Anti-Union Push Picks Up Steam On Capitol Hill

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_03_26_2011

Brian Beutler | March 25, 2011, 10:35AM



In the next several days, the state-level fight between Democrats and Republicans over unions will go federal. House Republicans want to re-establish old rules which say that when aviation or rail workers don't vote in unionization elections, they're treated as having voted against unionization. And now on of the nation's largest airlines is getting involved in the fight.

The push is reflected in language in the House's FAA re-authorization bill. In an earlier stage of the legislative fight, Democrats, joined by a few Republicans, nearly succeeded in getting the provision stripped. Now, sources say, a similar fight is likely to play out on the House floor, and anti-union employees at Delta Airlines are preparing to fly to Washington to join the fight.

In a message to its members obtained by TPM, the group "No Way AFA" -- a coalition of Delta employees who want to deliberalize union rights -- frames the fight this way. (AFA is the Association of Flight Attendants, the flight attendants union.)

"Title IX of the House FAA Reauthorization bill repeals the National Mediation Board's 2010 elections rule change, which permits a minority of employees at airlines and railroads to determine whether or not the majority will be represented by unions," the message reads. "t is anticipated that an amendment will be offered on the House floor to strike these provisions from the bill and allow the NMB's modified rule to stay in place."

According to the note, "Delta strongly supports the bill" as currently written.

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[Newest Reality]

1. May I be one of the first to stand up and

proudly welcome, with open arms, our Corporate Overlords in the great and deserved victory?

You have all worked very hard and long to achieve your goal during this difficult occupation of America. Now that you have shown us your prowess and courage in this battle, it behooves us to genuflect collectively to your knowledge and wisdom in all matters and offer your our sincere and undying pledge to serve your cause in every way we can from cradle to grave without faltering. I pledge this to you with my hand on my heart and my taxes due to your coffers!

We will all strive to the best of our ability to serve you in the ways that you rightfully expect and we will labor to prepare our children, and their children, (into perpetuity for all generations as you clearly expect) for delivery into your almighty and deserving hands to serve you with respect and docility, even to the point of sacrificing their lives to your great and superior goals, forever and ever.

We give unto you, oh great Lords of the land, our property, our holdings and our sweat, blood and labor, trusting that you know best how to manage and utilize them in order that we may, with open and expectant mouths, receive the generous crumbs and even your blessed and noble, free market seeds upon our hungry tongues.

We will ever ask what our corporations can do for us, but what we can do for our corporations.

All hail the Supreme Board of Directors of America Incorporated. God was nothing compared to them and their amazing and irrefutable powers.

[Scuba]

2. We need to fight these bastards in the streets....

The streets of Madison.

The streets of Lansing.

The streets of Columbus.

The streets of Augusta.

The streets of Tallahassee

The streets of every city and town in American. The Right Wing rape of this country is of staggering proportions. We will not stand for it. We will march against it!!!


To the Streets!!!