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scheming daemons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 12:05 AM
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About the only weapon we have left against Corporations is to unionize
...but with the way they just move their operations overseas, all that does is create more of us who are unemployed.


What options do we have?



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TwixVoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 12:07 AM
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1. None until congress prevents such BS
The only union workers who are safe against such BS are those who CAN'T be outsourced due to the nature of the job. Which sadly are not many.
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 12:10 AM
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2. Well, I don't want to go there on the internet.
In fact, I don't want to go there at all. But I can assure you there are other options.
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doc03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 12:11 AM
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3. March on Washington like the Teabaggers, if the Teabaggers
aren't total hypocrites they should be leading the parade. They are supposedly non-partisan and are fed up with our government giving our money away to the corporations, I am waiting to hear what Glenn beck says about this one. I think he will be all for it since it will buy seats for Republicans.
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 01:47 AM
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6. +1
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Kablooie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 02:20 AM
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9. March on Washington like Al Quaeda. That would get more attention.
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 12:13 AM
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4. the answer is to simultaneously create/protect local businesses by passing local laws
Edited on Fri Jan-22-10 12:26 AM by KittyWampus
that do just that.

Go to your town board meetings and start passing ordinances that prohibit corporate behavior that is detrimental to local citizens and small local businesses.
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dhpgetsit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 12:17 AM
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5. Under current trade laws, unions don't have much traction.
Corporations can continue outsourcing and downsizing the US workforce. We are under siege.
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 01:52 AM
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8. under seige?
Feels more like under the boot
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KharmaTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 01:49 AM
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7. To The Baracades...
Maybe this will wake up the unions and open them up a bit...if this country ever needed a strong union movement, it's now.
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truedelphi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 04:01 AM
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10. Ah, but now the Corporations can enact laws to say that Unions are immoral.
After all, only God has the power to allow two or more people to create any kind of Union.
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TheKentuckian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 06:02 AM
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11. We can slow the flow of currency to a crawl. It'd be ugly but probably well worth the suffering
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