That reminds me of the old TV show, Connections. I loved that show and it ended way too soon. I wonder it its kicking around on the net somewhere……….
On Apr 28, 2017, at 11:04 AM, <ch...@wbmfg.com> <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > One could argue that a management shooting employees that wanted to organize > or strike has resulted in our current internet... > This is the logic: > > Andrew Carnegie hired Pilkington guards to control or suppress a labor > uprising. Can't remember if it was a strike or organizing activities. One > of the Pilkington guys shot and killed one of Carnegies employees. > > He was wracked with guilt for the rest of his life and attempted to atone for > the act by building many free libraries across the nation. those libraries > undoubtedly were critical in the launching of careers of many in science and > industry. Probably some NASA guys in there. > > So, shoot an employee and get men on the moon, which led to the internet. > > Simple. > > -----Original Message----- From: Robert Andrews > Sent: Friday, April 28, 2017 10:50 AM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] installer hire / training process. > > Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely... It goes both > ways and always will.. But rarely have union employees had crews > shoot management.. Back in the 1910-1920 era, that was _not_ true the > other way around... Now there were cases of unions shooting their OWN > people to get non-unionized groups to unionize... > > On 04/28/2017 09:13 AM, Larry Smith wrote: >> When unions were a "shield" for the workers to protect and >> garner better conditions they were reasonable; once they >> turned into the "club" to beat management and companies >> into doing their will they became despickable (IMO). >
