Originally Posted By: MisterJLA
How were they harrassing customers? I shopped in stores that were being protested against years ago many times; the protestors never even said a word to me.


Okay. They said plenty to me. They certainly made plenty of other peoples' shopping experience miserable.

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In your example, the protestors agreed to work for the company initially...that doesn't mean they have to agree to those terms for all of eternity.


Certainly. As such, it's reasonable for them to leave and pursue other interests when the job's salary and benefits no longer suit their living conditions.

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You used the word "party". It appeared you were referring to the Dems, not the "party" unions represent.


Ah. I see.

To clarify, I meant party as applied to the employer or the employees.

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 Originally Posted By: MisterJLA
The rich continued to do very well during this recession, while the middle and poor classes did not....

...since corporate America is still corrupt and generally does all it can to increase the bottom line...

...many American companies do not even want full-time employees anymore...


How do you think companies exercise fiscal responsibility in the first place? By handing out raises to every single employee in the middle of a recession? Corporate America has to cut costs so its businesses can survive and have a chance to grow in the future. Trying to pin them up as financial criminals just because they decide to make their own employment policies that aren't subject to union approval is the epitome of retardation.

Yeah, I know that corporate executives can be unethical and corrupt, but that doesn't mean I choose to view every personnel cut as greedy.