tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23326204.post114642600514587000..comments2023-03-25T07:17:44.733-04:00Comments on picketline: Those four ads in the Miami Heraldfaculty for workplace justicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03855536005538886946noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23326204.post-1147176992364314542006-05-09T08:16:00.000-04:002006-05-09T08:16:00.000-04:00This argument by Anonymous makes no sense. If a wo...This argument by Anonymous makes no sense. If a worker makes $8 without a union vs. $13 with a union and pays dues, then the worker is better off with the union. Financial interest is the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23326204.post-1146579659756173142006-05-02T10:20:00.000-04:002006-05-02T10:20:00.000-04:00Simon Evnine Sorry Simon, but anytime you're takin...Simon Evnine <BR/><BR/>Sorry Simon, but anytime you're taking money out of someone else's pocket - you have an opposite financial interest. The SEIU in hoping to take money out of the pockets of the workers clearly gives them an opposite interest as the workers. You can argue until you're blue in the face - but you should have learned that lesson years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23326204.post-1146535430632291452006-05-01T22:03:00.000-04:002006-05-01T22:03:00.000-04:00mit-- good catch... (get it?) i didn't want to poi...mit-- good catch... (get it?) i didn't want to point out the obvious, so i'm glad you did.. and it was not petty..<BR/><BR/>petty is to ask arkloster if s/he wants to recant his/her statement in light of today's news.. you know, the "dead in the water part"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23326204.post-1146530561169287412006-05-01T20:42:00.000-04:002006-05-01T20:42:00.000-04:00Dear Arkloster,You miss an essential point. The un...Dear Arkloster,<BR/><BR/>You miss an essential point. The union's financial interests are the same as the workers', since the union gets a percentage of what the workers make. UNICCO's financial interests, by contrast, are the opposite of the workers', since whatever the workers make comes out of UNICCO's pockets.<BR/> Now, which of these institutions, UNICCO or the SEIU, is more likely to benefit the workers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23326204.post-1146514270950804182006-05-01T16:11:00.000-04:002006-05-01T16:11:00.000-04:00I find that historically secret ballots are the mo...I find that historically secret ballots are the most fair way of having elections.<BR/><BR/>The dogmatism of these leftist professors and SEIU lapdogs is astounding! Every student I've spoken with that isn't directly involved with the push for media attention has been in support of a clear vote.<BR/><BR/>Thank goodness it's not even summer yet and the issue is dead in the water. And yes, as just-another-corporation, of COURSE the SEIU is just after money. This doesn't make them evil, but it sure as hell puts the burden of proof on the Big-Labor types.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17977708296139088306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23326204.post-1146502601104761402006-05-01T12:56:00.000-04:002006-05-01T12:56:00.000-04:00i know its petty....really I do, but since you mad...i know its petty....really I do, but since you made it a point to mention that you were an "educated" adult...<BR/><BR/>ridiculous, not "ridiculas"<BR/>strewn, not "strewed"<BR/>its, not "it's"<BR/>This has gone on, not "This has went on"<BR/><BR/>Once again, I apologize, but I just couldn't help myself.<BR/><BR/>Signed,<BR/>"Bad grammar makes me SICK"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23326204.post-1146467766367818802006-05-01T03:16:00.000-04:002006-05-01T03:16:00.000-04:00I thought the US was all about democracy and free ...I thought the US was all about democracy and free lections - whatever happened to that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23326204.post-1146433880685798262006-04-30T17:51:00.000-04:002006-04-30T17:51:00.000-04:00Dear "SEIU makes me sick",You can't just stamp you...Dear "SEIU makes me sick",<BR/><BR/>You can't just stamp your foot and say it's all lies. You have to be a little more specific, and bring your evidence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23326204.post-1146433551735433412006-04-30T17:45:00.000-04:002006-04-30T17:45:00.000-04:00i would like to bring to the attention of those wh...i would like to bring to the attention of those who have not read the ads that the ads targeted the SEIU directly, and closed with an invitation to the SEIU and UNICCO to "engage in daily discussions to bring a swift resolution to this situation." the workers were hardly mentioned in the bodies of the first three ads, and mentioned in the fourth only as objects of manipulation on the part of the union.<BR/><BR/>any of us who <EM>knows</EM> the workers must find this terribly offensive. here are grown men and women with incredible political experience, many of them activists in their original contries, willing to take decisions as extreme and painful as starving themselves for 17 days and staying on strike for 8 weeks, and the university simply <EM>erases</EM> them as non-entities.<BR/><BR/>my heart goes out to all workers and immigrants whose lives get constantly pushed into anonymity by the rhetorics of power and racism. they deserve our unflinching support.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23326204.post-1146431667845149452006-04-30T17:14:00.000-04:002006-04-30T17:14:00.000-04:00Now I've read it all! If the author of this ridic...Now I've read it all! If the author of this ridiculas "article" strewed with outright lies and mis-infornmation believes that we, the general public will read this and think "oh my gosh - it's all UM's fault!", than you have certainly forgotten that you're dealing with mature, educated adults - that for the most part see this sham for what it really is - a union trying to increase it's dues base.<BR/><BR/>Please grow up, recognize the need for a secret vote here - and learn how to deal with the workers TELLING YOU that they can't afford your service. This has went on long enough, please SEIU, try listening to the workers instead of trying to take their hard-earned money.<BR/><BR/>Signed,<BR/>"SEIU makes me SICK"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com