Pro-business group fires back at unions (Wisconsin)

[Snoutport]

Source: Madison Journal Sentinel

James Haney, president of the group, said the group decided to speak out after local chambers of commerce and trade groups in the state deluged WMC with calls about the boycott effort. Haney said WMC members were concerned the main unions leading the effort were groups representing police and firefighters.

"Inherently, when fire and police organizations write and say we don't like the way you think, it's a little chilling," Haney said. "You hate to see that come across your desk when you are a small business."

In its statement, the WMC was reacting to a call by several unions urging its members to engage in what they called "voluntary consumer activism." The WMC advised its members to "stand firm and not give in to the union demands."

Read more: http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/118214239.html

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Protest with your wallet. Money talks and it is the only language businesses speak.

[Brickbat]

1. If they're scared, we're doing the right thing.

It's that simple. They don't give a shit when we're scared about our pensions, our work rules, our jobs, our kids' schooling, our safety regulations. So if they're scared, I'm laughing.

[Zorra]

4. +1. The best place to hit conservatives to render them helpless is in the wallet.

[jonthebru]

6. Yup

Its all about them and grabbing as much "gold" as they can.

[plumbob]

15. Yep, keep squeezing!

Results!

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Let em hold hands, but continue to boycott.

[perdita9]

3. It's called the free market people!

And if you're a business which has supported Scott Walker, union members are free to encourage people not to shop in your store.

Don't like it? Tough. Next time don't back the guy actively campaigning against working Americans.

[Snoutport]

10. exactly

nothing more American than that!

[southernyankeebelle]

5. Where was the outrage when the teabaggers were infringing on others rights?

[bongbong]

7. IOKIYAR

As always, IOKIYAR.

[MsPithy]

8. Now is the time to make businesses afraid to donate to Republicans.

I think this is the only way to counteract Citizens United. Make businesses weigh the benefits of buying legislators against the customers they will loose by supporting these OVERREACHING REPUBLICANS.

[Blacksheep214]

9. I not only walked past the Johnsonville sausage,

I wrote them telling them that while I like their product, elections have consequences.

I will not support union busting and to let me know when they will issue a statement of regret.

There's always Nolechecks and Usingers.

[Plucketeer]

11. We had some Johnsonville Beef Brats on Tuesday

That was the day BEFORE I learned of their support for Walker. Too bad too. We like their products.

[Greybnk48]

17. Try Klement's. They make Johnsonville taste like salty

nothing.

[Greybnk48]

18. Boycott Sargento Cheese too.

We're buying from local dairies now (Weyauwega, WI) Their products are delicious. So are cheeses from Zittau, WI.

[lark]

13. Yep, I'm also not buying Koch brothers products either

Have the list posted on my refrigerator with a note that the below products are BANNED from our house!

Right at this minute (too much going on) I can only think of two products - Angel Soft and Quilted Northern. My husband put them in the cart last week, got thoroughly lectured about not reading the note, and the TP was returned to the shelves, replaced by Cottonelle - which they don't make - as far as I know.

[plumbob]

21. Here's some more of what they make: (Koch owns Georgia-Pacific)

Georgia-Pacific’s familiar consumer brands in North America include

Quilted Northern®,
Angel Soft®,
Brawny®,
Sparkle® ,
Soft 'n Gentle®,
Mardi Gras®,
Vanity Fair®,
and the Dixie® brand of tabletop products.

The company’s leading European brands include Lotus®, Colhogar®, Delica®, Tenderly® and the Demak'Up® brand of facial cleansing products. The company also markets paper towel, napkin and soap dispensing systems used in commerical settings.

[Snoutport]

19. i made a great boycott sausage sign but can't figure out how to post it on here...

[No Elephants]

12. Headline writer and Walker are douches, Walker for writing a totally one-sided story.

WMC "fires back" at unions for an informative letter? And urging union members to boycott those who want to union-bust?


"But it shows a lack of thinking it through. If you hurt business, you erode the tax base."



Union members pay taxes, too. And, eroding consumers' ability to buy goods and services, the economy tanks and small businesses die, maybe even some big ones, too. So, who's not thinking things through?

Speaking of which, ever notice how politiians and other disingenuous folk speak only of small businesses and middle class, as though big businesses and the very rich don't exist? (Also as though the very poor don't--or shouldn't--exist.)

[No Elephants]

14. Website with list of

Walker's donors. Also Walker recall info.

http://scottwalkerwatch.com/?page_id=979


Koch boycott:

http://silencedmajority.blogs.com/silenced_majority_portal/2010/09/boycott-koch-industries-products.html

However, some say boycotting Koch will not have much impact.
http://atlantapost.com/2011/03/03/why-boycotting-koch-industries-wont-make-much-of-an-impact/

[Snoutport]

20. I got a dollar in change that had "boycott koch industries" written on it

made me VERY happy to see others are into it too.

[myrna minx]

16. The free marketeers really don't like the free market when the great unwashed

decide to withhold their meager coins. They feel completely entitled to *all*of our money.

On edit - the headline implies that unions are therefore anti-business. Nice. :eyes: