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Why unions? ... This poster says it all! (Original Post) Bozita Dec 2012 OP
Great message... midnight Dec 2012 #1
How quickly we forget upi402 Dec 2012 #2
And today's reason: PETRUS Dec 2012 #3
Power is given, never taken. TheProgressive Dec 2012 #4
Why do they teach Economics in school and not Labor History? We owe all the benefits that demosincebirth Dec 2012 #5
Wasn't unemployment insurance something the communists, not unions, brought? jtuck004 Dec 2012 #6
Farm labor rights. Not in my neck of the woods. leftlibdem420 Dec 2012 #7
Please add Squat Walker to the Fuck You list. Thanks. Scuba Dec 2012 #8

upi402

(16,854 posts)
2. How quickly we forget
Thu Dec 13, 2012, 11:27 PM
Dec 2012

Good that we have a media that keeps us abreast of the causes & effects of our daily condition!

 

TheProgressive

(1,656 posts)
4. Power is given, never taken.
Thu Dec 13, 2012, 11:45 PM
Dec 2012

And by power I mean leadership.

Those who take power for uncivilized reasons, is soon removed.

How soon depends on how much pain and suffering those who giveth will taketh away.

Not only is our country misled, so is our planetary home. It is time to restore our civilization.

demosincebirth

(12,543 posts)
5. Why do they teach Economics in school and not Labor History? We owe all the benefits that
Thu Dec 13, 2012, 11:55 PM
Dec 2012

all workers enjoy today to unionist years ago and their allies...the Democratic party .

 

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)
6. Wasn't unemployment insurance something the communists, not unions, brought?
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 01:40 AM
Dec 2012

It was their idea in the first place, brought here to organize among the growing unemployed. They did years of organizing, street marches, a 1+ million signature petition delivered to Congress by the American Communist Party, with a promise to have people to show up if they were ignored, planted the idea and did more organizing before it ever came about. Unions only picked it up after the fact.

It's a nice poster, just curious.
 

leftlibdem420

(256 posts)
7. Farm labor rights. Not in my neck of the woods.
Fri Dec 14, 2012, 01:55 AM
Dec 2012

We still have a long way to go. Imagine if fundamentalists who waste absurd amounts of time trying to dehumanize gays spent more time trying to do the same to those who would exploit farm workers. The fundamentalist right and the secular left together slew the Social Gospel. It must be revived.

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