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endeavor1 04-20-2011 02:25 PM


Originally Posted by Donzinator (Post 3382004)
I think what upsets alot of people (at least it upset me) is watching more and more of their union dues go to supporting political candidates instead of actual representation. After all when was the last time you saw a union exec. on strike and out of work?
n:lolhit:

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Indy 04-20-2011 02:50 PM


Originally Posted by LAriverratt (Post 3382164)
oh by the way...my grandfather and his best friend got the **** beat out of them and hospitalized crossing a picket line onto his own property going into his own business...JUST SAYN!!! :kiss:

It was my Grandpappy that layed down the whuppin...JUST SAYN!!! :kiss:

Matt Trulio 04-20-2011 03:01 PM


Originally Posted by Too Stroked (Post 3380670)
I think some folks have turned this post into a union vs. non-union debate. My original intent was to write something up that would bring a smile to most folks faces. For most, it’s done just that and I’m glad I was able to make you laugh. For others, it seems to have set off a debate.

For those of you who want to take this thing far too seriously, I’d suggest cracking open a cold beer and re-reading the original post. If you can’t laugh, maybe you should question a few things in your life.

I am neither pro-union nor anti-union, but I am pro-funny.

And Too Stroked, your satire is hilarious.

LAriverratt 04-20-2011 03:04 PM


Originally Posted by Indy (Post 3382183)
It was my Grandpappy that layed down the whuppin...JUST SAYN!!! :kiss:

:lolhit: only if he was a teamster here in louisiana in the late 50's :lolhit: they had the usual pipes and chains and baseball bats back then. of course my family has been know to be very boisterous and some of us are not very well tempered :lolhit:

Sea-Dated 04-20-2011 03:12 PM

When my father-in-law retired from the airline business he said the best part was no more union BS. He always said he watched unions go from a group supporting the blue collar worker to nothing more than a money hungry political machine with no morals.

Too Stroked 04-20-2011 03:38 PM


Originally Posted by Matt Trulio (Post 3382194)
I am neither pro-union nor anti-union, but I am pro-funny.

And Too Stroked, your satire is hilarious.

Thanks Matt. And coming from somebody like you, I take that as the highest compliment.

I've got another one you might like that will be appearing (hopefully) in the Poker Run forum about Rochester Offshore's annual Battleship Run on Seneca Lake.

WHIPLASH 04-23-2011 04:57 PM

Now that thar's funny, I don't care who yar! If you don't laugh at that you're a communist and need to leave the country:lolhit: And I'm a union member!

publius 04-23-2011 06:15 PM

You forgot that there won't be any smoking as it poses a health risk. Also some of the other crewmembers might not like the way tobacco smoke smells.

tabajay 04-24-2011 08:27 AM


Originally Posted by PARADISE ISLAND (Post 3380085)
I heard UPS is union and Fed Ex is non union with the same amount of employes why does UPS make more money? Again I'm not taking sides here:bsflag:

Though both [UPS, FEDEX] are package-delivery companies, they're governed by totally different federal labor rules. As a result, UPS's workforce is much more heavily unionized than FEDEX's—and more than twice as expensive.

http://reason.com/blog/2009/11/10/up...dex-whiteboard

http://reason.com/archives/2009/09/2...ons-as-weapons

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...906957778.html


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