No bums allowed at the limo liberal spectacular...

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:03:46 -0400, Dave LaCourse
wrote:

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:41:23 GMT, Tim Lysyk
wrote:

Yeah, nothing could be worse than than organized workers trying to make
management deal fairly with them.

Gee, it wonderful the way 90% of Americans get along quite well
without unions and their corruption. Look up the word "merit".

Dave
(up very early getting ready to pick up Riverman)

Yep I'm as corrupt as they come.


Geo. Cleveland
Chief Steward
Local 77-P GCC/IBT


Yeah thats right, I'm a Teamster too.

In article ,
says...

Yep I'm as corrupt as they come.


Geo. Cleveland
Chief Steward
Local 77-P GCC/IBT


Me too.

Kevin Vang
NDPEA AFT (AFL-CIO)
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Kevin Vang
reply to kevin dot vang at minotstateu dot edu

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:01:52 -0500, Kevin Vang
wrote:

In article ,
says...

Yep I'm as corrupt as they come.


Geo. Cleveland
Chief Steward
Local 77-P GCC/IBT


Me too.

At the risk of turning this into Abbott and Costello Go To China, you
too what?

Kevin Vang
NDPEA AFT (AFL-CIO)

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:46:47 -0500, George Cleveland
wrote:

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:03:46 -0400, Dave LaCourse
wrote:

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:41:23 GMT, Tim Lysyk
wrote:

Yeah, nothing could be worse than than organized workers trying to make
management deal fairly with them.

Gee, it wonderful the way 90% of Americans get along quite well
without unions and their corruption. Look up the word "merit".

Dave
(up very early getting ready to pick up Riverman)

Yep I'm as corrupt as they come.


Geo. Cleveland
Chief Steward

HEY! You can probably answer something I've wondered about: if the
first-class glasses can be left out, why do the coach plastic cups have
to be collected? If they didn't make y'all screw around with that,
you'd have plenty of time to bring me some more Scotch...

Oh, and why do coach seats have to be returned to the upright position?
I mean, it's like, what, 5/8" difference or something...

Local 77-P GCC/IBT


Yeah thats right, I'm a Teamster too.

CO-O-O-OL...so, like, where's Jimmy Hoffa REALLY buried...?


TIA!
R

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:46:47 -0500, George Cleveland
wrote:

Yep I'm as corrupt as they come.

Didn't mean you, George, but the teamsters and other unions are
nortorious for their corruption at the top. I worked successfully for
15+ years after retiring from the Navy without joining a union, even
though GTE/Sylvania was union. I got my raises the old fashion way -
I earned them.

Dave

George, when I was a kid living in Springfield, Mass., there was a
Westinghouse plant in East Springfield, just up the street where I
went to grammar school. It seemed like every Christmas (but I am sure
it happened only a couple of times) the union would go on strike.
After Christmas vacation, the teacher would ask us to tell the class
how we spent our vacation and what did we get for Christmas. Half the
class would say that their dad worked for Westinghouse and that they
were on strike, so there was very little money available for Christmas
gifts.

The first time it happened, I asked my dad at dinner that evening what
a union was. He belonged to the Teamsters, not because he wanted to,
but because he *had* to. There was no such thing as a *right to work*
law in those days. He answered me by saying that the union was a
group of corrupt people who earned their money at the expense of those
that belonged to the union. He told me that Westinghouse would be out
on strike for five, six, maybe even eight months, and the poor union
workers would lose all that pay and probably only get a $9.05 cent an
hour raise. It didn't take me long to realize that those poor suckers
would never make back what they lost, but the union officials would
get their pay regardless.

Both of my parents were bluck collar Democrats, but they drew the line
when it came to unions. All my dad had to show for his 40 years as a
member where some safe driving buttons that he wore on his Filson
vest. He was the *only* truck driver in the small company that he
worked for, and never went on strike. Never missed a day being sick
either until he was well into his 60s. He died behind the wheel in
1967 at age 67.

I don't like unions. I have nothing against you, George, but I don't
like unions.

Dave
(Myron and I got drenched on the river today, but we caught lots of
fish. The Rapid has a new fan.)