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Old 09-09-2011, 12:43 AM
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Originally Posted by 10fords View Post
Union thugs are no different than punk gang members. As long as they outnumber their opponents by more than 10 to 1 they are badasses. As a non union worker on 2 gate jobs (they had to bring in skilled people to get the job done) I would get threatened and called a "scab" by the union "workers", but only when I was by myself. I would try to explain to them that if they did their job properly I wouldn't need to be there. If you are good at what you do you don't need the supposed "protection" of a union to ensure your continued employment. Otherwise you rule by intimidation and violence.
x2...My experiances with the Plumbers Union in Michigan, left no doubt in my mind that the Unions protect the weak.
It is for that very reason my brother and I struck out as Independants back in 2004.
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