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Sun Apr 19, 2015, 06:29 PM

Apr 2015

I mean, if Woody were alive today, wouldn't it be logical that his guitar would read "This machine kills progressives"?

And wouldn't he begin his song "All You fascist anti-TPP Progressives Are Bound To Lose" first with a group hug from multinational CEOS and US Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue, and then boldly declare, "Well, we'll show these fascist progressives who are against the TPP what a couple of hillbillies can really do...!"

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How VW's Chattanooga plant 'Maximizes Production' from Workers -- It's Brutal and Beyond Inhumane [View all] Liberal_in_LA Apr 2015 OP

Thanks for posting Omaha Steve Apr 2015 #1

But you know vote down the unions. RGinNJ Apr 2015 #2

the tpp crowd will be along soon rpannier Apr 2015 #3

It is interesting how god awful our jobs are right up until we think we might lose them Hoyt Apr 2015 #36

it's interesting that you have a picture of woody guthrie ND-Dem Apr 2015 #40

Yep, people were starving here then and America had just begun sucking up the world's Hoyt Apr 2015 #43

more people were starving in the rest of the world. and the 1% have been sucking ND-Dem Apr 2015 #45

Lots of people were starving right here and what was happening worldwide was not as apparent. Hoyt Apr 2015 #47

crocodile tears & bs ND-Dem Apr 2015 #48

I don't believe Woodie would have much to do with you.... bvar22 Apr 2015 #73

See this thread: brentspeak Apr 2015 #88

:<) ND-Dem Apr 2015 #118

Funny ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #102

Of course it does. bvar22 Apr 2015 #114

NAFTA did not include environmental or labor protective provisions. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #115

Seems to be a difference of opinion on that... ND-Dem Apr 2015 #119

Even if it could be argued that TPP benefits some workers..... SusanCalvin Apr 2015 #78

It doesn't place corporations above governments any more than than other trade agreement that Hoyt Apr 2015 #79

Well, as I understand it, SusanCalvin Apr 2015 #82

Countries can pass minimum wage laws, employment laws, and just about anything else and foreign Hoyt Apr 2015 #91

What you describe would be wrong SusanCalvin Apr 2015 #93

Do you think any nation-state would sign a trade agreement ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #106

Well, I thought I knew what I was saying SusanCalvin Apr 2015 #112

I'm saying ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #113

You are very confused. It's not the 99% that is sucking up the world's resources and wealth. rhett o rick Apr 2015 #116

He thought it was Kramer from Seinfeld. /nt Marr Apr 2015 #96

So tell me. Scootaloo Apr 2015 #49

Isolating ourselves will not help the poor, in fact they will be hurt more. Hoyt Apr 2015 #62

They voted down the union . . . brush Apr 2015 #51

If they voted down a union hifiguy Apr 2015 #98

Or it shows how much we have to fear from 'right-to-work' states right here in the good ol' USA. pampango Apr 2015 #57

fucking hell, this makes me puke. BlancheSplanchnik Apr 2015 #4

Don't you love it when some prick comes up with something like "workforce flexibility” BlueJazz Apr 2015 #5

+100 ND-Dem Apr 2015 #14

They got their gold star, for sure. n/t arcane1 Apr 2015 #26

The tortured Orwellian double- and triple-speak that comes out of hifiguy Apr 2015 #99

Corporate hell, life and body harvesting, cruelty, brutality, fear, and intimidation. NBachers Apr 2015 #6

K&R SamKnause Apr 2015 #7

Hey Sam, you've said how things are, edgineered Apr 2015 #9

Thank you. SamKnause Apr 2015 #18

This is the story of capitalism Depaysement Apr 2015 #10

Yep! It grinds it's workers down to maximize profit brush Apr 2015 #52

Dickens' London is the corporatists idea of Utopia. hifiguy Apr 2015 #100

I know how you feel but hang in there. Maybe someday the people will buy a clue. ND-Dem Apr 2015 #12

Thank you. SamKnause Apr 2015 #22

Never stop fighting Sam! Life can be like a roller coaster at times, going way down out of control, Dustlawyer Apr 2015 #15

They broke my spirit. SamKnause Apr 2015 #20

I am sorry to hear that you have given up. Maybe down the road you will find the motivation, Dustlawyer Apr 2015 #60

I am not sure how to take your post. SamKnause Apr 2015 #61

I am so sorry ..... AuntPatsy Apr 2015 #16

Thank you for caring. SamKnause Apr 2015 #21

I do care, heartbreaking, I won't give you false assurances that it will get better, one day AuntPatsy Apr 2015 #24

