Meet the Unions who are bringing you The Superbowl

[Earth_First]

The central players in the Super Bowl on Sunday -- the Ravens and the 49ers -- are union members. They belong to the NFL Players Association (NFLPA). Thousands of other union members all play key roles in the extravaganza.

Our brother and sister Teamsters from Local 270, for example, will serve hot dogs, draw beer and staff the New Orleans Saints team store.

The AFL-CIO Now blog tells us more:

(The players) share a bond with the men in the striped shirts—members of the NFL Referees Association. During the past two years, both have been locked out by NFL owners.

The announcers, camera operators, technicians and other hardworking folks who are bringing the game to the big flat-screen TV in your home or favorite watering hole are members of SAG-AFTRA, Broadcast Employees and Technicians-CWA (NABET-CWA), Electrical Workers (IBEW) and Laborers (LIUNA) ...

The half-time spectacular ... is made possible by the skills of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) and the talents of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM) and other performing artists...

More at link:

http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/02/meet-unions-putting-on-super-bowl.html?m=1

[Brickbat]

1. K&R for solidarity.

Teamster Nation has turned into a seriously kickass blog.

[lunasun]

5. +1

[Teamster Jeff]

2. K&R

[zbdent]

3. I consider the owners of the football teams a "union" ...

and boy do they get perks ... but you won't hear the "liberally-biased media" point that out ...

[JimDandy]

4. Hooray for all the hardworking union workers!

It's amazing the amount of labor it takes to pull off the nation's largest sporting event. Even though most of the workers at the game are part-timers (including the football players) all of them are getting at least a living wage. Unions are a great equalizer.

[msongs]

6. the millionaires union. poor things nt

[TeamPooka]

8. the union got them their fair share of revenue

[Lordquinton]

13. Shows the strength of unions

how much do you think players would be making if they weren't a union?

[secondvariety]

7. Love to have

Ray Lewis as my local's president.

[silvershadow]

9. That blog needs a link fix. Just so's ya know. I got there, but not at the "here" link. nt

[iandhr]

10. Love it

[WillyT]

11. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!

[Omaha Steve]

12. Check this out, I'm AFSCME a nd we are on the list

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