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On 4/19/2014 10:48 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 4/19/14, 10:46 AM, Tim wrote:
On Saturday, April 19, 2014 7:38:01 AM UTC-7, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 4/19/14, 10:10 AM, Tim wrote:

On Saturday, April 19, 2014 7:04:06 AM UTC-7, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 4/19/14, 9:58 AM, Tim wrote:



On Saturday, April 19, 2014 6:47:31 AM UTC-7, F*O*A*D wrote:



On 4/19/14, 9:40 AM, wrote:







On Sat, 19 Apr 2014 08:14:55 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"








wrote:















the majority of remaining union jobs are also







federal jobs.















Why is that?































The Davis Bacon Act















There are also the state/local government employees who are sucking







the fiscal life out of our cities.







They get to "negotiate" from both sides of the bargaining table so







their deals are budget busters.







































And once again, you display your lack of knowledge.















Jobs covered under Davis Bacon are, for the most part, *not* federal







jobs. They are construction worker jobs for workers employed by
private







contactors.















It's astonishing to me that so many of your righties here are so
damned







opposed to hard-working men and women earning incomes that just
reach







the bottom of the rung of the middle class. Yes, of course there are







exceptions, but the majority of these workers aren't big earners.















And, of course, you never bitch about the huge salaries the
corporate







suits make. *That's* okay, because pushing paper or keyboard keys is







white man's work, eh?







Does Dave Bacon threaten to blow peoples brains out if thy dont'
sign contracts in two minutes?















No. Do you think that would be a good idea? Do you think there
should be



criminal penalties for corporate executives whose poor management
skills



result in serious injuries or death to workers, or horrific
explosions,



or nasty pollution that makes people sick?



No, but you said you admire people like that...





I certainly did admire the the good old days of labor union

organizers/negotiators, where the guys did whatever was necessary to get

workers a decent contract. Compared to today's corporate felons, the

good old boys were creampuffs.


So you admire the extortioners, murders, lawless butchers and
arsonists. Yeah, the pillars of labor.


Those would be the pillars of bankstering, stock brokerage, and
corporate greed these days, Tim.


These days arent them days, when you were rubbing elbows with the scum
of the earth.