Again, thank you. SamKnause Apr 2015 #25

I don't know if this will help but... tazkcmo Apr 2015 #38

Thank you. SamKnause Apr 2015 #59

I am so sorry the bastards ground you down SusanCalvin Apr 2015 #83

Thank you for caring. SamKnause Apr 2015 #84

Please make this an OP. nt daredtowork Apr 2015 #92

Thank you for caring. SamKnause Apr 2015 #101

There needs to be watchdogs for such things daredtowork Apr 2015 #105

truth does hurt heaven05 Apr 2015 #103

Thank you for caring. SamKnause Apr 2015 #104

rotating shifts and KT2000 Apr 2015 #8

No it is not. former9thward Apr 2015 #37

for some it sure is KT2000 Apr 2015 #39

yes, it is. ND-Dem Apr 2015 #41

Agreed Sherman A1 Apr 2015 #44

It is necessary. former9thward Apr 2015 #67

necessary for the needs of capital accumulation. not necessary to produce steel. ND-Dem Apr 2015 #74

I don't think you know how steel mills operate. former9thward Apr 2015 #75

not necessary to produce steel, but to sweat labor for profit. i'll just leave it at that. ND-Dem Apr 2015 #76

I agree with that treestar Apr 2015 #87

hospitals have to keep things going all nightm but they can staff differently. ND-Dem Apr 2015 #90

I worked swing shift for a while Art_from_Ark Apr 2015 #50

Other factories keep people on the same shift...... 1939 Apr 2015 #55

At that factory, all production workers had to do the swing shift Art_from_Ark Apr 2015 #56

Colonialism 1939 Apr 2015 #64

One reason why Daisy Manufacturing moved from Michigan to Arkansas? Art_from_Ark Apr 2015 #123

I always preferred the midnight shift, myself. malthaussen Apr 2015 #65

Was there an option to stay on just one? treestar Apr 2015 #89

Everyone on the production line worked swing shift. Art_from_Ark Apr 2015 #124

I've never had to do that but my BIL did treestar Apr 2015 #86

I worked two years of midnights at another factory former9thward Apr 2015 #110

You are not everyone heaven05 Apr 2015 #107

You are not everyone either. former9thward Apr 2015 #111

right heaven05 Apr 2015 #122

it's the new normal, in fact. a tiered workforce, even within companies. temps with no ND-Dem Apr 2015 #11

We have to have another Labor Movement. How much worse are we going to let it get? liberal_at_heart Apr 2015 #13

sounds like a repuke wetdream Skittles Apr 2015 #17

Someone needs to start a campaign that Politicalboi Apr 2015 #19

Perhaps posting it on our Facebook pages (if we have them) and posing your question alongside it. arcane1 Apr 2015 #27

I'm feeling sick to my stomach. BeanMusical Apr 2015 #23

I'm confused. MannyGoldstein Apr 2015 #28

Oh, they publicly demand awoke_in_2003 Apr 2015 #34

If I remember correctly . . . brush Apr 2015 #53

That sounds right awoke_in_2003 Apr 2015 #71

they won't be satisfied until we are willing to live at the factory in dormitories... VanillaRhapsody Apr 2015 #29

They tried that a century ago. procon Apr 2015 #30

actually its happening in China right now... VanillaRhapsody Apr 2015 #31

Tennessee Ernie Ford, not Williams Fumesucker Apr 2015 #54

Oh my, yes, that's the one I meant... nt. procon Apr 2015 #58

arbeit macht frei, baby ND-Dem Apr 2015 #33

Like China today heaven05 Apr 2015 #109

Orwell had the tormentor wrong awoke_in_2003 Apr 2015 #32

How Big Business Privatizes Public Space daredtowork Apr 2015 #94

Actually. that is NOT "lean production." PowerToThePeople Apr 2015 #35

Thank you! Moostache Apr 2015 #66

I am a MechE PowerToThePeople Apr 2015 #68

+1 n/t tammywammy Apr 2015 #70

+++1 Excellent point! Budgies Revenge Apr 2015 #72

This makes me wonder why we haven't revolted yet. Initech Apr 2015 #42

Revolt? mb999 Apr 2015 #121

hard to know what it is like hfojvt Apr 2015 #46

And some politicians think the minimum wage should be lower. Trillo Apr 2015 #63

My Dad was union President for a paper mill forthemiddle Apr 2015 #69

Volume I of Das Capital DBoon Apr 2015 #77

This practice is becoming widespread in all companies - putting low wage temps against whereisjustice Apr 2015 #80

Yes it's a sticky situation rjsquirrel Apr 2015 #108

Forget BlueinOhio Apr 2015 #81

It doesn't really describe the conditions treestar Apr 2015 #85

They know they can get away with this shit here. hifiguy Apr 2015 #95

Don't buy foreign branded autos madokie Apr 2015 #97

This is on the back of Senator Bob Corker TNNurse Apr 2015 #117

Ya gotta KNOW Plucketeer Apr 2015 #120