and name calling. I just
ignore his posts now. Claimed he works "90 hrs. plus" a week. Better
go into business for himself. I don't need to work that many hours,
and if I did I wouldn't be spending my free time here. I was once a
very strong union supporter. It was guys like Overstreet who changed
my mind, not to mention watching some of the things unions do.
We had a cop here in Oregon who was fired for receiving a blowjob at
work. The arbitrator ruled he could have zipped his pants and
responded to a call, so discharge was too harsh. Some standard for
the police! In another case an arbitrator reinstated an AFSCME member
who abused mentally handicapped patients. The logic ran: Other
employees were not disciplined as harshly for similar infractions.
The same arbitrator upheld a discharge where other employees had
stolen from their employer, been intoxicated at work, etc...
Arbitration is not subject to the same rules as a court of law. Until
it it there will be abuses like the ones I've mention here.
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." MLK
On Sat, 13 Jun 1998 01:24:27 -0500, Lyl...@webtv.net (Lyle Grimes)
wrote:
>UNIONS ARE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS OR INACTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>I 'm very proud to be union.
>
>
x-no-archive:yes
kim overstreet
> It's nice to see an intelligent response here. I was beginning to
> think far too many union supporters are like the guy with the
> vocablulary limited to "scab, horseshit," and name calling. I just
> ignore his posts now. Claimed he works "90 hrs. plus" a week. Better
> go into business for himself. I don't need to work that many hours,
> and if I did I wouldn't be spending my free time here. I was once a
> very strong union supporter. It was guys like Overstreet who changed
> my mind, not to mention watching some of the things unions do.
>
If you had bothered reading the 20+ lines of thread before making these
kinds of comments,
perhaps you wouldn't think so ill.But,people here that come out of the
woodwork and start slinging mud are usually one sided anyway.Read the posts
next time unless your another one of the trolls next incarnations.
> We had a cop here in Oregon who was fired for receiving a blowjob at
> work. The arbitrator ruled he could have zipped his pants and
> responded to a call, so discharge was too harsh. Some standard for
> the police! In another case an arbitrator reinstated an AFSCME member
> who abused mentally handicapped patients.
Laws are in place making these things criminal offences,The person involved
shouldn't need a job if he's in prison.Is he/she?
The logic ran: Other
> employees were not disciplined as harshly for similar infractions.
> The same arbitrator upheld a discharge where other employees had
> stolen from their employer, been intoxicated at work, etc...
>
> Arbitration is not subject to the same rules as a court of law. Until
> it it there will be abuses like the ones I've mention here.
>
Absolutly.that's why the NWA pilots association refuses to go to
arbitration.Arbitration's use is primairily
to AVOID the courts and keep powderkeg labor problems from coming to a head
(strike,lockout,slowdowns etc.).
>
By the way steve,nice try but no cigar just yet.
kim overstreet
Jiminy <redc...@teleport.com> >Why'd ya change yer name stevie?
Lyle Grimes
hey jimmy
i'm still not sure what youre after but i will let you know im a union
supporter.another thing i will let you know is that just like anything
else that human beings are involved in unions are not different they ve
got their screwups to but i decided a long time ago that unions were
something i liked and when i would come across something that i thought
was wrong i would fight or resist it and make it better. you must of had
a bad experience i take it.anyway i do thank you for taking the time to
read this and hope that i can answer any questions you may have in the
future.take care jimmy
I3DSPARKY
, redc...@teleport.com (Jiminy) writes:
>Well, you may be right about the NLRB, but I'm speaking of using the
>courts to hold unions accountable. In order to do so a person must
>prove a union deliberately failed to represent. This is a ridiculous
>standard of proof, since the union will simply claim the failure was
>unintentional. I suspect the NLRB is not very useful in most
>instances, but I'll admit I do not have enough knowledge to say either
>way. My question is: why shouldn't the unions stand in court with a
>reasonable standard of proof applied?
>
>It's nice to see an intelligent response here. I was beginning to
>think far too many union supporters are like the guy with the
>vocablulary limited to "scab, horseshit," and name calling. I just
>ignore his posts now. Claimed he works "90 hrs. plus" a week. Better
>go into business for himself. I don't need to work that many hours,
>and if I did I wouldn't be spending my free time here.
If you read his posts completely, he works very long and hard hours, until the
job ends and the next one begins. I suspect, like me, he's in construction.
>I was once a
>very strong union supporter. It was guys like Overstreet who changed
>my mind, not to mention watching some of the things unions do.
Did you choose the "some things" or did the media choose what you saw?
Did you see all the union members donating their time to build housing for the
poor?
Did you see the union fundraising drives to purchase expensive medical
equiptment for a children's hospital?
>
>We had a cop here in Oregon who was fired for receiving a blowjob at
>work. The arbitrator ruled he could have zipped his pants and
>responded to a call, so discharge was too harsh. Some standard for
>the police!
Think about this one for a second... suppose he was having a cup of coffee?
Suppose he was in the crapper too long? Do you really think one should
sacrafice their career because he got a blowjob at work?
>In another case an arbitrator reinstated an AFSCME member
>who abused mentally handicapped patients. The logic ran: Other
>employees were not disciplined as harshly for similar infractions.
>The same arbitrator upheld a discharge where other employees had
>stolen from their employer, been intoxicated at work, etc...
>
>Arbitration is not subject to the same rules as a court of law. Until
>it it there will be abuses like the ones I've mention here.
There's pros and cons to arbitration. Same with the court system.
Nothing, and nobody is perfect.
>
>"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." MLK
>
>
>
kim overstreet
I3DSPARKY <i3ds...@aol.com> wrote in article
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> , redc...@teleport.com (Jiminy) writes:
Hey,Wirepuller<G>,this guy is one and the same with "steve kangas" the
disgruntled ex AFSCME
type that posts anti union rubbish under the shadow of "protesting "the way
he was treated.
Some others have told me they believe he was one of those whiners that had
some frivolus grieve,didn't get his way,and is now one a one(half) man
crusade against unions.He won't just rag his ex union though...He likes to
paint us all with the same brush and call us all a bunch of stupidasses.
APWU GIRL
I'm sure both sides have heard this argument.. but just in case you didn't..
here goes:
If elected officals of Unions don't have a right to decide how to use union
funds without first checking with each member.. then the same should go for
elected politicians and CEO's of large companies.
When big biz donates political money , do they poll every stockholder first? NO
When elected officals vote to decide how to spend our tax dollars.. do they
call all the voters up first? NO
Unions represent the working man/woman..and most large Unions pay legislative
advisors to tell them who supports labor friendly legislations etc..
I'm sure by now you realize that I'm a proud Union Advocate.
I suggest criticts of union reps go to Jack London's web site and read his
lenghty disertation on SCABS.. one funny quote is.. we're all scabs to some
degree.. even the Labor Unions that fight for an eight hour day while their
NBA's work endless days of 12 to 14 hours.. are scabs to some degree.
His definition of a scab is NOT just an non union member in an open shop.. it's
a worker who is willing to do more for less while someone else looses the right
to feed and clothe his/her family..
Yours in Union Solidarity.. Pat