This is what makes politics so frustrating....

[TableFun]

I'm pretty sure I'm not allowed to form a union.

 

[-SD-]

I'm pretty sure I'm not allowed to form a union.

sue
sue them all

 

[redsamurai]

We could always just refuse treatment, devices and drugs until our demands are met.

Isn't the labor movement a noble cause? We should engage in protected, concerted activity under the National Labor Relations act. I thought it was a good thing for workers to stand-up against working conditions they dislike.

Oh wait. We don't have a cigar-sporting, Democratic party-boss fat cat protecting our would-be union. So guess what? We'd go to jail if we did that.

When the democrats do it its called a union, when you guys do it it's a called a superlobby. Same shit different toilet.

 

[shirlene29]

We could always just refuse treatment, devices and drugs until our demands are met.

Isn't the labor movement a noble cause? We should engage in protected, concerted activity under the National Labor Relations act. I thought it was a good thing for workers to stand-up against working conditions they dislike.

Oh wait. We don't have a cigar-sporting, Democratic party-boss fat cat protecting our would-be union. So guess what? We'd go to jail if we did that.

we should instigate this anyway

handcuffs aren't that scarey

 

[mrplunkey]

I'm pretty sure I'm not allowed to form a union.

You aren't. I'm 100% certain about that.

 

[mrplunkey]

we should instigate this anyway

handcuffs aren't that scarey

Damn that's a great answer.

 

[mrplunkey]

When the democrats do it its called a union, when you guys do it it's a called a superlobby. Same shit different toilet.

What Chris and I are referring to is how all forms of price-fixing except big labor-approved ones are deemed illegal.

- If pipefitters in an area decide they aren't going to work for less than $X per hour, it's considered protected, concerted activity. It's explicitly protected under the National Labor Relations Act (basically the big labor payoff from Democrats).

- If orthopedic surgeons in an area decide they aren't going to do a knee replacement for less than $Y per case, they get indicted for anti-trust violations and sent to federal prison.

So a guy who would be necessary for building the hospital is allowed to collude on his price of labor. But the guy who would actually work in the hospital isn't allowed to do the same thing.

 

[-SD-]

Because doctors are rich 1%ers who just got lucky and won lifes lottery so they need to just stfu about all this organized labor talk
Pipefitters are much more noble and righteous and its their birthright to unionize because theyve been downtrodden all their lives by the evil 1%ers and cant live without union protection

Or something like that

 

[mrplunkey]

Because doctors are rich 1%ers who just got lucky and won lifes lottery so they need to just stfu about all this organized labor talk
Pipefitters are much more noble and righteous and its their birthright to unionize because theyve been downtrodden all their lives by the evil 1%ers and cant live without union protection

Or something like that

Yup. Sounds about right.

 

[Captain FT]

One could argue that pipefitting o-rings is a unionizable trade skill. With the right lawyers I'm sure Plunky could unionize.