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"rational ins utional process"
.... but Repugs are not rational, they're psychotic sociopaths.
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/118910229.html
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Members of Wisconsin State Employees Union, AFSCME Council 24, have begun circulating letters to businesses in southeast Wisconsin, asking them to support workers’ rights by putting up a sign in their windows.
If businesses fail to comply, the letter says, “Failure to do so will leave us no choice but (to) do a public boycott of your business. And sorry, neutral means 'no' to those who work for the largest employer in the area and are union members."
Jim Parrett, a field representative of Council 24 for Southeast Wisconsin, confirmed the contents of the letter, which carries his signature. But he added that the union was also circulating letters to businesses thanking them for supporting workers’ rights.
Parrett said that since the letters were sent out, he has received threatening phone calls as well as calls from people supporting the state workers.
"I've gotten a lot of threatening phone calls," Parrett said.
Parrett said he believed the letter campaign was going on in other parts of the state. His region includes Racine and Kenosha counties, as well as parts of Waukesha and Walworth counties.
“It’s going on in other parts of the state,” he said Wednesday.
Parrett referred questions to Marty Beil, the head of the Wisconsin State Employees Union. Beil was not immediately available for comment.
In the letter from Parrett to some businesses, he says that, “It is unfortunate that you have chosen ‘not’ to support public workers rights in Wisconsin. In recent past weeks you have been offered a sign by a public employee who works in one of the state facilities in the Union Grove area. These signs simply said, ‘This Business Supports Workers Rights,’ a simple, subtle and we feel non-controversial statement gives the facts at this time.”
Parrett said a number of WSEU locals in his region represent more than 1,300 union workers who have a combined yearly income of more than $56 million.
“The recent actions taken on the governor’s budget repair bill have taken more from workers than dollars. It took away our right to bargain things such as: sick leave and how it is used, vacation and how it is used, overtime and how it is ‘fairly’ distributed. Our grievance procedure has been virtually destroyed. These are things that make life working in a 24/7 facility tolerable,” Parrett wrote in the letter.
Parrett adds in the letter: "State employees fully expect to take some lumps financially in these tough economic times, we have offered and we will. But don't take away rights to what has kept workplace peace for half a century and has worked well."
Terri Gray, executive director of the Union Grove Chamber of Commerce, said she had received many calls from member businesses about the union-led effort. She said most of the calls came from businessmen and women who preferred to remain neutral in the dispute between Gov. Scott Walker and organized labor.
"They don't want to pick a side," she said. "I told them, 'I believe you can choose to not choose.'"
Gray said the campaign appeared to have started a day or two ago. She said she didn't know whether the sign campaign was having an impact.
Asked Wednesday about the boycott effort, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said "that any nonviolent tactic used to get attention to the steamroller tactics it seems to me are reasonable. I encourage people to remain nonviolent and disciplined in their protests."
Asked if he supported boycott efforts in Wisconsin, Jackson did not directly endorse them.
He said: The best way to resolve conflict is when everybody is at the table and they can negotiate through some rational ins utional process."
"rational ins utional process"
.... but Repugs are not rational, they're psychotic sociopaths.
I thought you conservatives liked boycotts... will of the people and stuff..
darrins state your stance, are you for or against boycotting businesses?
Boycotting a business for not picking sides?
Seems a bit out there to me.
Want to boycott a business for producing ty goods? Get after it.
Want to boycott a business for taking an active stance on something you personally disagree with? Get after it.
Want to boycott a business because they wish to remain neutral? Nu-uh.
Not acquiescing to the request of the union does not equal putting up a sign that says "Unions Suck".
LOL@ collective bargaining. I see more polls supporting Walker and the gang coming out very soon.
This is a poorly conceived tactic.
So the le of the thread should have been "unions threaten businesses with boycott".
It's a free market, they get to choose who to do business with, just like anybody else.
Are you against the free market? Should the government tell these people where to shop?
Jesus, is there any kind of lie or distortion you won't stoop to?
The unions have the public on their side according to polls. They should be taking the high road. Extortion for the purposes of getting a few glorified bumper stickers in some windows isn't going to help their cause. It's legal but it's ing stupid.
you were for polls before you were against them... now you like polls jackie..tomorrow you won't... saturday you will...
"I see more polls supporting Walker"
Link? of course not.
Couldn't be worse than the polls you post.
WTF are you talking about, got? Nevermind, you're a idiot, you will just spew more nonsense, talk about barry and "jack"off all over yourself.
"If a businesses fail to comply, the letter says, “Failure to do so will leave us no choice but (to) do a public boycott of your business. And sorry, neutral means 'no' to those who work for the largest employer in the area and are union members."
Do you support this?
TONS of them!!!!
Google? Of course not.
maybe I needed to be more clear with the simpleton... you use polls against Obama when you find one you like... then you ignore polls that support him... get it dumbass? either you support polls or you don't? which one is it dummy?
in other words you were called on it..and you failed to back it up...
Are you kidding me? What poll are you spewing about. You never posted a poll. Show me all the polls you are talking about and posted in here Mr Hypocrite, saying this entire bill is and the people don't support it? Until then google like I did and:
"If a businesses fail to comply, the letter says, “Failure to do so will leave us no choice but (to) do a public boycott of your business. And sorry, neutral means 'no' to those who work for the largest employer in the area and are union members."
Do you support this?
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/02/2...h-unions-dems/
Rasmussen poll shows Walker winning standoff with unions, Dems
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 48% of Likely U.S. Voters agree more with the Republican governor in his dispute with union workers. Thirty-eight percent (38%) agree more with the unionized public employees, while 14% are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.) …
In other words you are a lazy piece of .....TONS more
I'm sure this tactic will win over the hearts and minds of the PRIVATE sector companies and their employees -- you know, the people that pay the salaries, benefits, and pensions of these union dildos.
What about polls in Wisconsin?
I wonder where they got the idea?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/0...sin-businesses
Poll: Americans favor union bargaining rights
By Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAYUpdated 2/23/2011 2:00:45 PM |
2218 | 54ShareMADISON, Wis. — Americans strongly oppose laws taking away the collective bargaining power of public employee unions, according to a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. The poll found 61% would oppose a law in their state similar to such a proposal in Wisconsin, compared with 33% who would favor such a law.
still waiting on the 'tons'...
the will of the people..
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