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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat Aug 4, 2018, 03:48 PM Aug 2018

DC subway workers union refusing to staff special cars designated for white nationalists...

Source: RawStory



DC subway workers union refusing to staff special cars designated for white nationalists attending Unite the Right anniversary rally

BOB BRIGHAM
04 AUG 2018 AT 13:02 ET

The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689, the largest union for Washington, DC’s public transit system, is refusing to go along with a plan to have separate trains for participants of a controversial “Unite the Right” rally planned for August 12.

-snip-

Transit workers were revolted by the proposal.

“Sources have shared with ATU Local 689 that a hate group with Ku Klux Klan affiliation will be provided three private Metro rail cars and police escort to Foggy Bottom Metro Station for the ‘Unite the Right’ 2018 rally,” ATU Local 698 said in a statement.

“More than 80% of Local 689’s membership is people of color, the very people that the Ku Klux Klan and other white nationalist groups have killed, harassed and violated,” the statement continued. “The union has declared that it will not play a role in their special accommodation.”T


Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/dc-subway-workers-union-refusing-staff-special-cars-designated-white-nationalists-attending-unite-right-anniversary-rally/

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DC subway workers union refusing to staff special cars designated for white nationalists... (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2018 OP
Good for them. bettyellen Aug 2018 #1
Every day heroes shut this bullshit down. Zoonart Aug 2018 #2
The lack of any anti-hate speech laws is allowing the Fred Sanders Aug 2018 #19
So, the hell with the First Amendment? Slippery Slope. Lochloosa Aug 2018 #39
See Canada and the EU for the answer, in detail. Especially France and Germany...who should know. Fred Sanders Aug 2018 #47
Those laws would never pass by this administration. lark Aug 2018 #41
Good for them. Scarsdale Aug 2018 #3
Do the opposite of packing the pigs together. lagomorph777 Aug 2018 #48
Bravo! Rec'd!! nt babylonsister Aug 2018 #4
Even Mussolini could make the trains run on time. bluedigger Aug 2018 #5
LOL! lunatica Aug 2018 #20
More or less as an aside, my Austrian mother's family used to vacation in Italy Fortinbras Armstrong Aug 2018 #36
He lied, they didn't run on time, but people believed it. Like Trump. SharonAnn Aug 2018 #43
Special cars for "special" people packman Aug 2018 #6
Good. Let them walk in sweltering heat. TheCowsCameHome Aug 2018 #7
+1 dalton99a Aug 2018 #21
Good for them! WinstonSmith4740 Aug 2018 #8
When we protested George W.'s war, Union Station wouldn't let us bring... displacedtexan Aug 2018 #35
Wow... ck4829 Aug 2018 #50
Why didn't they charter private busses? DBoon Aug 2018 #37
My immediate question green917 Aug 2018 #46
And as a side note since the Union and Metro are in contract negotiations......... turbinetree Aug 2018 #9
Good on Them!! whathehell Aug 2018 #10
God Bless Labor Unions louis c Aug 2018 #11
3 Holocaust style cattle cars for the KKK affiliates educational experience empedocles Aug 2018 #12
AWESOME idea!! WinstonSmith4740 Aug 2018 #31
My thought exactly... AZ8theist Aug 2018 #33
It'd be a shame if a couple of these cattle cars got sidetracked for a couple of hours underground lagomorph777 Aug 2018 #49
Good for them! meow2u3 Aug 2018 #13
kick 🌊🌊🌊 #FlipItBlue #BlueWave2018 #VoteThemOUT riversedge Aug 2018 #14
Excellent!!! Fuck white supremacists! Initech Aug 2018 #15
I'd be happy to drive a special wagon for them. JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2018 #16
I'm sure they were given three "special" cars BigmanPigman Aug 2018 #17
Yeah, let them have the courage of their jacked up convictions! Dustlawyer Aug 2018 #34
BRAVO! orangecrush Aug 2018 #18
The union members have my full support! lunatica Aug 2018 #22
Outstandng! Paladin Aug 2018 #23
Can't rec this enough... dhill926 Aug 2018 #24
#RESIST Roland99 Aug 2018 #25
segregation? they need to be INTEGRATED. pansypoo53219 Aug 2018 #26
What if The Wizard Aug 2018 #27
👍👍 Duppers Aug 2018 #29
UNION strong! Grasswire2 Aug 2018 #28
A fantastic opportunity at containment JackInGreen Aug 2018 #30
+1,000,000! Kudos! dchill Aug 2018 #32
Whoever OKed this shit is very clearly a racist. John Fante Aug 2018 #38
i can't even get why such a plan was even being floated. barbtries Aug 2018 #40
Staff them with LARGE black gentlemen and obvious Jewish workers. Many of them. keithbvadu2 Aug 2018 #42
Now the Nazi's will blame the unions if there are any incidents and I predict flying_wahini Aug 2018 #44
I just wish... Eliwieselshouse Aug 2018 #45

