"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
"Don White" wrote in message
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message

Unfortunately, that effort did not succeed, and conditions have gotten
worse for them since. The corporations simply fired everyone, knowing
that the NLRB during the Bush misAdministration wouldn't uphold labor
law.

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That's really bad news.......and people wonder why some early unions
were
forced to deal with organized crime. When you have both the employer
and
gov't against you, an an indifferent public, you accept whatever helping
hand is offered.


Hehehe. You think organized crime was in it to help the little guy?
Organized crime got involved with labor unions for two reasons: 1) so
they
could get their hands on the millions in union money, and 2) so they
could
use the unions to strong-arm corrupt politicians into giving their front
companies (construction, waste disposal, etc) lucrative no-bid
contracts.

Harry will of course deny it, but union leaders have been bilking the
little
guy forever. That's why today, less than 15% of workers are unionized.
They finally wised up to the fact that their dues were finding its way
into
the pockets of corrupt labor leaders.

Do you want to know *why* Harry will deny it? Here's why:
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/au...ulli-a29.shtml

And from another website:
" For further information, contact Harry Krause, ULLICO Manager of
Corporate
Communications at (202) 682-XXXX. "
.



ULLICO's Board of Directors cleaned house a long time ago. Not one board
member who participated in the so-called "insider stock deal" and who
hasn't paid back the corporation is still on the board.

So they got to keep the stolen money?


The whole "scandal" involved little more than
chump change, compared to the excesses of Enron, or most of the big-time
drug companies.

In its heyday, the Mafia was an organzation of pikers compared to the
criminal profits many big corporations steal from the public these days.



So it is ok to steal from the members as long as you stay below the amount
that Enron stole?