Should all American Workers Walk off the Job?

tomana · Dec 7, 2012

Seemed to work well in LA

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324640104578160453814481838.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Malachi 3:5
The LORD All-Powerful said: I’m now on my way to judge you. And I will quickly condemn all who practice witchcraft or cheat in marriage or tell lies in court or rob workers of their pay or mistreat widows and orphans or steal the property of foreigners or refuse to respect me.

LadyEagle · Dec 7, 2012

Why? American workers who have jobs should be happy they have jobs. I ask the Lord to bless my employer and am thankful. Even though work is slower than usual right now, I am still happy to be working and having benefits.

Years ago, I was taught that a piece of the pie is better than no pie.

Borneol · Dec 7, 2012

Well, the longshoreman's strike might not turn out well for the well paid workers. With LA's port largely closed, many containers headed to Mexico. This could have been why the strike was short lived.

"Memo To Strikers: You Could Have Killed Your Own Job"

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Exporting Jobs: For a week, an 800-member clerks' union shut down most of the vast Los Angeles-Long Beach seaport. Who's winning? Workers in Mexico. Who's losing? Workers in Southern California.
Ironic, isn't it? The clerical workers unit of the longshoremen's union at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach went on strike for a week, shutting down 10 of the harbor's 14 container terminals, idling thousands of dockworkers and truckers and costing the local economy an estimated $1 billion a day in lost wages and sales. And for what? To protect jobs, the union said.
In fact, the strike was more like a case of attempted job suicide. As of Tuesday, just before the strike was called off in a tentative deal, 17 giant container ships that would have unloaded at the harbor had been rerouted. Nine went to Oakland, which at least kept them in the state. But some left for foreign ports, including Ensenada and Manzanillo in Mexico.
The port of Ensenada, about 50 miles south of the border, suddenly boomed. Tiny compared with L.A.-Long Beach, it ran at full speed, keeping some 200 dockworkers and 100 clerical and customs workers busy.
With the strike called off, the surge of cargo will end. But a message has been sent to shippers: If they can't rely on the giant U.S. port, the little port in Mexico is there as a backup. And if that message reaches enough ears, that little port won't be so little anymore. Mexico will seize the opportunity created by its complacent neighbor and expand at Ensenada, add the needed rail connections, or build new ports elsewhere. Then the unions in Southern California will really see some exporting of jobs....
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Read More At IBD: http://news.investors.com/ibd-edito...ort-strike-sent-jobs-abroad.htm#ixzz2EOwYwTPl

just-want-peace · Dec 7, 2012

The unions are very adept at killing the "GOLDN EGG LAYING GOOSE".
Trouble is, the masses think that "daddy is taking care of me"!
If it were not for the liberal support via governmental regs by Dems, most unions would have been either kaput OR fulfilling their original mission of truly working for the "worker", rather than the bosses and politicians.
PITY!!!!!

Arbo · Dec 7, 2012

Unionized labor's version of Atlas Shrugged.

tomana · Dec 7, 2012

LadyEagle,

I agree.

Just happened to get a job today, first full time permanent job I've had since 2007 :jesus:

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