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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:16 AM Original message |
Miner son: Bring the unions back in!!!! |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. Kicking my own thread, but I'm wondering how this will be explored. |
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BlueCollar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:22 AM Original message |
no union at this mine? |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
9. No, not true at all |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:14 AM Original message |
It used to be strongly represented by unions, but the last two decades.... |
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RazzleDazzle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
45. and getting unionized in the first place wasn't exactly easy -- |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
28. Here's something from the WSWS |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 12:25 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Infiltration of UMWA by the corporfacists. |
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RazzleDazzle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
46. wow |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 09:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. This is exactly |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 09:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
48. I hope so |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. I just heard that, too. |
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CornField (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. No -- and many other companies which were formerly unionized are now not |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Wow. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 12:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
33. Huum, WalMart Mines Inc. nt |
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wallybarron (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Number of union |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:13 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Union mines shut down, workers had to go to non-union mines |
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wakeme2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
5. This will IMHO bring back Unions in WV |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:29 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Unions are only half of the solution. |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 10:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. no, unions are <all >of the solution with a corrupt pres that we have! |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 11:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. good point nt |
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hollowdweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
44. The other half is legislation banning replacement workers during strikes |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
6. Good post on the company |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Here's some more about that scabby union-busting company: |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 11:54 AM Response to Reply #6 |
29. Massey is the main anti-union coal company in southern WV |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
11. Well, no fuckin' shit. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
12. Excellent! |
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tlsmith1963 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
13. See What Destroying the Unions Has Done? |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 09:42 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I do, too. |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
14. that corporate mine had over 200 Safety Violations in 2005 (NPR) |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 12:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. and 200 violations = <<$4,000 in fines... |
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dennisnyc (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
18. i saw John Bennett on last night, before the news of his fathers death |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
19. Does seem like we've gone backwards with the present political |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
21. They don't have unions? |
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ohio_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 10:44 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Those guys in Somerset were non-union too, no? |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
22. I wonder where the folks denouncing unions are today |
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texpatriot2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
24. Mr. Bennett is right nm |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
25. US still gets around 50% of electrical energy from coal, right ? |
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no_more_rhyming (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 12:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. I agree we should conserve |
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Rainscents (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 12:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Obviously, GOP is NOT willing to conserve and don't care to, |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
26. kick |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
34. kick |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
35. I always thought open shops were a potential disaster. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
37. Hell Yes!!! |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
38. Damn straight! It was beautiful hearing him say that in front of the |
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Cocoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
39. wait til Bill O'Reilly gets ahold of him |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
40. Damn right! |
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cmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
41. Watch Matawan (movie) |
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adigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
42. Hey, just like WalMart |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
43. K&R. . . . .n/t |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-04-06 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
47. Unions! Unions who |
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