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Replying to: marsha7 (Jan 11, 2009 8:04 pm) A half-century ago, Mississippi's political godfather, the late U.S. Sen. James O. Eastland, told other prominent Southern pols during a meeting at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis that the South will "fight the CIO" (Congress of Industrial Organizations) and unionism with just as much vehemence and determination as it fights racial integration. Semiskilled and unskilled workers present the main problems for the unions, because most of the skilled workers in the South have long been relatively well organized. In fact, several strong national craft organizations, including the International Association of Machinists, were founded in that region. The deep-seated, evangelical, fundamentalist religion of southern communities has played a part in Southern unionism. It has cut both ways, or rather both sides have attempted to use it to forward their ends. The social gospel would lead some churchmen to favor measures that would promote the welfare of the worker. Lucy Randolph Mason, as agent of the CIO, was at least indirectly responsible for the adoption by the Southern Baptist Convention of a resolution favoring collective bargaining. Since the main training in leadership, speaking, and organizing of the southern worker has been in his church, and since his religion has such an appeal for him, organizers have used hymns and church procedures in their meetings. When in 1949 a large conference of the CIO in Atlanta sought to invigorate its southern drive, national CIO leaders used religious slogans. This was to be "a spiritual crusade led by men with religion in their hearts . . .," ". . . the thing we are fighting for is Christianity." On the other hand, some southern brands of religion contain a fatalism and a pacifism, among other element, that are not conducive to the united action required of unionist. Moreover, from various motives, among them religious conviction, many Southern preachers have been either cool or actively hostile to unionization. Among those who adduce evidence of anti-union activity by preachers are Liston Page (Mill Hands and Preachers, New Haven, 1942) and Miss Mason (To Win These Rights, New York, 1952). The attitude of the press in the South is predominantly anti-union, although seldom as extreme and violent as the late Frederick Sullens, editor of the Jackson (Mississippi) Daily News, who wrote in 1937: Note to the CIO: If you want to start trouble anywhere in Mississippi, please pause and take this information. The Mississippi National Guard has been mustered up to 2,300. It has been made an effective fighting organization. The boys know how to shoot guns and are not afraid to do it when the command to fire is given. However, if communities oppose 'outside agitators', these latter can expect little protection from local officials, who reflect the attitudes of their communities, and, if the press seems to advocate disregard of the civil rights of objectionable people, the labor organizer may find his work dangerous as well as difficult. The extent of anti-union legislation by Southern states may be indicated by the fact that the eighteen 'right-to-work laws in the United States, ten have been passed by Southern legislatures--in Arkansas, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama, Texas, and Mississippi. Louisiana had a similar statute, but repealed it in 1956. These laws vary in content, but are usually patterned on that of Virginia, which makes the union shop illegal under any circumstances. Their net effect on organized labor is nor easily determined, but it is clear that they represent an anti-union bias on the part of Southern lawmakers, who employ in passing them arguments not against the union shop but against union themselves. Paradoxically, the facts that wages in the South are low and that they are rising both militate against the unions. Low wages and small incomes make it harder for workers to pay union dues, to hold through a strike, and to see the usefulness of a long struggle. When wages are increased, frequently indirectly through union activity, the Southern worker is as likely to give credit to the employer as to the union.
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Replying to: dallasdude1 (Jan 11, 2009 8:20 pm) Again every thing you have posted is a smokescreen to avoid the issue of UAW running the Domestic auto industry into the toilet. And your lame arguments about all the bank bailouts were pushed by the Democrats not the conservative Republicans. The bailouts have done nothing to keep the country going. Just more graft to friends of the 110th Congress. The same bunch of losers that the UAW supports. Let them all rot in the same hole. |
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Replying to: dallasdude1 (Jan 11, 2009 8:54 pm) Those states at the time were predominantly Democrat. So what is your point? They did not swing over to Republican until a true Conservative was elected in Ronald Reagan. Even JFK was not as left wing wacko as today's Democrats that have corrupted the Unions in this country and especially the UAW. |
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Replying to: jimbres (Jan 11, 2009 12:55 pm) Your ignoring the price difference and comparing apples to oranges. Whats a 3 series BMW run? MSRP $36,300 Whats a Cobalt run? MSRP $15,660.00 Thats the plain Jane cheapoo too!
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Replying to: bpeebles (Jan 11, 2009 1:57 pm) Perhaps you could explain to me the risks of taxpayers building stadiums/arenas for billionaires? All I see is welfare for the rich and little risk and unGodly rewards/ill gotten gains/profits. AIG is a prime example of a $400,000 spa orgy after the bail out. Where was the outrage? If you have two children or more? Do you send only one to college? You do it for one, you MUST do it for the other.
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Replying to: dallasdude1 (Jan 11, 2009 9:12 pm) Thank your Democratic 110th Congress they fought hard for the bailout to their banking buddies. Name one conservative Republican that voted for the bailout bill.
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Replying to: gagrice (Jan 11, 2009 8:54 pm) Again the CEO in not a UAW represented employee. The CEO runs the company. Get over it. Deal with it. The AIG CEO ran that company into the toilet and was rewarded. Now GM is asking for a fraction of what AIG got. Again if you detest socialism. Send that entitlement/social security check back and don't use Medicare either. |
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Replying to: gagrice (Jan 11, 2009 9:17 pm) McCain voted for it, Bush and Paulson pushed it. Its a republican bill. You can't be serious? Can you say VETO? WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush signed into law an unprecedented $700 billion plan to rescue the U.S. financial system, one of the largest-ever government interventions in the nation's economy -- and almost certainly not the last. On Friday, 26 Republicans and 33 Democrats switched from no to yes. The compromise won wide support in the Senate Wednesday and passed the House on the second attempt on Friday by a vote of 263-171. President Bush signed the bill shortly thereafter.
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so does that mean everything is written in stone or do the stocks just flow accordingly to the economy 
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Hello Everyone, Just saw the Hal Turner video on YouTube. He talks about the Amero, the supposed new American dollar, and that the present dollar will be devalued, that Canada, the US, and Mexico will be linked to a common currency the Amero Just do a search on YouTube for Hal Turner Amero, and tell me what you think and how this will affect the Autoworkers and working class of the US, Canada and Mexico if it comes to true. How believable is this?? Should I be concerned? I also saw Mr. Gerard President of the United Steel Workers Union speak on National TV. He did a great job. Are there any Union leaders in the know on the unification of North American currencies? Do you guys know if this is true? Because the main stream press is suppressing this. Pretty scary stuff considering the situation the US, Canada and Mexico are in economically right now. Hal Turner says the US dollar should calapse by February 2009. |
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