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The Northerner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 01:58 PM Original message |
Union Longshoremen "Storm" Port of Longview, Cause Mass Destruction, Say Police |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. let's call it the Longview Tea Party |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It is a union versus union dispute. nt |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. try ILWU vs non-union scabs and a shifty holding company looking for cheap labor |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. "The company signed up with an Operating Engineers local" . Local = union to me. nt |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Sounds to me like a fake "union" engineered to fulfill the letter of the contract... |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Operating Engineers Local 701 established in 1918 - here's their web site. nt |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. ILWU vs Operating Engineers, Local 701. nt |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 03:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. yeah, EGT broke its port contract to go with another union |
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ChandlerJr (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Since when are the Operating Engineers non-union scabs? |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. yep, there's a spin that turns this into a union vs union sideshow |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 09:40 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. The way I see it after reading a bit more, the OE is scabbing for EGT. |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. But Hoffa was only speaking metaphoriclly! He meant votes -- VOOOOOTES! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Yes he did |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-09-11 09:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. So as long as people can cite history to justify their violence you're OK with that |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. Excellent talking point |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Fuck them, who cares what they think? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Sitting on your ass listening to Rush vs standing in solidarity with Labor |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Union thuggery has been along range talking point |
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TeamsterDem (819 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. Solidarity, sisters and brothers. nt |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
14. It is starting |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. GOOD!!! Hope none of them get caught. n/t |
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