On 5/16/2012 8:33 AM, X ` Man wrote:
On 5/16/12 8:20 AM, BAR wrote:
In raweb.com, 5@
5.com says...

On 5/15/2012 4:59 PM, X ` Man wrote:
On 5/15/12 4:51 PM, Canuck57 wrote:
On 13/05/2012 8:58 PM, Oscar wrote:
On 5/13/2012 10:27 PM, BAR wrote:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/05/1...ies-perks-for-

union.html



Check out Unionfacts.com Lots of dirty laundry to sift through over
there.

And another one, as unions and crime with unethical behavior is
standard
with them:

http://nlpc.org/union-corruption-update



All the labor union corruption since the beginning of labor unions
doesn't add up to a small percentage of the amount of corporate
corruption and lawlessness since the beginnings of the Reagan
administration.



Let's see some data.

When the union boss' live a lavish lifestyle off the backs of the guys
working on the job site it makes you wonder what the difference is
between a union boss and a CEO is?

One difference is that you don't have what it takes mentally or
experientially to work a skilled job at a union job site *or* be a union
boss. The real difference is that most leaders of international unions
have comp packages in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, not in the
millions of dollars in many CEO comp packages.

Many, many years ago, when I was just a kid cleaning the boats in my
father's showroom on a Saturday, my dad was talking to a friend who
happened to be the local Teamsters Union business agent. The agent drove
a new black Cadillac every year. I asked my father about that, and he
told me the members of the business agent's local insisted he do that,
so that when he visited employers, the employers would know right away
that the business agent was fully supported by the union members, and
they expected him to dress well and drive well to help demonstrate his
"formidability," as it were. I heard that explanation repeated several
times when I worked with one of the IBT locals in Detroit and with the
IBT international in Washington, D.C.



So what? The mob goons wore expensive suits too.

X ` Man wrote:
On 5/16/12 8:20 AM, BAR wrote:
In raweb.com, 5@
5.com says...

On 5/15/2012 4:59 PM, X ` Man wrote:
On 5/15/12 4:51 PM, Canuck57 wrote:
On 13/05/2012 8:58 PM, Oscar wrote:
On 5/13/2012 10:27 PM, BAR wrote:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/05/1...ies-perks-for-

union.html



Check out Unionfacts.com Lots of dirty laundry to sift through over
there.

And another one, as unions and crime with unethical behavior is
standard
with them:

http://nlpc.org/union-corruption-update



All the labor union corruption since the beginning of labor unions
doesn't add up to a small percentage of the amount of corporate
corruption and lawlessness since the beginnings of the Reagan
administration.



Let's see some data.

When the union boss' live a lavish lifestyle off the backs of the guys
working on the job site it makes you wonder what the difference is
between a union boss and a CEO is?

One difference is that you don't have what it takes mentally or
experientially to work a skilled job at a union job site *or* be a
union boss. The real difference is that most leaders of international
unions have comp packages in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, not
in the millions of dollars in many CEO comp packages.

Many, many years ago, when I was just a kid cleaning the boats in my
father's showroom on a Saturday, my dad was talking to a friend who
happened to be the local Teamsters Union business agent. The agent
drove a new black Cadillac every year. I asked my father about that,
and he told me the members of the business agent's local insisted he
do that, so that when he visited employers, the employers would know
right away that the business agent was fully supported by the union
members, and they expected him to dress well and drive well to help
demonstrate his "formidability," as it were. I heard that explanation
repeated several times when I worked with one of the IBT locals in
Detroit and with the IBT international in Washington, D.C.



A dog & pony show! I'm sure the members supported the new car every
year when they received their paycheck minus the dues. It was about
intimidation. They never showed up in a silver Cadillac, just black, right?