The Teamsters Union will endorse no one for president this year because the membership is in revolt and supports Donald J. Trump lol

 

Who Knew The American Red Cross Was UNIONIZED?!

They went on strike today in Michigan!

I must be the last person alive to realize this. The photo shows Red Cross workers on strike in Ohio in February (image source here).

Story here:

More than 200 American Red Cross workers in Michigan went on strike this morning.

Staff members represented by the Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 459 and Teamsters Local 580 walked out because of a dispute over health care benefits.

The strike affects blood collection centers in Kalamazoo, Jackson, Lansing, Flint and parts of northern Michigan.

That's the last time I give them any dough. If they can go on strike, so can I.

It's Organized Labor Unions That Are Violent, Not The Tea Party

Bill Frezza unloads on them here in the wake of the recent acts of Verizon sabotage:

According to the National Institute for Labor Relations Research there have been 4,400 recorded acts of labor violence since 1991. The Teamsters lead the pack with 454, as one would expect from an organization once infiltrated by organized crime. The Teamsters have plenty of company, yet few offenders are called to account. In the Homestead tradition, law enforcement tends to melt away when a union goes on a rampage. Barely three percent of violent crimes committed by union members lead to an arrest or conviction.


Incidentally, damage to the Wisconsin State Capitol, occupied in the teachers' union showdown with Republican Gov. Scott Walker in February and March, is now estimated at about $270,000 according to this story.