buddha bear, about your union...

“The scene with the kids drinking out of the water fountain really topped the cake. An F'ing, you had me at hello, if you will.”

“LOL..government workers unions are the best! They can't strike, they can't organize (during working hours) and the best part is THEY STILL GET A CHUNK OF THE EMPLOYEE's Pay.”

“I really like the part at the end where they misspell Washington DC.”

“HPM, I forwarded that video to Birch, who sent it to just about everyone in our district with any ties to AFSMCE. It's been the toast of the town. Many thanks for the laugh.”

“I still laugh like a schoolgirl everytime I see that video. I bet I've watched it a dozen times by now.”

“I love that video!!”

“Glad to be of service.”

“Charges against union official upheld

A judge, however, orders prosecutors to give a list of names to a union official accused of shielding undocumented immigrants.

By SHIRLEY RAGSDALE

A federal judge has refused to dismiss criminal charges against a union representative accused of protecting undocumented workers at the Marshalltown Swift meatpacking plant.

U.S. District Judge Ronald Longstaff, however, also ruled Friday that Braulio Pereyra-Gabino is entitled to know the names of workers that prosecutors believe he protected.

Longstaff gave prosecutors 10 days to produce the names of undocumented immigrants employed by Swift & Co. that the union official is accused of aiding.

Pereyra-Gabino, 58, of Marshalltown, was arrested July 10 by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents acting on a grand jury indictment.

Pereyra-Gabino, who was the vice president of Local 1149 of the United Food and Commercial Workers union, is accused of advising workers in the United States illegally of how to avoid detection and arrest; prosecutors say he did so in orientation speeches he gave to new Spanish-speaking employees.

An immigration agent recorded a version of the speech Aug. 22, 2006, according to court documents.

Pereyra-Gabino is charged with a single count of shielding from detection and attempting to shield from detection undocumented immigrants at the Marshalltown meatpacking plant from June 2003 until he was arrested.

At a Sept. 14 hearing, J. Keith Riggs of Des Moines, Pereyra-Gabino's attorney, asked that the indictment be dismissed because it was too vague, failed to specify the date the crime occurred and failed to name the workers who benefited.

Longstaff ruled that the indictment was sufficient and declined to dismiss it.

The judge said, however, that the government must provide Pereyra-Gabino with the identities and number of workers he is charged with shielding so he can prepare an adequate defense and minimize the element of surprise at trial, according to court records.

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071003/NEWS/710030378/-1/LIFE04”

“Well, after 14+ yrs working in a union shop I am moving on the greener pastures (and greener paychecks). No more greasy hands and achy back. Between now and july 1st I will begin my new job (with my same employer) as our new Energy Educator/Supervisor. I will be responsible for implementing our new energy savings/management policy,educating our 3000 or so employees as to the policy etc and acting as the liason between us and the enegry audting firm we are doing business with. This f'in rocks.”

“Congratulations on finding a cush job.”

“Congrats! I could use a new pair of trailrunners, size 9.5”

“Congrats!”

“Way to go Joe!”

“So you basically owe your promotion to Al Gore?”

“LOL bacpac.”

“bacpac's irony meter was going off the chart.

Congrats Birch.”

“congrats birch!

i'm up for a promotion/job change too...should hear something tuesday

I could use a new pair of trailrunners, size 9.5”
Wounded Knee
4:13:28 PM

WK's got small feet, that must mean he's got a small...well, nevermind, i don't want to get banned”

“Yeah, what about those feet?

Now you have me wondering about hat size.”

“Congrats, Joe.”

“Awesome, Birch. Next round is on you!”

“thanks all.”

“Way to go. Good luck!”

“L.A. labor leader used charity's employees for politics, workers say (SEIU)

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-union20-2008oct20,0,3238753.story”

“

Union rat is protected as free speech, N.J. top court rules

by Rudy Larini /The Star-Ledger
Thursday February 05, 2009, 11:55 AM

A large inflatable rat placed at a job site as a labor protest is protected speech under the First Amendment, the state Supreme Court ruled today.

The high court overturned a municipal ordinance that bans any inflatable signs not being used for a store grand opening. The court ruled the sign ban was overly broad and violates the First Amendment right to free speech.

”

“Good for free speech! :) Even those lazy union workers need a voice.”

“America is free speech as long as you say what I like.”

“In Georgia they tried to pass a law that if someone one burned a flag and you punched them in the face, the fine would be One Dollar.”

“I think anyone who burns the stars and bars should be paid one dollar.”

“Anyone else see the irony? You can't have a Nativity scene on public property, but you can have a big inflatable rat.

Just a thought. I don't really see why the union can't put up a rat sign. Rats and union thugs, huh, more irony.
last edited: 2/09/09 7:35:32 AM”

“Confederate money?”

““Anyone else see the irony? You can't have a Nativity scene on public proberty, but you can have a big inflatable rat.
NoProb
10:34:27 AM
2/09/09

That's news to me. My town has a Nativity scene in front of the town hall every year.”

“Maybe your town. But more and more towns are shutting them down.”

“Do they not have that right?”

“If the majority of the people want a nativity scene removed from public property, Of course they have a right to have it removed. But in the cases that I've seen, nobody asked that question. It was the act of a judge legislating from the bench. Or as is often the case, the city administration being threatened by ACLU and capitulating rather than spending big bucks fighting ACLU and their deep pockets in court. That would appear to be the ACLU prefered method.”

“You can't have a Nativity scene on public property, but you can have a big inflatable rat.

One's religious, the other is not. What's your point again?”

“You're OK, Mutt.”

“Baby Jesus is crying”

“that's offensive to us rat worshipers”

“2009 is The Year Of The Ox.

2008 was The Year Of The Rat.”

“Balto, Central Park, New York City
”

“"Chinese Government Trade Unions"

How about them apples?

[quote]A few years ago, the state-sponsored All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), the umbrella union for the entire country of China, called for all foreign-invested companies in China to recognize its unions by the end of 2008, claiming it would ‘blacklist' and take legal action against any foreign firms refusing to allow unionization.

As of the beginning of 2009, according to official reports, 313 labor unions have been set up in 83% of multinational corporations' China headquarters. The future of those companies that have not yet complied remains uncertain.[/quote]

”

“Can you trade unions like you do stocks?”

“DemoRats
LOL”

“Ratpublicans”

“Union employees picket their own union

Mar 27 10:08 AM US/Eastern
By SAM HANANEL
Associated Press Writer


WASHINGTON (AP) - Sometimes even unions have union problems.
Dozens of employees of the Service Employees International Union are picketing their own union over its decision to lay off about 75 workers.

The staffers marched outside SEIU headquarters in Washington chanting, "Justice for all, not just some."

The Union of Union Representatives, which represents SEIU organizers and field staff, has filed unfair labor practice charges and age and race discrimination claims against the union.


SEIU spokeswoman Michelle Ringuette calls the complaints meritless and says the layoffs were made because the union is shifting organizing work away from its national office to local unions.

She calls the protest "a sign of a thriving Democratic movement" and says the union hopes to work out the dispute.”

“I am sure the Union thugs will work out the dispute with a few Louisville sluggers.”

“ROTFLMAO!

Just gotta love the total incompetence of Union Leadership...but they do have the "Chosen One" on a nice leash.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/anneschroeder/0609/AFLCIO_Hard_Hats.html?showall



The AFL-CIO is passing around these hard hats today to every office on Capitol Hill. Check out where they're made:”

“http://www.heritage.org/Research/Labor/bg2775.cfm

Unions explained.”