--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" <wgm4u@...> wrote: > > Don't cha wish?!!
Billy, Billy, Billy Given all the shit you've given me for my supposed playboy ways over the years, I've just got to ask. You're saying that cherry busting is Bad, but union busting is Good. Did I get that right? :-) > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> wrote: > > > > May 1933: Hitler abolishes unions > > > > -- On May 2nd, 1933, the day after Labor day, Nazi groups > > occupied union halls and labor leaders were arrested. Trade > > Unions were outlawed by Adolf Hitler, while collective bargaining > > and the right to strike was abolished. > > > > This was the beginning of a consolidation of power by the > > fascist regime which systematically wiped out all opposition > > groups, starting with unions, liberals, socialists, and > > communists using Himmler's state police. > > > > Fast forward to America today, particularly Wisconsin. Governor > > Walker and the Republican/Tea Party members of the state > > legislature are attempting to pass a bill that would not only > > severely punish public unions (with exception for the police, fire, > > and state trooper unions that supported his campaign), but it > > would effectively end 50 years to the right of these workers > > to collectively bargain. > > > > Collective bargaining is a process of voluntary negotiations > > between employers and trade unions aimed at reaching agreements > > which regulate working conditions. > > > > Collective agreements usually set out wage scales, working hours, > > training, health and safety, overtime, grievance mechanisms and > > rights to participate in workplace or company affairs. > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_bargaining > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_bargaining> > > > > First of all, assaulting the rights of workers to collectively > > bargain has absolutely nothing to do with any immediate > > budgetary issues. It does however have everything to do with > > ending one of the basic rights of labor to organize. > > > > Second, and more importantly, the budget "crisis" in Wisconsin > > is > > both exaggerated and created in part by the new Republican power > > base as a tool to attack political opponents. > > > > Walker decreased state revenue when he enacted tax cuts for the > > rich and big corporations, who are not surprisingly large > > campaign donors for his political campaign. > > > > To the extent that there is an imbalance Walker claims there > > is a > > $137 million deficit it is not because of a drop in revenues > > or > > increases in the cost of state employee contracts, benefits or > > pensions. > > > > It is because Walker and his allies pushed through $140 million in > > new spending for special-interest groups in January. If the > > Legislature were simply to rescind Walker's new spending schemes > > > > or delay their implementation until they are offset by fresh > > revenues the "crisis" would not exist. > > > > -The Cap Times: > > http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/editorial/article_61064e9a-27b0-\ > > 5f28-b6d1-a57c8b2aaaf6.html > > <http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/editorial/article_61064e9a-27b0\ > > -5f28-b6d1-a57c8b2aaaf6.html> > > > > Decimating unions has long been an objective of the rich and powerful. > > Growing out of trade guilds in Medieval Europe, they were > > banned starting with the Ordinance of Labourers 1349 and Statute > > of Labourers in England. It was not until the Industrial > > Revolution that labor began to organize again. > > > > -continue reading: > > http://newsjunkiepost.com/2011/02/20/may-1933-hitler-abolishes-unions/ > > <http://newsjunkiepost.com/2011/02/20/may-1933-hitler-abolishes-unions/> > > >
