crazy shit going on around LA right now
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From: Milwaukee, WI
Originally Posted by LiLRexen
You people suck. Strikes are meant to inconvenience people, if the were convenient for you then they wouldn't be effective. Unions are in place to protect the working man from the management and other people who are going to try and take advantage. I don't care where the strike is, who is doing it or what kind of trucks they are driving, I support them. If a situation gets bad enough that a man has to rise up and say enough, then by God I'll fight to the death for his right to do so.
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Originally Posted by brtecson
You must be some sort of idiot. As an intelligent union worker, I know that the purpose of a strike is to hurt the profits of a company if the company is not willing to negotiate fairly.
Seems like its exactly what a strike is supposed to do....except its not their company they are striking against, instead it is national price gouging
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Originally Posted by Nightshade
And they are protesting a nations gas prices so jamming up traffic in a major area of California means delays in many major and key industries that inconveniences the nation in general which brings the white houses attention to the situation immediatley.
Seems like its exactly what a strike is supposed to do....except its not their company they are striking against, instead it is national price gouging
Seems like its exactly what a strike is supposed to do....except its not their company they are striking against, instead it is national price gouging
It would be more effective if every trucker on every major highway in Cali did so.
That is just the I-5, I was on the I-5 several days ago
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Originally Posted by Sadiztik-R
It would be more effective if every trucker on every major highway in Cali did so.
That is just the I-5, I was on the I-5 several days ago
That is just the I-5, I was on the I-5 several days ago
If you were an owner operator instead of just an operator I am sure you too would have done the same thing if you had been in LA that day
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From: Virginia
Originally Posted by Sadiztik-R
It would be more effective if every trucker on every major highway in Cali did so.
That is just the I-5, I was on the I-5 several days ago
That is just the I-5, I was on the I-5 several days ago
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From: Milwaukee, WI
Originally Posted by Nightshade
And they are protesting a nations gas prices so jamming up traffic in a major area of California means delays in many major and key industries that inconveniences the nation in general which brings the white houses attention to the situation immediatley.
Seems like its exactly what a strike is supposed to do....except its not their company they are striking against, instead it is national price gouging
Seems like its exactly what a strike is supposed to do....except its not their company they are striking against, instead it is national price gouging
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From: South Dakota
Originally Posted by Nightshade
I-5 is a major traffic vein and as you can see it caused quite a delay all over town. So basically speaking it was effective and it got its point out and the attention they were seeking in this issue.
If you were an owner operator instead of just an operator I am sure you too would have done the same thing if you had been in LA that day
If you were an owner operator instead of just an operator I am sure you too would have done the same thing if you had been in LA that day
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From: Virginia
Originally Posted by brtecson
Thats protesting. I didn't like the comment that was said about striking and how it is made to be inconvenient towards the public.
That was my doing. Puffy wrote that it was a strike, and I took his word for it.
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From: Milwaukee, WI
Originally Posted by LiLRexen
You people suck. Strikes are meant to inconvenience people, if the were convenient for you then they wouldn't be effective. Unions are in place to protect the working man from the management and other people who are going to try and take advantage. I don't care where the strike is, who is doing it or what kind of trucks they are driving, I support them. If a situation gets bad enough that a man has to rise up and say enough, then by God I'll fight to the death for his right to do so.