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So a local hospital recently had its nurses unionize. They went SEIU.

No bullchit, this is the narrative locally on the news and on social media. “We only want competitive wages”. “The patients come first. We can’t give them the best care because we are run ragged.”

Ok, on its face it doesn’t sound bad. They think they should make more money and have a better package. I don’t think anyone would begrudge them getting together and talking to management and asking for it.

They decided to strike. Folks asked “if it’s all about the patients, how can you go on strike and leave the hospital short handed?”
They answer “we gave plenty of time and notice, the hospital is bringing plenty of outside temporary help to cover it”

So the first night of the strike a bunch of the vehicles in the hospital parking lot have their windows smashed in. Hmmmm

Then the union truck drivers in “solidarity” with their brothers and sisters refuse to deliver the medical supplies to the hospital. So non union management drove the trucks and made the deliveries.

Thank God there are non-union folks there to pick up the slack and WORK when the POS commie fugk unionistas decide to play hardball.

Sorry ass mother fugkers.

Drive them mudderfuggers into the ocean!

Fire em and hire new.

deflave shouldn't you be in Montana?

Set up cameras and prosecute each and every law breaker. To the fullest extent!

I often wonder why no one can form a self contained union.
Essentially what you suggest, getting together and presenting
a united front. Unions are about a "brotherhood" of workers in
a similar situation, being united for strength.


That would be about the best situation possible.
Keeping the thugs at bay.

Who in their right mind would start vandalizing stuff in today's
anti-union climate?
Either it's some one very out of touch.
Someone who did it for goggles or just to stir the pot. Third party?
Or, unlikely? Someone trying to discredit the union?

Just seems weird, especially this early in the process.

You aren't in 1960's Chitcago.

Take the vandalism out of the equation.

Address the truckers not bringing in medical supplies.

I agree.

And fire the folks that don’t come to work.

Too cold.

Idiot nurses striking motivated me to leave.

I should send them a thank you letter.....

Not the Nurses Union
I was working on an Private Hospital in Commyfornia as an Welding Inspector.
The Hospital was gracious enough to pay use Prevailing Wage (Union Pay)
Most of the worker were Union Only us Inspectors and Technicians were Non Union.
We are not Considered Working Labor we are Representatives of the Owner Even though we work for a Lab that has the contract for the project.
Local 12 Operating Engineers showed up to picket the job saying that it was unfair that we Inspectors were the nly ones not Union.
The Union picketers started taking pictures of everyone's vehicle licenses then they started showing up at some of our Inspectors Private Homes and Picketing their neighbors.
Well That Pissed me off so I started taking pictures of the Union Picketers and they got real pissed at me for violating their privacy.
They wanted to know why I was taking Pictures of them.
I told them that I was taking pictures of them to hand out to my neighbors and if they seen any of them in the neighborhood to let me know.
I then told them that if I seen any of them picketing my home I would consider it a Direct Threat to my family and myself and I would Shoot to kill. This was their warning to stay away from my home.
Well they said I threatened them and they called the Police.
I was called off of the Building to go talk to the Police.
When I got to the Office were the Police were waiting for me. I told the Police that I did not want to talk in private with them. What I had to say I was going to say in front of everyone. So we went down to the Union Picketers with the General Contractor.
The Union Boys 3 times my size yelled out. There is the guy that Threatened us.
The Police asked me what was going on.
So I told them how my co workers were binging harassed at there home by the Union Boys and that I took their Pictures because they were taking Pictures of my Co Workers Vehicle Licenses. Turn around is fair play.
They Union Boys started yelling at the Police Officers. He Threatened to Kill us.
The Police Officers asked me if I threatened them.
I told the Officers that I had told the Union Boys that if I seen them in front of my home that I would Consider it a Direct Threat to my family and my self.And I told the Union Boys that I wold Shoot them if they harassed my family .
The Officers started laughing and told the Union Boys that I had given them the only warning that they were going to get and that they were my Witness.
the next day the Local 12 Union was told to remove their picketers or they would be arrested.
I was called the old man on that project. No one screwed with me except the Ironworker Head man and I screwed with him. That is how we got along and made it threw the long hard days.

Unions are nothing more that the Brown Coats making money for them selves and If they can not make the money they will do anything even Illegal to force their way. Intimidation is only the first step that they try.

Good point. unions have a long history of peaceful behavior and never resorted to violence to maintain control . lol

Funny pushing the unions are a brotherhood fairy tail

that's dangerous scab talk. If unions want to kill sick elderly women and children in hospitals, it is their right.

Fairytale?
No.
Unfortunately it's only within a shop, and only in desperate times.
Nothing is as it was 100+ years ago.

I'm not a good one to debate for unions.
Personally know many of the negatives.

And its pointless when most who want to debate, aren't intelligent enough to
see weakness in their own position.

+1

Not a fan of labor unions myself either but in all honesty I have seen at least as much shady stuff during contract negotiations and labor strikes from companies as I have unions. Shady stuff such as provoked confrontations, staged threats and damages to "scab" personal property as propaganda to garner favorable media and public sympathy.

Local company contracted a professional temporary employee service that provided manual labor and security employee temps for labor strikes only. They were a sorry bunch, too. They stole the company blind. They took everything they could carry that wasn't welded down. Management became so concerned they even warned office help and especially women to never tell any of the strike temps any personal info, and before they left the parking lot to always check the interior of their vehicles before entering and make sure they weren't being followed as they left work.

The Captain of the security guards was even busted for selling illegal switchblade knives to the temp workers.

There was a time, and there were situations, where unionization of workers - for reasons of safety, fairness, and reasonable security - was a very good practice. Primarily through their own behaviors, the labor unions turned that sensible practice into a big negative. Double the trouble in the case of public employee unions.