At the striker's table some innocent probably asked what "managment"
was and got a similar response.
At about that age I asked my very RRRRREPUBLICAN/MANAGEMENT type
father what the Democrats believed...sounded like commies the way he
told it.
I've only been in a union when I needed one once...teachers
union...pretty damned near worthless when needed. Was in Printers
union...didn't need them...probably because they were pretty damned
useful when needed...still, I didn't like being told to abandon my
machines for an impromtu demonstration, went back to shut them down
properly...boss saw me...didn't say anything...which generally was
high praise from him.
Its nice to know that someone is in charge of inflating rats'
erections.
-jc
On Nov 13, 2003, at 10:06 AM, Met History wrote:
ArialIn a message
dated 11/13/03 10:54:45 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:
ArialRat pumping is the art
of keeping tall (ca 10ft) rubber inflatable statue of the rat
impersonating non union contractor in erected position. Unions are
the organizations which supply trained workforce for this noble task.
Times New Romancould there,
then, be rat-pumping strikebreakers? then what would be the
counter-demonstration?
Arial
Times New Romanmy grandfather
was with Armco Steel from 1916 until he retired (as chairman) in
1964. he hated JFK (for not setting steel tariffs, I think) but he
really felt the unions were the absolute enemy (union members do not
pump up rats near strikebreakers, they just infiltrate and through
them into the electric steel furnace - makes a little pop.
Arial
Times New Romanone time at
dinner my sisters, then 12, asked grandfather about the then-current
steel strike, and what a union was, and what, for that matter, a
strike was. he just stared at them, silently, like he was going to
kill them.
Arial
Times New Romanyrs. better
mousetrap