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In response to "Looking over the B2 Union thread...who knew there was a topic that could have Strongbad, Ender, TWuG and me all agreeing?" by Jim

I was a member of two unions and they suck shit. There is a reason they are being put out of existance

Posted by Bacon via droid (aka redmond) Nov 16 '12, 06:42

Fucking idiots for closing down a company.

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I'm a huge fan of unions and there are less because of a number of reasons but not because they don't do their job for the workers. -- nm - Krusty Nov 16, 06:46 7
- Well, this one just had 1/3 the workforce cost the entire workforce their jobs. - Will Hunting Nov 16, 06:48 6
  - The dirty little secret I learned about unions is that they will let an entire company fail so they don't have to renegotiat other companies contracts - Bacon Nov 16, 06:57 2
    - Yes, especially by refusing to allow the line employees vote on the contract. - spamlet Nov 16, 07:11
    - this is exactly what I figured happened as well -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 07:05
  - Incomeptent isn't the same thing as unneccesary. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 06:57
  - I agree with the IM. -- nm - Jim Nov 16, 06:55
  - My guess is also long time workers lost their pension and retirement too. - Bacon Nov 16, 06:52
I wonder how long it'll take before it's Obama's fault that we don't have Suzy-Qs anymore. -- nm - Jim Nov 16, 06:43 16
- They will now be made in China and be called Suzi Quans -- nm - Bacon Nov 16, 06:53 1
  - or long duck dongs -- nm - amanda Nov 16, 07:39
- Didn't you read the user comments on the Hostess story? - Cuzzin Todd Nov 16, 06:46 13
  - No, I didn't. Guess I should have. :) -- nm - Jim Nov 16, 06:47 12
    - And it was quite a doozy of a rant. (pasted in IM) - Cuzzin Todd Nov 16, 06:50 11
      - So bow down to her if you want, bow to her. Bow to the Queen of Slime, the Queen of Filth, the Queen of Putrescence. Boo. Boo. Rubbish. Filth. Slime." -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 07:07
      - that's a lot of ownership. - Mel Profit Nov 16, 07:05
      - I stopped reading at "bowing to the Soviet Union" -- nm - TWuG Nov 16, 06:57 2
        
        A lot of people miss the "clarity" of the Cold War. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 07:03 1
        
        you kind of knew who the enemy was by the funny accents. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 16, 07:06
      - I see no mention of Twinkies. -- nm - Dano Nov 16, 06:54 2
        
        Obvioulsy he had the rant prepared and was just itching for someplace to post it. But c'mon buccy, at least tangentially tie it to Hostess. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 16, 07:01 1
        
        (buccy = buddy) -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 16, 07:01
      - That is epic!! -- nm - Jim Nov 16, 06:52 2
        
        The man must REALLY love his Ho-Hos. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 16, 06:53 1
        
        on a roll like that? you know he's a closet snowballer -- nm - the man with the golden geist Nov 16, 13:14

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