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Old 02-07-2015, 07:58 PM
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Bullcrap . These guys and gals are mainly striking over safety issues.

The whole LA/LB system is a bottleneck clusterfuk of epic proportions. Guess which party doesn't want to spend the Federal dollars to upgrade it?
Nothing to do with safety and all about money. These guys are citing safety as an excuse for the work slowdown and have been working without a contract for over six months. Killing the goose that is laying the golden egg is more like it. Scab worker time!
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Old 02-07-2015, 08:10 PM
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Nothing to do with safety and all about money. These guys are citing safety as an excuse for the work slowdown and have been working without a contract for over six months. Killing the goose that is laying the golden egg is more like it. Scab worker time!
Sorry Charlie, the 'pubbies will never turn California into a 'Right to Starve' state.
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Old 02-07-2015, 09:02 PM
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Nice weather you're having up there in the Bay area Raj.

Stay safe up there.
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Holy paycheck!

What the fuck are they striking for?
Good question.
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Old 02-07-2015, 09:28 PM
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They control a chokepoint. They have big power. So they have the big paychecks. And they want more.

People generally want as much as they have power to get.
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Nothing to do with safety and all about money. These guys are citing safety as an excuse for the work slowdown and have been working without a contract for over six months. Killing the goose that is laying the golden egg is more like it. Scab worker time!
Yep.

I'll bet there's plenty of Mexicans out there that will work twice as hard as those union dudes for half that pay.
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Old 02-07-2015, 11:52 PM
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They control a chokepoint. They have big power. So they have the big paychecks. And they want more.

People generally want as much as they have power to get.
Good description of the owner class.
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Old 02-08-2015, 07:25 AM
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Damn. I should've been a Longshoreman. I would LOVE to be a part of your problem.

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Old 02-08-2015, 07:30 AM
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They control a chokepoint. They have big power. So they have the big paychecks. And they want more.

People generally want as much as they have power to get.
Lord knows I would.

Look at all of these Democrats, suddenly opposed to labor, now that they see these guys make more money than they do. (AFAIK)

Time to dust off your Reagan fanboy paraphernalia and show your true stripes, Boys.

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Good description of the owner class.
No shit. Who doesn't see that? Well, apparently..........................

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