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Hurricane-Devastated NJ Town Rejects Non-Union Alabama Electrical Workers

Nov. 2, 2012 2:19am Mike Opelka

It almost sounds too outrageous to be true, and yet it is not.

Hurricane Devastated NJ Town Rejects Non Union Alabama Electrical Workers

This aerial photo shows the destroyed homes left in the wake of superstorm Sandy on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in Seaside Heights, N.J.Credit: AP

With millions still struggling to get power in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, non-union work crews from Alabama have been turned away by New Jersey. The reason? Their non-union status.

Image: Derrick Moore

WAFF in Alabama reports that the crews rushed to help after receiving calls from Seaside Heights, NJ. However, when they arrived, they were told that their services would not be needed. Some have returned home, while a couple of crews found a warm welcome on Long Island.

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CaptPK_in_the_Gulf
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:19am
New Jersey is a forced unionism state. Maybe next time the people who suffer through a prolonged period without electricity, waiting for their union linemen to finish their mandatory coffee breaks – maybe these folks will think twice before voting for politicians that legally support the unions and vote against right to work laws.

Sometimes it is a shame that we have to pay the consequences for our previous actions (or inaction) but I find it difficult to feel sorry for people who voted for this attitude in their political leaders. Maybe THIS will be their “wake-up call” – for a few, maybe – for most, somehow I doubt it!

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- chalkdust
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 4:31am
  I doubt this will change anyone’s views of unions in these areas.
  
  OK, your a big union supporter blah blah blah but someone offers a hand and you spit in their face? Because they are non-union and traveled a great distance to help your sorry a$$?
  
  I have no sympathy for these morons. None.
  
  I’m sure they are getting paid anyway. The power company in New Jersey will get the bill.
  
  Hows that for stupidity.
  
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- chips1
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 4:33am
  Thank goodness they have Chris Christie there. He can put his fat a$$ to work and replace the workers that were turned away.
  
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- Pauln
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 5:08am
  I think they were just following Christy’s lead… Their arrogance may cost them dearly. I think we should pray a lot for people like that, either blind by their ignorance or just wrongly too “proud” to accept a friendly hand.
  
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- revelation2012
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 5:13am
  the people in need probably don’t even know
  
  it was the union that sent them packing – they are ruthless
  
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- smallcraftadvisory
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 5:26am
  The left’s slavish devotion to unions hurts the average person, as it has done in this situation. Read http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/ for fresh political commentary.
  
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- mersey
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 6:05am
  I find this incredulous. I always knew progressives valued ideology over common sense, but this raises it to a new art form of stupidity. I’m sure the average person in New Jersey would find this act of government repulsive, at best.
  
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- toiletclogga
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 6:11am
  You can thank George Norcross (go ahead and google him). He is the head of the Democrat machine in Southern NJ, and formerly ran the electrician’s union. Even Philly has sense not to use union linesmen. PECO isn’t union!
  
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- Gold Coin & Economic News
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 6:12am
  Liberalism being stupid to the point of absurdity. I’ll bet they’re all voting for Obama!
  
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- SamIamTwo
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 6:58am
  It’s like putting a gun to your own head to refuse help, regardless of union or not. Silly nutters might as well suffer. Fools.
  
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- 4xeverything
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 7:05am
  It’s not like New Jersey is known for its huge number of …well…smart people.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 7:18am
  Woke up this morning hearing this story on a local talk radio station. There are 2 electric companies that sent crews. The local companies in Huntsville, and Decatur, AL. They were actually contacted requesting their assistance from NJ and NY. There is a bit of unconfirmed speculation that the unions up there where contacted by personnel from Alabama Power which is unionized. Again, that part is only speculation for the moment. The group that were turned away from NJ have returned home already. Now comes the really odd part. There is another group that has just spent the night in Virginia hotels. This is unconfirmed at the moment too. Either some or all who were invited to Long Island have been turned away for the same non-union reason.
  So much for that “cutting through all of the red tape, and bureaucracy.” After that unionized snow plow debacle, what, last winter, or the year before? One would think that the cities and states up there would have form of Dire Emergency Act that take into account people’s lives over a brief period of union security.
  
