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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 04:59 PM Original message |
Why do Republicans hate labor unions? |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. The slave wage conservatives hate unions because they get in the way |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. Primarily because of propaganda. |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 05:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. I think you are exactly right. |
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bookman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. I never miss a chance... |
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Gyre (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. They consistantly identify only with the owners and managers |
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Sentath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 05:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. AH Ah ahha eureka! |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 05:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. it is something akin to the Stockholm Syndrome. n/t |
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glaucon (116 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. The middle class... |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 05:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Amen glaucon! |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 07:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. Yep, think so too |
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democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. Republicans have done a good job |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 06:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Companies are good at intimidating the hourly worker. |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. It's not only Republicans who hate unions...there are a few |
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morcatknits (128 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. R's hate Unions |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 05:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Sadly, you are correct. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. Because they force Corporate America to pay fair wages. |
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Abelman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
14. Sometimes because the union isn't that great |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 05:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. With the good comes the bad |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 06:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I haven't worked in a union shop since 1997. I've since learned |
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kevinmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. Republicans Hate America... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
16. Becuase SOME unions happen to be greedy and won't protect their workers. |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 06:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. But isn't that, in essence, cutting off your nose to spite your face? |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
18. They know when labor sticks together, wages go up. |
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oneighty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
21. May day |
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all.of.me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
24. because unions help people |
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solinvictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
25. Collective bargaining.. |
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Red State Rebel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
26. Example of Bad Union Practices |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
27. They think business is fair |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
28. GOP Propaganda makes them go against conventional wisdom |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-05 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
30. My mother has been Democratic since before I was born in |
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