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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 10:05 AM Original message |
Nader: 'Unions are corrupt. They sell out for high pensions & salaries' |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
1. So what does that say about senior management? |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It says much more about GM's incompetent management |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. So wanting a decent pension and good pay is "corrupt" now? |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Amen |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I think you should read that passage again... |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. This is Ralph Nader's opinion. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. That is nowhere near Nader's point. The OP should have included the previous sentences... |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
37. They are also damn busy trying to keep people employed, benefitted, and |
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CanSocDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. That's another story. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
39. Inaction? Is representing millions of workers in an age of shipping jobs overseas, |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. The UAW stands alone, they are not like my Union at all |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Ralph says: THE labor unions ... are into their own emoluments and high salaries |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 10:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Yes, and I do not agree that UAW is representative of Unions |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
9. Can anybody refute what Nader is saying? |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Prove that Union Leadership is corrupt? |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. No |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Do you belong to a Union? If not, than you have no right to make that statement. |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I did not make that statement, Nader did |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. You did not answer my question, and why do you hate the UAW? |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Funny |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Nobody has to "ask what union leaders make." |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. If you don't belong to a Union, then you have NO idea if the bosses are doing |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
48. No, Nader is |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. BINGO - We have a Winner Folks |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Making the statement that "union leadership is corrupt" is a bit of a massive blanket statement... |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. Welcome to the IBEW |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Sorry to hear that. |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
31. UAW President's salary is nowhere close to $400,000 |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. Thank you |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
13. Nader's a union buster, so this kind of approach to the problem doesn't surprise me at all. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. That's something his adoring followers don't want to |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. So very true. I've confronted Nader supporters to their faces with this information, and they just |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
15. Nader sold out for Republican gold to enter the 2000 election |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
18. Nader is an asshole and Naderites are idgits |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
19. FYI, if anyone actually bothered to read the article, Nader never said what the OP's title |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. my wife is the secretary- treasurer of her union local |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
23. The UAW International President has an annual salary of less than $145k |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Nader will not STFU and his followers believe his every word. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
44. Nader didn't cite any UAW salaries. And your "less than $145K" isn't accurate. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
27. Don't you love blanket statement? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
34. Even if the $500K figure is accurate... |
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FooshIt (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
35. I am in the UAW and they are useless. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Your leadership is only as good as you are. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. +1. nt |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
36. Nader has always been concerned only about his own reputation and image... |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Are you a shrink? That's an old point used in the character assassination campaign against Nader |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
42. um.. sort of disingenuous. you left out: |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. What has the great 'icon' had to say about... |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. well, Google found this: |
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