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- americansfightingforcommonsense
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 7:24am
  These people that turned away non-union electric workers should be the very last ones to get power from their union electric workers. DON’T BE AN IDIOT! Non-Union workers understand what needs to be done and sometimes even more so than their union counterparts. Non-Union workers of all kinds work harder and longer at their own free will and don’t ask for more coffee breaks or higher wages so they can pay off politicians to keep themselves swimming in the money. It’s time to rethink the whole union thing and look at where the money is really going and how that is really destroying our republic.
  
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- johnjamison
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 7:31am
  This story should be a headline on every News Outlet….it speaks volumes to why unions are UnAmerican…….
  
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- BSdetector
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 7:35am
  the Soviet State of New Jersey is just as bad as the Soviet State of New York. We don’t deserve any help from America.
  I’ve been planning to move to the U.S.A. and hopefully bring the family if I can ever afford to do it in Obamas economy.
  
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- Bluefish49
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 7:35am
  No.- I told my wife this would happen. Also saying that no one would be involved with any of the construction re-build without a Union card.
  N0. -2 I hope they never get power.
  
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- Mark
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 7:38am
  AMEN Brother could not said any better
  
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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 7:43am
  @CaptPK:
  
  I hope that you are right and it will awaken the people of the state and we see changes for the better. As others have stated, its not likely, but miracles are noted to happen, as we seen in 2010 when the awakening of the people of the nation smashed the old paradigms of DC for good.
  
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- Secret Squirrel
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 7:44am
  .
  “Adios, See ya’, wouldn’t want to be ya’
  “Hasta la bye, bye.”
  “We’ll go where we’re needed, obviously not here”.
  
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- Eleutheria
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 7:46am
  Alright, that settles it.
  
  It’s time for another civil war.
  
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- Mark
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 7:48am
  Could not said better myself
  
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- SCREW-WINDOWS
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:01am
  My reply to all union workers “Sorry You No Longer Fit the Budget” don’t worry it’s coming and it sucks to be you.
  
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- helmethead
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:17am
  You are right on Captain! I lived in NJ for a few years…the unions have had that state locked up tighter than Dick’s hatband for years…While it is indeed sad…(the Governor called the damage “unthinkable,” but how about turning away help for people who are now homeless or without power…is that even more “unthinkable?”) — yet this is the product of what New Jerseans have clearly said they wanted – hard core unionism at its best. Well, sorry to say folks, you have exactly what you asked for.
  
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- Square Dancer
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:17am
  Hey they don’t want help, don’t give them help. Let them stay in the dark. Alabama could use the help this weekend when they play LSU.
  
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- idarusskie
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:35am
  Most likely it was the power companies that turned them away when they found out they would be paying twice for the same work. This is big overtime money. The governor or perhaps Obama needs to make a law spending things like this during emergency. something like a one week suspension of union ********
  
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- hoopsgulch
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:36am
  Luckily, southern NJ has power coming back and gasoline is available. The conservatives down here were prepared for the storm..never count on the corrupt Dem politicians and unions in NJ.
  
  Thank you for your prayers. See ya’ll at the polls!
  
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- Marine 1
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 9:34am
  No one can fix stupid.
  
  The folks in NJ who are rejecting help are stupid – plain and simple.
  
  It also appears as if most of the folks in NY and NJ never prepared for an emergency either.
  
  You know, having an emergency plan for your family, having stored food and water, 72-hour kits for each member of their family, and their cars filled up BEFORE the storm hit.
  
  Let the people of NJ suffer if they don’t have the common sense God gave everyone else. Geez!
  
  Now, Bloomberg, the mayor of New York, has diverted needed relief supplies to the NY Marathon instead of helping those in need. Ever thought of just “bagging” the marathon and working the real problem, Mayor? Stupid exists at the highest levels – including the WH.
  
  Man, I’m really glad I live in the Rocky Mountain West.
  
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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 9:35am
  As the day wear on without power, this should be highlighted. A few billboards and lots of advertisement. Demonstrate the stupidity and evil of forced Unionization.
  
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- mikeinmeridanct
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 10:03am
  Amen!
  