Zoonart

(11,875 posts)
2. Every day heroes shut this bullshit down.
Sat Aug 4, 2018, 03:53 PM
Aug 2018

Damn right they were revolted. I was revolted... everyone should be.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
19. The lack of any anti-hate speech laws is allowing the
Sat Aug 4, 2018, 05:44 PM
Aug 2018

sowing of division and discord far better than Putin ever could.

lark

(23,140 posts)
41. Those laws would never pass by this administration.
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 09:10 AM
Aug 2018

drumpf would violate them every single day with his hate tweets.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
3. Good for them.
Sat Aug 4, 2018, 03:56 PM
Aug 2018

How insulting to even expect them to serve these racists. What are the racists afraid of, that they want private rail cars? Normal people might harass them? If they truly believe they are right, why not be proud, and mix with other "normal" folks? Cowards.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
48. Do the opposite of packing the pigs together.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 02:47 PM
Aug 2018

One racist pig per train car. The other 199 people stand there and stare at the pig.

bluedigger

(17,087 posts)
5. Even Mussolini could make the trains run on time.
Sat Aug 4, 2018, 04:03 PM
Aug 2018

These guys couldn't organize a two car funeral procession if you spotted them the hearse. Just not our grandfathers Nazis. Sad.

Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)
36. More or less as an aside, my Austrian mother's family used to vacation in Italy
Sat Aug 4, 2018, 09:47 PM
Aug 2018

Every year during the late 1920s to mid 1930s -- ie, during Mussolini's heyday. She said that the Italian trains did not run on time as a rule.

WinstonSmith4740

(3,056 posts)
8. Good for them!
Sat Aug 4, 2018, 04:12 PM
Aug 2018

To be brutally frank though, this kind of thing infuriates me:

Sources have shared with ATU Local 689 that a hate group with Ku Klux Klan affiliation will be provided three private Metro rail cars and police escort to Foggy Bottom Metro Station for the ‘Unite the Right’ 2018 rally,”

Yes, their speech is protected, and as long as they have the proper permits, they should be allowed to march. However, with that being said...if what you are saying is so heinous, so disgusting, so inflammatory, then you should be willing to face the consequences of that speech. I don't see anything in The Constitution that guarantees police protection for you. If you're so sure of your position, be willing to defend it yourself without hiding behind people that have nothing to do with you and your racism.

displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)
35. When we protested George W.'s war, Union Station wouldn't let us bring...
Sat Aug 4, 2018, 07:46 PM
Aug 2018

...our signs into the reataurant area because the building was leased to a private owner corporation, and they didn't have to let us have our signs in plain view. They were prepared to call the police unless we put our signs face down on the floor while we ate.

But Nazis get special treatment? GRRRRR!

DBoon

(22,395 posts)
37. Why didn't they charter private busses?
Sat Aug 4, 2018, 10:43 PM
Aug 2018

They are expecting a public transit system, built and staff by people they consider inferior races to make special accommodations to them?

green917

(442 posts)
46. My immediate question
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 02:05 PM
Aug 2018

The 1at question that popped into my head when I read that paragraph was, "what are the odds that BLM or Antifa would get the same royal treatment? "... the answer I came up with doesn't give me much hope.

turbinetree

(24,710 posts)
9. And as a side note since the Union and Metro are in contract negotiations.........
Sat Aug 4, 2018, 04:19 PM
Aug 2018

Since the Union is covered by the Railway Labors Act.........AND they have authorized a strike................

