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Does It Get Any Uglier Than This?
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| Pearson |
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:43 pm
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Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 1417 Location: Sun City AZ |
The UFCW isn't the only union with democracy issues. Hell look at this post from our friends at Future Of The Union:
UAW Local 292 Suspends Democratic Union Elections by Todd M. Jordan President George W. Bush has suspended all U.S. elections in November in order to save money for the United States of America. All elected officials including Governors, Mayors, City Council and Senators will be appointed by the President. What if this was on the front page of the USA Today? Well, that is what has happened to the membership of UAW Local 292, but it wasn’t the US government or Bush who made the announcement, it was our so-called “democratic” union. The local UAW president and shop chairman with the help of their caucus has suspended all union elections and will hand pick people for all union positions at local 292. As those currently in office transfer to General Motors or take the Special Attrition Program they will personally select their replacements. After years of previous betrayals and failures it should come as no surprise to the membership. Read more here: http://futureoftheunion.com/?p=3094 Just plain frightening isn't it. What lengths will they got to stay in power? Does democracy matter? Shameful, just more plain old fucking shameful behavior. _________________ If we don't do it, who will? |
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| atuuschaaw |
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:25 pm
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Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 781 Location: an ahwangan |
Thanks Bill! No we are all in the same leaky boat I'm afraid. Our affiliation and country doesn't really matter. These guys and gals at the UAW are fighting daily and they are to be commended!
_________________ "Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act." George Orwell |
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| SharynS |
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:59 pm
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Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 2940 Location: the 'puter |
Can't put my finger on it but there's something about a closed circle and stars... anyone else feel it? I suppose there's no way to do it without a brand eh.
_________________ Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself. - Salman Rushdie |
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| The Third Element |
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:00 am
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Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 368 |
What wrong with a circle of stars?
_________________ No Beast so fierce knows but some small amount of pity, but I know none and so I am no beast. ~ Richard III |
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| Laboryes |
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 4:14 am
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Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 1967 |
Quote: One retiree who tried to vote against the motion was quickly verbally abused and removed from the vote by the Vice President. Verbally abusing members while at a union meeting must be a new trend for union officers eh? Everywhere we read lately you are hearing about union officer abuse! Is this world losing it? Or are we rank n file awakening from a deep sleep and not liking what we are seeing? In the last week we have heard about the 588/8 abuse then the local 135 abuse on the rank n file and now this with UAW Is it possible that a real worker movement is growing and the powers to be have no clue how to handle it? _________________ "When people refuse to obey, then democracy comes alive." Howard Zinn |
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| atuuschaaw |
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 10:26 am
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Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 781 Location: an ahwangan |
Quote: Or are we rank n file awakening from a deep sleep and not liking what we are seeing? I see it as an awakening LY. The word seems to fit our situation much better than the words of yesterday. A social awakening is exactly what we are going through in my opinion. We've slept uninterrupted for so many years. We've been softly lulled to sleep by consumeristic ideals and we've allowed the growth of a dependency on an elite few who have told us they have our best interests at heart. The corporate/biz-u proponents have successfully sang us a soft lullaby and we have reacted exactly as they predicted. The corporate political hogs, along with the biz-u swine's siren song has led us into dire straits. But now (due in large part to the interweb), we are awakening from our pleasant dream and are finding ourselves in a nightmare. This nightmare has us up on the edge of the bed, shaking our heads, rubbing our eyes, and wondering if the corruption and the injustices are real or imagined! I'm sorry to say but we are no longer dreaming....it is very real! Quote: night-mare [nahyt-mair]
–noun 1. a terrifying dream in which the dreamer experiences feelings of helplessness, extreme anxiety, sorrow, etc. Quote: a-wak-en-ing [uh-wey-kuh-ning]
–noun 1. a recognition, realization, or coming into awareness of something: a rude awakening to the disagreeable facts. _________________ "Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act." George Orwell |
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| SharynS |
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 3:17 pm
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Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 2940 Location: the 'puter |
Quote: The corporate/biz-u proponents have successfully sang us a soft lullaby and we have reacted exactly as they predicted Quote: If we don't know history, then we are ready meat for carnivorous politicians and the intellectuals and journalists who supply the carving knives. But if we know some history, if we know how many times presidents have lied to us, we will not be fooled again...
Howard Zinn _________________ Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself. - Salman Rushdie |
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