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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 10:08am
  This is YOUR UNION at work!!! YOUR COMMUNIST UNION city refused non-union help duringYOUR dissaster!! SUCKS TO BE YOU!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
  
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- HKS
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 10:21am
  Wow, choosy beggars, only a liberal could even think about doing that. “Then Let them eat cake” if they can find some.
  
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- eagledown
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 10:29am
  Finding hard to find compassion for them.
  
  “You Sewing What You Reap” Have your unions and your government save you….
  
  Maybe its time to re-think your priorities: “Blue State”
  
  Gig Government WILL NOT BE THERE FOR YOU IDIOTS.
  
  Neither will your beloved UNIONS.
  
  You know nothing about self reliance and a strong INDEPENDENT free people that leave there Politics at the rivers edge.
  
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- Helaman
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 10:45am
  I live in a Rural area in Alabama and can tell you that the Power Crews here do a great job maintaining their power lines so that when disaster hits, they have less work to do! NJ couldn’t ask for better help and they are fools to reject it.
  
  For the past couple of days I have been answering calls from customers in the Northeast who were hit by Hurricane Sandy. Some calling to place orders for basic needs as they have no power and cannot use their computers to order items that they cannot buy at their stores right now. Others asking about emergency items that are not carried online but only in the stores and the stores are out of those supplies.
  
  It begs the question, are you prepared if a disaster hits your house?
  
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- Kevin The Elder
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 10:47am
  What kind of reporting is this? Shame on the Blaze and all those who are making comments condemning without the facts. Who turned these workers away? And why? Until these questions (at the very least) are answered how can we make an honest judgment? Sadly, I’m finding those on this site sounding more and more like those we hate on the other side.
  
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- RETIREDUSAFDEFENDER
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:13am
  @chalkdust: You are right on point. I totally agree with. What arrogant AHs!
  
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- watashbuddyfriend
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:15am
  @ Marine 1
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 9:34am
  
  “No one can fix stupid.”
  
  You are correct, Marine 1, even God could not fix Stupid via Hitler in WWII!
  
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- objectivetruth
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:51am
  @Marine1
  Couldn’t have said it better.Living in Va we are always prepared.Ice storms blizzards hurricianes tornados exc.I can’t find it in me to feel sorry for any of them.They have had years of warning that the city needed to shore up their infrastructure.They had many days to prepare for the storm as individuals.After reading story after story about the gas lines I realized they are totally incompetant as a city and as individuals.This story about turning away the electrical workers due to their non union status just wiped out any small ounce of pity I could have mustered for them.
  They can sit in the dark forever, for all I care at this point.
  
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- Rokytop
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 12:27pm
  Chris Christie is busy kissing the Feds butts. You got to remember NJ lost hundreds of millions of dollars for education, because he was Governor. He couldn’t afford to make enemies.
  
  Bechel just talked like a progressive democrat operative. Said that Obama was lucky that all the storm damage was mostly in ‘pretty’ blue states (won’t hurt Obama overall) and it froze out Romney.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 12:32pm
  Hi RJJ,
  
  Thanks for the update….
  
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- mrsbose4jesus
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 12:36pm
  My husband is a lineman from Iowa that is in NY right now helping out. He is in the union but most of the other linemen he works with including himself are big Romney supporters. He has been working 16+ hour days there with no breaks. I am a big-time Romney supporter as well and agree that most unions are pro-Obama but just wanted to let you know that not all are for him and that they are working there butts off out there!
  
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- dblaess
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 12:41pm
  If they don’t want non – union workers, then most likely they don’t want non – union donations. Perhaps everyone who is non – union and making donations should reconsider their choice. I understand other states in the region who were hit are not as picky about help as NJ.
  
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- karencole
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 12:50pm
  That was a very confusing report!!!!!!!
  
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- one.dakine.howlie
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 1:00pm
  New Jersey’s arrogance will be the end of them. It was all over Christie’s face when he was on stage trying to get PR points with Obama. I have no respect for Christie after that circus and his leadership reflects the attitudes of that state.
  
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- Rokytop
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 1:02pm
  Mrsbose4Jesus@. Tell your husband yo stay safe. Thank him for going. I know he makes a lot of money, (our area sends out storm teams) but stay safe.
  
