tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post4822532996062093362..comments2024-03-28T01:35:19.028-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: A helping hand from the men in blackNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-1430724497369971162015-09-18T17:13:13.259-05:002015-09-18T17:13:13.259-05:00Rauner and his minions attack union supporters, li...Rauner and his minions attack union supporters, like Madigan, everyday, but he didn't have the guts to offer a statement regarding the Archbishop's speech. WendyChttp://twitter.com/WendyCCHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-21636811367952438532015-09-18T14:13:05.911-05:002015-09-18T14:13:05.911-05:00Unions had a significant role to play for workers&...<br />Unions had a significant role to play for workers' rights, and some still do, but when one looks at a government payroll such as Cook county's and can still find union elevator operator and marble polisher positions one might shake their head and wonder why. Not to mention painters, some of whom are paid 6 figures for a job that ostensibly is low skill and hardly dangerous and could easily be privatized to save tax payers money now and years of pension money in the future. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-42932277648586835912015-09-18T13:08:09.667-05:002015-09-18T13:08:09.667-05:00Have the teachers at Catholic schools ever TRIED t...Have the teachers at Catholic schools ever TRIED to unionize?Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-25300017151142628682015-09-18T12:57:15.505-05:002015-09-18T12:57:15.505-05:00You took the words right out of my mouth. While I ...You took the words right out of my mouth. While I agree with what Cupich says about unions, I'd like to see the hemming and hawing that would inevitably ensure were someone to ask him, "So, if teachers at the Catholic schools in your diocese moved to unionize, you wouldn't discourage or oppose it?"Bitter Scribenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-87245226126381939042015-09-18T11:54:43.161-05:002015-09-18T11:54:43.161-05:00(better worry)(better worry)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-60675907843039961312015-09-18T11:53:59.551-05:002015-09-18T11:53:59.551-05:00Nix, yes, also agree about separation of church an...Nix, yes, also agree about separation of church and state or no non profit status. Same with those community ministers that want exemption but get involved in politics. Don't forget that bunch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-51146500671333223022015-09-18T11:51:44.089-05:002015-09-18T11:51:44.089-05:00Good point Nixit, and the parochial teachers shoul...Good point Nixit, and the parochial teachers should be paid more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-38237301057646902902015-09-18T11:07:35.196-05:002015-09-18T11:07:35.196-05:00In Chicago, parochial school teachers are non-unio...In Chicago, parochial school teachers are non-union, are they not? Perhaps Capich would like to address what his thoughts are on this matter in regards to his own employees.nixit71noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-32001519306095058922015-09-18T10:33:50.448-05:002015-09-18T10:33:50.448-05:00A quick perusal of the Illinois State Board of Ele...A quick perusal of the Illinois State Board of Elections website shows that the unions are anything but "weak and the vulnerable". It is an example of a vocal and politically powerful minority purchasing power and favor over the majority of the population. But Cupich has no problem with that immorality, apparently.<br /><br />If the church is going to wonder into the political fray (which is what they're doing here), they are more than welcome to drop their non-profit status. Otherwise, perhaps they can spend some time sticking up for the 83% of the population (minus the 1%'ers, of course) that are non-union and are currently paying the majority of the bills.nixit71noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-52416456263449160822015-09-18T09:22:55.277-05:002015-09-18T09:22:55.277-05:00Well said, Tom.
Anyway, Walker bet worry about h...Well said, Tom. <br /><br />Anyway, Walker bet worry about his fizzling campaign. He didn't do to well at the recent debates. A pox on him as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-87873913237104210672015-09-18T08:31:21.793-05:002015-09-18T08:31:21.793-05:00The other men in black who have figured in labor r...The other men in black who have figured in labor relations have been the judges, who, before the 1935 National Labor Relations Act established an obligation for employers to engage in collective bargaining and gave unions the right to strike or take other collective action, regularly sided with employers against unions. The major strike busting (and union busting) legal tool was the labor injunction, which made a specific industrial action illegal and authorized often brutal strike-breaking activities by the authorities. Throughout the 19th and pre-Wagner Act 20th Century, courts routinely issued such injunctions.<br /><br />The Wagner Act doesn't cover public sector unions, which made it easier for the governor of Wisconsin to focus his anti-union attention on teachers and state employees, but the latest expression of his presidential aspirations make it clear that the entire union movement is in the cross hairs. Rauner is, of course trolling in Walker's wake.<br /><br />Tom EvansAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-47889428644184052562015-09-18T07:07:19.729-05:002015-09-18T07:07:19.729-05:00Good article. Rauner is the modern day Scrooge.Good article. Rauner is the modern day Scrooge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com