Metro reaches agreement with 2nd-largest union; still no word on strike from ATU Local 689

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2018/07/30/metro-reaches-agreement-with-2nd-largest-union-still-no-word-on-strike-from-atu-local-689/?utm_term=.b7814d7dc110


Metro will invoke the.................The Railways Labor Act................

https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/labor_law/meetings/2010/annualconference/083.authcheckdam.pdf

WinstonSmith4740

(3,056 posts)
31. AWESOME idea!!
Sat Aug 4, 2018, 06:33 PM
Aug 2018

You should approach them with that idea. Hell, I'd work if they did that. Only it would be better if it was only one car. That way they could have the full experience of sweltering heat and over crowding. And they should take them the long way on top of it.

AZ8theist

(5,487 posts)
33. My thought exactly...
Sat Aug 4, 2018, 06:47 PM
Aug 2018

Let them run the train halfway or so and then shut it off between stations due to "mechanical" problems.
Let the fucking Nazis feel what it's like they so ardently approve of....

Let the fascist cops go rescue them. OOPS! Forgot to shut off the 3rd rail!! My bad!!

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
49. It'd be a shame if a couple of these cattle cars got sidetracked for a couple of hours underground
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 02:49 PM
Aug 2018

with the lights off.

BigmanPigman

(51,623 posts)
17. I'm sure they were given three "special" cars
Sat Aug 4, 2018, 05:06 PM
Aug 2018

to separate them from anti-tRump resisters so each side would be "safe". They did this during several rallies in my area and at The Wall protests when the moron came in person. I think it is a good idea to keep people safe since the alt-right is violent and likes to incite fights. The problem I have is that the sheriffs are protecting the wrong people! I have witnessed it myself on several occasions since I attend events often. The police, sheriffs and SWAT team face the resisters when we are the nonviolent, peaceful protesters...it does not make sense. They have their shields, clubs, helmets and rifles and face our side every single time. The pro-KKK asses are wrapped in flags and yell horrible things at us, our speakers, they use bull horns, and similar disruptive tactics to stir things up. Sometimes the police can be somewhat human but not the sheriffs or SWAT team. They protect the alt-right.

*BRAVO to the union members. I would have done the same and would expect my fellow union workers would too. RESIST! REMOVE! Peace.

Dustlawyer

(10,497 posts)
34. Yeah, let them have the courage of their jacked up convictions!
Sat Aug 4, 2018, 06:50 PM
Aug 2018

The Right supported their hateful cake baker refusing service to LGBT couples, let it work both ways!

JackInGreen

(2,975 posts)
30. A fantastic opportunity at containment
Sat Aug 4, 2018, 06:19 PM
Aug 2018

We can do it like a roach motel, shits get on, they dont get off.

John Fante

(3,479 posts)
38. Whoever OKed this shit is very clearly a racist.
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 03:05 AM
Aug 2018

No way should they be allowed to play dumb on this one. Seperate trains for whites? The symbolism is obvious.

barbtries

(28,810 posts)
40. i can't even get why such a plan was even being floated.
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 07:35 AM
Aug 2018

it's infuriating. they can say anything they want, but my tax dollars should not go toward making it easier for them.

they are the danger.

keithbvadu2

(36,869 posts)
42. Staff them with LARGE black gentlemen and obvious Jewish workers. Many of them.
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 09:47 AM
Aug 2018

Staff them with LARGE black gentlemen and obvious Jewish workers. Many of them.

One per row of seats.

 

Eliwieselshouse

(21 posts)
45. I just wish...
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 01:24 PM
Aug 2018

That we paid more attention to the people that live and work around our federal government. These are the most informed voters what can be had. When they express themselves, there is a lot to be learned. It always baffles me that they are not in the for front. The very air that they breath is controlled by the federal government. They deserve a voice. Or, at the very least, they deserve a vote.

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