  I’ll send my help through Mercury One, or a group that doesn’t mind non-union help.
  
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- KIWL-DA-WABBIT
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 1:05pm
  It is kind of like being mauled to death by a bear and then telling the guy with the rifle not to shoot. Insane!
  
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- KIWL-DA-WABBIT
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 1:14pm
  The power company here in NC was smart enough to remove the tree and branch threats in the first place so that when the storm comes the power STAYS ON in the first place, at least were I live.
  
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- GroundZero is Nuclear Demolition x3
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 1:31pm
  Reminds me of FRIZ THE CAT (can’t underline title) when he toured New Africa.
  
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- pudssweetie
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 1:36pm
  @KEVIN THE ELDER, before you go off yelling at The Blaze, maybe you should have done your own research. I found this on Big Government and here is a statement by one of the Decatur workers
  
  “Crews from Huntsville, as well as Decatur Utilities and Joe Wheeler out of Trinity headed up there this week, but Derrick Moore, one of the Decatur workers, said they were told by crews in New Jersey that they can’t do any work there since they’re not union employees”.
  
  Instead of questioning The Blaze for not reporting who, maybe you should be questioning NJ and the Union Crews who turned them down and sent them packing.
  
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- mrsbose4jesus
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 1:48pm
  Thanks Rokytop- he does make good money but he earns it with how much he works (he is gone a lot evenings and weekends) and how hard he works even when there isn’t storm damage. He is not a fan of the union but he kind of has to be in it, but like I said he is a big Romney supporter: some guy came up to him where he is working in NY and was asking how much longer until he has power and then he said “Glad you will be voting for the right guy”, and my husband says”Yeah, I will be, Romney!” The guy took off real fast.
  
  I sent money through Samaritan’s Purse- I go through them with other things as well.
  
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- eagledown
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 1:55pm
  @KEVIN THE ELDER
  
  Dude. If you selected the link where the story came from WAFF in Alabama WHERE THE REPORTING CAME FROM: NOT THE BLAZE. You can take it up with them! Read their comments too, you’ll find that everyone is on the same page but you. Sorry about your hurt feelings but this goes to prove your apathy and lack of being able to conceptualization the levity and ramifications of “The Other Sides” love of Union Thuggery and Big Government. Like me previous post: They are Sewing what the Reap”. It’s up to “Communities and People” to come together and help. HELLO! WHERE IS FEMA? Oh ya, they AREN’T. TURNING AWAY ANYONE FOR HELP IS POLITICIZING AT THAT EXPENSE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING. Now with that said, and all of the rhetoric aside, lets donate! http://fundly.com/mercury-one-disaster-relief-fund. I did! Because it’s up to us, not the Gov. or some Union Thugs.
  
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- Nuwzgrrl
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:17pm
  This is not the full story. The reporter has decided to run with what was reported on the wire and did not (or at least did not report) that this was a breaking news story and more details would come later or that a call email/text/tweet/Facebook post had been made to various Union officials, power companies or municipal governments and not returned. The local papers managed to get a response. Officials would jump at the chance to be quoted in a major news outlet like TheBlaze.com. I spent several years as a local reporter in NJ and continue to freelance for other pubs. My editors always require that I attempt to get the other side of the story and say so in the text. I see none of that here and I’m truly dismayed at this level of reporting. Here’s the story as per the locals: crews from across the U.S. are helping, including some from Alabama, a non-union state. Please review the following story links and then make a donation to your favorite charity. My family and friends need help and there’s nothing I can do from across the miles, but pray, pray some more, and donate what few pennies I can spare. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/non-union_utility_crew_from_al.html#incart_m-rpt-2 http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/alabama_utility_crew_needed_un.html
  
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- ICEDRAGONNITE
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:24pm
  How stupid do you have to be to tell someone that offers to help in a dire situation, which is going to cost lives, to take as hike because they don’t belong to a Union.
  I belonged to Teamsters years ago and found they were against work. This is the true state of the Unions.
  
