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Union workers, " you don't hire us, we'll burn down your church
Posted on 3/17/14 at 10:33 am
Posted on 3/17/14 at 10:33 am
Union workers burn churc
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Ten members of a Philadelphia ironworkers union face charges of arson and racketeering in connection with a fire against the church, which was employing non-union workers. “Ironworkers Local 401 [was charged] with allegedly participating in a conspiracy to commit criminal acts of extortion, arson, destruction of property, and assault in order to force construction contractors to hire union ironworkers,” the FBI said in a press release. “Specifically, the indictment charges RICO conspiracy, violent crime in aid of racketeering, three counts of arson, two counts of use of fire to commit a felony, and conspiracy to commit arson. Eight of the 10 individuals named in the indictment are charged with conspiring to use Ironworkers Local 401 as an enterprise to commit criminal acts.”
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Posted on 3/17/14 at 10:35 am to Revelator
Union Thugs Gonna Union Thug
Posted on 3/17/14 at 10:36 am to Revelator
This is the nature of unions today. Let them keep it up, they are slowly losing their political significance and it won't be long til the average voter recognizes them as racketeers and thugs that they are.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 10:39 am to Revelator
quote:Reminds me of a mafia show on the history channel.
indictment charges RICO conspiracy, violent crime in aid of racketeering, three counts of arson, two counts of use of fire to commit a felony, and conspiracy to commit arson
Posted on 3/17/14 at 10:45 am to Revelator
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Bid to remove Pa. exemption in labor disputes advances
The Pennsylvania House backed legislation Wednesday that would remove a little-known provision in state law protecting parties in labor disputes from prosecution for stalking and harassment.
The 115-74 vote - delivered with no floor debate - came three weeks after a federal case against members of a Philadelphia ironworkers' union shined a spotlight on the unusual carve-out in the state's criminal law.
State House Republicans carried the bill, with only 10 of the body's 92 Democrats, none from Philadelphia, voting to support it. "It was difficult to get many people to pay attention to this before the ironworkers case," said State Rep. Ron Miller (R., York), the bill's sponsor. "The attention around that case definitely helped round up the votes we needed."
The decades-old exemption came to Miller's attention in 2012, after a U.S. Chamber of Commerce report cited the provision as one of a handful of state laws across the country that appeared to favor organized labor.
But despite a House Judiciary Committee vote backing Miller's proposal in October, the bill stalled for months. Critics questioned whether the measure was necessary, saying no arcane law would prevent a court from convicting individuals charged with clearly criminal conduct.
The ironworkers case federal prosecutors unsealed in Philadelphia last month challenged that argument. Authorities alleged that several top leaders of Ironworkers Local 401 carried out a years-long campaign of extortion, harassment, and arson against contractors who refused to hire the union's members.
One of the men charged - union business agent Edward Sweeney - had successfully used the state's labor carve-out to defend himself against stalking and harassment charges in Philadelphia Municipal Court three months before his arrest in the federal case.
This post was edited on 3/17/14 at 10:47 am
Posted on 3/17/14 at 11:09 am to dante
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Reminds me of a mafia show on the history channel.
Unions use pressure, usually protests, to influence business to hire union workers. If that doesn't work, history shows violence, bribery or extortion isn't out of the question.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 11:16 am to Revelator
That's a bad deal. Glad this isn't representative of unions as a whole
Posted on 3/17/14 at 11:22 am to RogerTheShrubber
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Reminds me of a mafia show on the history channel.
there's not a whole lot separating them from organized crime
Posted on 3/17/14 at 11:26 am to REG861
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This is the nature of unions today.
This has been their nature for 95% of their existence.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 11:35 am to oklahogjr
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Glad this isn't representative of unions as a whole
How much dealing have you had with Unions? They'll use anything they can to get their way, lawful or not. Bribery, extortion, etc.
I know many people hate lobbyists, there are few as large as the union lobby.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 12:00 pm to Revelator
Well here's the thing. 95% of union members give the other 5% a bad name.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 12:05 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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If that doesn't work, history shows violence, bribery or extortion isn't out of the question.
Well, actually, history shows just the opposite. The employers were the ones who first hired the Pinkertons to bust union heads.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 12:21 pm to Layabout
quote:what is the purpose of a union? It is to create an artificial limit on the supply of labor. The limited supply will cause an increase in price for that limited supply as demand increases. Unions are anti-market forces used to coerce economic advantages for their members.
Well, actually, history shows just the opposite. The employers were the ones who first hired the Pinkertons to bust union heads.
Employers cannot conscript employees. Every employee must be willing to work for the compensation an employer offers. The employers could not possibly have acted to manipulate the labor markets first. So hiring the Pinkertons was a reaction by the employers to union actions.
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