Pretty hilarious stuff, some labor union up in Vegas hiring minimum wage, no-benefit temps to picket for them…[/quote]
You know, I see these folks holding the sign up all the time, and I was wondering the same thing… I’m still waiting for the sign that says “Shame on Flu…Labor dispute”…..[/quote]
I never watched that daily show clip, until now. I guess I am not the only one with these thoughts!!![/quote]
To add to this, I find it these “shame on xyz” things ironically hysterical….
I mean, I have this anti-union sort of bias that I think of the stereotype image of a bunch of union workers sitting on their asses all day doing nothing and complaining….
Except these “shame on xyz” things take it completely to the next level.. I mean, are we so fvkcing lazy now, we don’t even want to do our own sit-ins/protests, but rather outsource our protests to someone else that costs 1/10 the price????
Now THAT’S FUNNY..[/quote]
Thanks for bringing this to our attention, flu. I want YOUR job: y’know, the one that gives me enough time to watch The Daily Show.
Seriously, this pisses me off on a number of levels. Number one, once again I’m counting on the Daily Show for anything resembling actual news reporting. Never before in our nation’s history have there been so many “news” station and outlets, but the only stuff I’m getting from them is Sarah Palin’s latest Twitter feeds, and breaking news of Lindsay Lohan’s latest parole violation.
#2. Hiring people who are not members of the union to protest WalMart’s treatment of the union members??? Seriously, these people need to remove the “U” from UFCW. They violate the memories of tens of thousands who died, and millions more whose families sat through extended strikes, just to get basic human rights from employers 100 years ago. You want better pay and benefits and treatment? Get out there yourself and demand them!
#3. Then there’s the pay issue. Minimum wage is okay when it’s for workers who are out demanding YOUR right to higher than minimum pay. What the hell has happened to people in America that they can no longer see the disconnect. You know who I’m talking about: the nondisabled ultraconservative who’s pulling in $2K/month in SSI payments screaming that the government has to stop entitlement programs. The same people getting government-sponsored healthcare and cash benefits for their “disabled” children who are protesting government-sponsored healthcare for other people’s children. Union members receiving $50 or $60 an hour, protesting the government raising minimum wage for other Americans. And it goes on and on. We’ve become totally egocentric: I’ve got mine, but I’m going to keep you from getting yours. These people aren’t worried about the level of the debt in this country, or that their children and grandchildren are going to have to pay it (BTW, that is a phrase that I am really sick and tired of hearing. My grandchildren are, in all likelihood, going to be concerned with getting enough food and water for their families’ survival, thanks to the future effects of climate change. They’re going to be walking away from those government debts, just like we’re walking away from our underwater homes now). Americans today are simply worried about having more than their neighbors and friends.
I guess it’s possible that they simply don’t see the disconnect, the hypocrisy…and that possibility frightens me even more. Are we incapable of the minimal critical thinking it takes to put ourselves in the other guy’s shoes for a minute so that we can evaluate the effects of policy changes that we are demanding?[/quote]
Um let me respond when I have more time. But I’ll say this
1) You wouldn’t want my job. Chances are you wouldn’t be able to hack it…. (no offense)..
2) I’ve been fortunate enough to have those folks that hold up the labor dispute signs up several times in front of some of the offices I visited. And I’ve always was curious what the deal was…The funny thing is that about 8 times out of 10, when I tried to talk to those folks with those signs, none of them new what they were picketing about..I won’t even go into the direction as to which language I had to use to try to carry a conversation, because that would be heresy to discuss…..So…. That goes back to my original point…Obviously, someone was hired to sit in and picket…Frankly, I’m all for workers rights and all, but let’s face it unions have overstepped their powers…There’s a huge disconnect between maltreatment of workers and what the gist of original unions stood for and what it currently is right now.. The later is borderline legalized extortion….When there are rules to move a computer or 2 boxes by “union workers” only, and it takes two weeks to have the job done…..something is seriously wrong….It’s completely illogical.
And spare me the argument about being outsourced if unions weren’t around. I deal with the threat of outsourcing every day. And I can tell you that if software code could only be written by rules that it takes each person could only write 200 lines of code per hour without being paid overtime and that it takes a minimum of 10 people to write 10000 lines, with 4 shift supervisors, and that every bug that was found or fixed would be an additional per “bug” count extra pay, I guarantee three things would have happened
1) My wallets would be much fatter than what they are now in the short term.
2) innovation would come to a grinding halt
3) 90% of all work would find it’s way overseas in less than 2 years..
BTW: Do you know what the majority of those protestors that hold up the signs are actually protesting? Just curious…
