ralph
08-11-2010, 11:34 PM
"For a lot of our members, it's really difficult to have them come out, either because of parking or something else," explains Vincente Garcia, a union representative who is supervising the picketing.
So instead, the union hires unemployed people at the minimum wage—$8.25 an hour—to walk picket lines. Mr. Raye says he's grateful for the work, even though he's not sure why he's doing it. "I could care less," he says. "I am being paid to march around and sound off."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704288204575362763101099660.html
The union is protesting the hiring/use of NON-UNION Carpenters at a job-site and their argument is"the pickets are not only about "union issues" but also about fair wages and benefits for American workers. By hiring the unemployed, "we are also giving back to the community a bit," he says.
I'd have to be DRUNK to buy into that logic Mr Garcia.
So instead, the union hires unemployed people at the minimum wage—$8.25 an hour—to walk picket lines. Mr. Raye says he's grateful for the work, even though he's not sure why he's doing it. "I could care less," he says. "I am being paid to march around and sound off."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704288204575362763101099660.html
The union is protesting the hiring/use of NON-UNION Carpenters at a job-site and their argument is"the pickets are not only about "union issues" but also about fair wages and benefits for American workers. By hiring the unemployed, "we are also giving back to the community a bit," he says.
I'd have to be DRUNK to buy into that logic Mr Garcia.