Unions Even Help My Non-Union Husband
04 June 2009 12:50 pm by Taylor Marsh
The “Morning Joe” crew has really been on a race to the bottom this week.
First they refused to even discuss the murder of Dr. Tiller. Relegating this horrific assassination to quiet “horrifying” murmurs from Mika, as Scarborough ran for cover.
Then the crew mixed up the generals in back to back segments that had anyone watching in full tilt whiplash. First showing a picture of fired Gen. McKiernan, Mika saying he was to have his confirmation hearing that day; then in the very next segment finally getting Lt. Col. McChrystal’s photo up, with Mika saying it was his confirmation that was on deck. No correction offered, just two different segments, one wrong, the next right, without ever acknowledging what had happened.
Now we’ve got “Morning Joe” and guests Andrew Ross Sorkin and Jim Cramer proclaiming that unions cause companies to fail. Never mind what they offer middle class families.
“Name a successful unionized company. Think. You’re going to go to break before you come up with one. And that’s the problem.” Andrew Ross Sorkin
Mind you, this ignorant pronouncement was said in a room full of union NBC employees, as Brian Beutler also noted.
They even impact people who are not union.
Take my husband. He’s a blue collar genius who can fix and build anything. Mark has always proclaimed loudly that without the unions trying to push where he worked for 25 years, his wages wouldn’t have been competitive with what they offer, including benefits and pension. I cannot count how many times Mark has hailed the unions in being responsible for keeping the company he worked for honest. Now that we’ve moved to D.C., Mark has looked for work across the region, with some companies telling him joining a union would be mandatory at some point. He just smiles and says, gladly. He’s working non-union again, having no trouble getting job offers, proving once again that a little college is terrific, but having a trade and being creative in a bad economy is even better.
Brian Beutler nailed them.
Off the top of my head I can give you several Teamster-represented companies who continue to thrive, despite the economic downturn, but there are thousands more: UPS, Eight O’Clock Coffee, Coca-Cola Enterprises, PepsiCo, Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors. The Morning Joe team really should be embarrassed for showing their lack of knowledge on the subject. – James Hoffa, General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, in a statement to TPMDC
Joe Scarborough, Mika and their entire crew have no idea how valuable unions are to people and families, including ours. Even when a company isn’t union, the fact that unions are out there working for the average family makes all the difference in the world.
