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RANDYWILDMAN

(2,645 posts)
24. As a Union guy and the son of a teamster...
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 07:48 PM
Oct 2020

I can't support getting rid of the union. you can renegotiate the rules, but you can't get rid of them.

I would love to see more diversity in the Portland police but that may take a while.

Yeah. Go ahead. Ban police unions. Pave the way to banning all unions. Then watch the little Squinch Oct 2020 #1
Police Unions did that themselves. ForgoTheConsequence Oct 2020 #3
It was the police unions DLCWIdem Oct 2020 #21
Wtf? Ban unions and they'll make more money because they won't have to pay uppityperson Oct 2020 #2
I can't think of 1 time when banning unions has resulted in higher pay for the former... SKKY Oct 2020 #22
Unfortunately qwlauren35 Oct 2020 #4
100% agree. OnDoutside Oct 2020 #13
The police have had plenty of opportunities to police themselves ismnotwasm Oct 2020 #29
Democrats are pro Union always have been. So no. pwb Oct 2020 #5
i dont know how the cops in chi even carry the packs they wear these says. ihas2stinkyfeet Oct 2020 #34
Remove unions from involvement in disciplinary actions Fresh_Start Oct 2020 #6
Maybe instead of 5-6 months of Police Academy ... GeorgeGist Oct 2020 #7
This exactly. Other western nations school their recruits much longer... brush Oct 2020 #11
I support "Dedumb the Police" BamaRefugee Oct 2020 #8
I do not dig your anti-union sentiment. It reeks of anti-worker subversion. LanternWaste Oct 2020 #9
I'm starting to think that the slogan defund the police was made up by a Republican. Walleye Oct 2020 #10
That isn't true JonLP24 Oct 2020 #30
Sorry, getting suspicious of everything. How about disarm the police just for an now. Walleye Oct 2020 #32
Biden supports community policing which isn't anything new JonLP24 Oct 2020 #33
I want to get the white supremacists out of law enforcement. Initech Oct 2020 #12
We are NOT going ban any unions. ismnotwasm Oct 2020 #14
Funny as a 16 year old marching against the Viet Nam war in New Haven I was surprised one of dem4decades Oct 2020 #15
NO Ferrets are Cool Oct 2020 #16
Put the union issue aside for a moment matt819 Oct 2020 #17
This. All this. And take back all the damn tanks and flame throwers that have been bought by Squinch Oct 2020 #28
The decline of unions is one reason for the rising inequality mvd Oct 2020 #18
A raise?? They are already over paid for what they do. And yeah, ban police unions and Autumn Oct 2020 #19
Defund the police. aidbo Oct 2020 #20
The Police Union is a Right-wing organization Joe Nation Oct 2020 #23
the construction unions went straight downhill when they threw in w the mob. ihas2stinkyfeet Oct 2020 #35
As a Union guy and the son of a teamster... RANDYWILDMAN Oct 2020 #24
I'm a union person too. I'm with you. A union only a reflection of those who are unifying. Squinch Oct 2020 #26
Police unions are to unions what Fox News is to news. gulliver Oct 2020 #25
We SHOULD have soldier unions. We should have unions for every profession. Squinch Oct 2020 #27
Police unions donate to DAs that let them off the hook JonLP24 Oct 2020 #31
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