tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post115139290332637047..comments2024-03-26T22:42:06.412-07:00Comments on TAG Blog: Tired of Stubbing Your Toe? Try Lighting a CandleSteve Huletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-1152469573874488432006-07-09T11:26:00.000-07:002006-07-09T11:26:00.000-07:00Another reason why people just stand around and kv...Another reason why people just stand around and kvetch may lie in a quote by John Dickinson in "1776, the Musical". (Dickinson voted against the Declaration of Independence by the way).<BR/><BR/>"Most men with nothing would rather protect the possibility of becoming rich than face the reality of being poor. That is why they will follow us." <BR/><BR/>http://www.answers.com/topic/1776-musical<BR/><BR/>It's tough when the artist next to you could be your opponent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-1151430147566207082006-06-27T10:42:00.000-07:002006-06-27T10:42:00.000-07:00In this Brave New Corporatist Age, the fact that C...In this Brave New Corporatist Age, the fact that Chief Executives make hundreds of times what their employees do is just "that natural order of things."<BR/><BR/>And to make things even jollier, you should know this:<BR/><BR/><B>From John J. Sweeney (President, AFL-CIO)<BR/><BR/>Subject: "Kentucky River" Decisions<BR/><BR/>The Bush-appointed Labor Board is poised to issue three potentially destructive decision before the end of this summer. At stake are collective bargaining rights for thousand of workers....<BR/><BR/>Thre three pending cases will redefine the term "supervisor." Since workers classified as "supervisors" do not have federal labor law protections, a broad definition will strip thousands of workers of their existing contract protections and deny even more workers their right to organize.<BR/><BR/>At issue is whether more experienced or skilled workers who give direction or assign work to co-workers are supervisors within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act, such that they are excluded from the protections of federal law. These decisions have the potential to affect a wide range of workers...<BR/><BR/>We have been aggressively involved in the litigation of these cases. Now is the time for public awareness and mobilization campaigns. We need to mobilize members, allies, elected officials and community leaders to make the Bush Board understand how important this issue is and what a huge impace its decision would have on workers' rights...</B><BR/><BR/>I understand the political motivation here. Labor isn't an ally of the administration, so anything done to drain unions' power is a good thing.<BR/><BR/>Of course, the long-term ramifications for the above are that the U.S. becomes more like 1890s America, when wealth and poverty were stratified, sweat shops prevailed, and life for the middle and working classes was somewhat less wonderful than Disneyland's "Main Street U.S.A." would have us believe.<BR/><BR/>If this bothers you at all, feel free to writer your congress person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-1151396417847245792006-06-27T01:20:00.000-07:002006-06-27T01:20:00.000-07:00Good piece, Kevin. Things are better, When I was p...Good piece, Kevin. Things are better, When I was prez all the comments to me began "You and yer f**kin union...."<BR/><BR/>p.s. For those who think we're better off without, in 1965 for every dollar you made your CEO made $24. The US labor force was then 55% unionized. In 2006 the US is 10% union labor, now for every dollar you make your CEO makes $242. CNN Time/Warner estimates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com