One Labor Union's New Approach To Protest - Rent A Picketer. (Trees And Things)

zyxwvutsr: Re: One Labor Union's New Approach To Protest - Re

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:35:20 EST

I've had to deal with unions due to the business I am in. At first the behavior of unions puzzled me a bit, but then I had an epiphany and everything they did made sense from then on.

First, labor unions are businesses. Unions go after market share in m

MayorBob: Re: One Labor Union's New Approach To Protest - Re

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:09:11 EST

My reaction to the bit about how the paid picketers won't know enough about the issues to answer questions put to them was to wonder how often do picketers get approached by passers by asking what the picket line is all about? I know I've passed any

thefadd: Re: One Labor Union's New Approach To Protest - Re

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:16:04 EST

As a lifelong union advocate, I'm beginning to agree with you on the demise of the unions bit. The system does need to fundamentally change. A lot of unions have become bloated and don't serve their constituency. As more companies become increasingly worke

Lou: Give me a break!

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:12:42 EST

I'm surprised John Stossel hasn't already jumped on this.

pO157: Re: One Labor Union's New Approach To Protest - Re

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:46:45 EST

Informational picketing?! Once again, it's story time: I walked downtown last summer and there were members of the police/government employees union protesting some politicos campaign announcement outside the city building. A member of my group asked the g

rombuu: Re: One Labor Union's New Approach To Protest - Re

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:12:13 EST

Yet another reason to cheer the demise of unions and the labor movement.