Union Representative (humor)

Ruth Bader Ginsberg

The only union rep I'll accept:

Oh, Red - you win!

elkpark,

YIKES!, I believe the Teamsters trump Liam Neeson!

I remember reading, many years ago, about the nurses at a hospital somewhere, it might have been CA, who organized and affiliated with the Teamsters (this was long before the days of NNU or even SEIU). When the nurses went on strike, the area Teamsters showed up with bricks and baseball bats to walk the picket lines with them. All the local delivery truck drivers (Teamsters) were refusing to cross the picket lines to make any deliveries to the hospital. And when it was time to sit down and negotiate, Teamsters negotiators and attorneys showed up in the management offices with the nursing union representatives and explained to the hospital administration that the nurses were part of the Teamsters -- when the nurses were unhappy, the Teamsters were unhappy and that was not going to work out well for the hospital. The strike got settled pretty quickly

I've always treasured the memory of those images ... :) It pays to pick your friends wisely ...

And that kind of violent thuggery, of which my mother was a direct victim, is why I will never join a labor union. And you think that's not only acceptable, but laudable?

PS this was supposed to be a humor thread.

Double post

Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio

And that kind of violent thuggery, of which my mother was a direct victim, is why I will never join a labor union. And you think that's not only acceptable, but laudable?

PS this was supposed to be a humor thread.

My Great Grandpa owned his own small trucking company and Teamsters beat him up, so he spent the rest of his life with a gun strapped to his side.