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Jesus and the union guy
"nada" wrote in message ... Lu Powell wrote: "nada" wrote in message ... Lu Powell wrote: Jesus and a Union Guy Two managers and a union worker were fishing on a lake one day, when Jesus walked across the water and joined them in the boat. When the three astonished men had settled down enough to speak, the first guy asked humbly, "Jesus, I've suffered from back pain ever since I took shrapnel in the Vietnam war...could you help me?" "Of course, my son", Jesus said, and when he touched the man's back, he felt relief for the first time in years. The second man, who wore very thick glasses and had a hard time reading and driving, asked if Jesus could do anything about his eyesight. Jesus smiled, removed the man's glasses and tossed them in the lake. When they hit the water, the man's eyes cleared and he could see everything distinctly. When Jesus turned to heal the union worker, the guy put his hands up and cried defensively, "Don't touch me! I'm on long term disability." I see it's easy for you to make snap judgments about other people. I have no prejudices against working people, having been one myself for many years. Born to a sharecropper, I was first in my extended family to finish high school and college. What I saw of unionists was my father working for starvation wages for the railroads, paying his required union dues, and getting little in return. Union stewards didn't look out for the working men; they feathered their own nests. My father taught me the value of honesty and hard work, which has served me well. I was in a western police department and saw the growth of police unions. At first, the union was a valid and necessary answer to poor management, which is the usual case. Then, as it matured the union grew fat and lazy. It no longer served its membership, and was nearly unseated by a more militant union. The end result was an unlawful police strike that lasted for almost two weeks. When the members returned to work, the union settled on a contract that was LESS than the city's final offer before the members hit the bricks. The wages lost during the strike took three years to recoup after the strike. The union officials were replaced by more reasonable persons, who themselves became fat and lazy. When I retired as assistant chief of police years later, the union was spending huge amounts of money to keep incompetent police officers from being fired. It was so bad, the union trustees forced the resignation of the president and his henchmen. I went on to serve as police chief in two southern police departments. Am I prejudiced about unionists? Nope. I know them first hand for what they evolve into. Be that as it may, I'm not interested in a ****ing contest. If you don't like my postings, put me in your kill file, like I did to Hairy Harry Krause. Pure BS My Father was a sharecropper prior to his entry into the Army in 37. He worked in a factory from 49 until 82. He was in a Union. He enjoyed the average wage and benefits and the negotiating power of the union for a fair shake. If not for the Union he would have been treated like what we see in so many cases today: variable hours, underpay, little benefits or none and no pension. You got your bs from TV. See my previous post. |
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