Randal emails to point out that he's started a Substack. It's pretty interesting. Here's an example about trade unions:
For the longest time much of the media has fed us the idea that “union = overpaid/lazy/bad”. Now we should all have the following ingrained in our skulls by now, “the media lies”.
Proceeding from that “law” (it really should be a scientific law at this point) we can deduce that the media is lying about unions. The real question to ask ourselves is, “why?”
Like I said, pretty interesting.
I have to say I never heard or read anything anti union from the MSM. Unions protect workers, unions protect jobs, union officers look out for their locals. The right to work states are the same as slavery. Having paid dues in three different unions, (Steelworks, Operating Engineers, and Arco's company union), I would say those claims are false.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Interesting perspective over there!
ReplyDeleteDuPont Plaza Hotel fire. A fire started by a union member during a strike.
ReplyDeleteFire escape doors in the casino were locked by management decision.
The corporate veil was pierced in subsequent lawsuits due to loss of life.
Could not sue the union - the law does not allow it.
Interesting stuff on the military there too. I left a couple of comments and will monitor it.
ReplyDeleteSubstack really is the future if you are into text. (I just can't seem to get into podcasts because of the inefficiency of listen to two guys talk) and I really value the ability to comment and get reactions. Too bad the old blogosphere is mostly dead. Corporate media is useless, if not dangerous, and this applies to right wing corporate media too like Fox and Salem.
Teacher's unions. Worst test scores in American history, lowest graduation rates since public school was invented and foisted on the people.
ReplyDeletePublic employee unions. Worst government, and metastasized corruption, unseen since the fall of the Soviet Union.
The UAW. Record prices for the crappiest cars with the most recalls ever, pushed out of the way by foreign makers.
And somebody thinks "the media" fed the public the idea that "union = overpaid/lazy/bad"?????
Pull the other one: it's got bells on it.
Everyone can see that union = overpaid/lazy/bad with their own lying eyes.
They see it every time they go to the post office, DMV, or the VA.
They don't need to hear it from the lamestream media lapdogs, who loves them some DNC-controlled unions, and never met a union they didn't love.
The people know that, and the truth about unions, in their bones.
Someone's been smoking some hopeium, and spewing fluent b.s., if they imagine anything different = reality.
Back in 1980's close friends hubby was the chief negotiater for a major farm manufacturer. The union would present their initial list and it would be a 50% pay increase with medical for life with zero cost to the worker. And on and on with the most outrageous demands. Of course none of the demands were accepted but they could make this seem like the company hated the workers. Inflame them by lying about everything they presented. And then the strike was on. So, nope, I've never trusted a union narrative.
ReplyDeleteYou only have to talk to those that work in a labor union to find out how bad unions actually are. They seem to be a good fit for what communism has been pushing for since forever. Never do better work than anyone else, never bitch about how bad someone's work is, never point your finger at bad workmanship, never make waves, never try to improve your workmanship, etc, etc, etc.
ReplyDeleteIf I owned a business that the workers decided to unionize, that business would be GONE from that area as quickly as it could be moved to a location that did not require that sort of idiocy. Being willing to accept that sort of "good enough for government work" mentality should not be acceptable in the US!