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- Dboxman7
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:32pm
  Let the fools freeze in the dark. In CT they throw eggs and worse at them. Ungrateful jerks. This is just stupid. BTW I am in the IBEW, in generation, not transmission. All linemen deserve appreciation for the risky, dangerous work they do, union card or not.
  
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- OldSkoolDJ
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:24pm
  Before commenting on stories like this, it pays to do some follow up. According to the Alabama utility that sent the crews, they were not turned away, but they were delayed while the union essentially extorted a payment from the AL utility. By the time that was settled, the AL crew were not required.
  
  Whatever version is true, the unions have once again shown they could care less about the people they are supposed to serve and are only concerned with their own interests.
  
  This is why school teacher unions and all municipal unions must be prohibited. The Democrat saint Franklin Delano Roosevelt was against public unions and this is an example of why having public unions is so dangerous. And yes trolls, I know the unions in this instance are private sector employees, but they are regulated by the state. Not a lot of difference in my view.
  
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- Bluefish49
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:54pm
  @KevintheElder…..Kevin I worked as a Construction Manager on a Pharma Project in Rhode Island. I am Non-Union and proud of it. We had to move our office from the construction trailer we were in to the one next door. I packed my two small boxes and moved myself on a weekend. The following Monday my Project Manager called me in his office and chewed me a new one for moving my own property……I had to repack my boxes, let a Union Carpenter carry my boxes back to my old office and then carry them back to my new office…I was just amazed they didn’t make me unpack them at my old office…so I can absolutely say I know how Northern Unions operate…..so take your hatred to the Huffpo…..your not welcome here.
  
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- 1947
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 5:15pm
  To the People in NEED, New Jersey Unions now gives you the support and HELP you so desperately needed by turning away the very support that Americans normally gives without question during the time of need. We are America and the rescue of the American people such come first not a union cause. Now you can vote for Obama and his UNIONS. Has he divided the country …?
  
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- tifosa
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 5:18pm
  Were the non-union workers trained/insured to do this work? Another lame stir-the-masses issue?
- BuzzardSays
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 6:04pm
  Holy Cow man the chickens done come home to roost. You Alabam-ians need to sign a pledge card and have a unionization vote before you touch anything.
  
  You just gotta smile at the hubris of these jack-wagons. I hope they have no E-lek-tra-is-ity for the next year or two whilst their unionized labor force gets all that mess cleaned up…on overtime of course. I can just hear them bast ids “That’s weekend work. Chris Christie’s paying us overtime for this here, ‘Proud American Labor’ “.
  
  Put it on a bumper sticker “Jack-Wagons”. Have some “soylent green”…it’s yummy.
  
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- LuLu50
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 6:23pm
  Did Obama take Governor Chris Christie into the “back room” and do a scrub of his mind like they do in the TV show Dollhouse by Joss Whedon???
  
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- Quester55
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:52pm
  What a shame, After all of the Suffering from Sandy, NOW This, Slap in the Face From None other than OBAMA Sponsoring Union Crews & Stewart’s?
  Those Fools are Making their own People Suffer, Due to Politics? Maybe the Governor Should jump in Before Other UNIONS Start Turning Away ALL of these Volunteers!
  What’s next, TEAMSTERS Wanting Independents to Take their Emergency Medical Supply’s & Go Home? What about All of Those A/C & Refrigeration Techs?, NO UNION NO WORK?, Where does this Communistic Crap END? Thank God these Bums Didn’t Turn away The Churches that are Sheltering , Survivors, Even With a State that is Loaded with those GOD HATERS, You call them SOCIALIST DEMOCRATS.
  
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- GaryScarlett
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 9:24pm
  I would also add that Chris Christie is the most despicable piece of garbage in the Republican Party. Christie is on record stating that the catastrophe is above presidential politics. Obama played Christie like a pro. Your state is struggling, the union thugs strong arm the men from Alabama who are there to help the needy and Chris Christie is too damn weak to rock the boat. Why, because he’s above all a politician. New Jersey, remember the day some union fools were able to force away your assistance, and Chris Christie was nowhere to be found. Don’t forget his best friend Barack Obama wasn’t available to make matters right. Wake up New Jersey, your older folks are going to freeze to death if you don’t allow non union workers in to help. I live in Florida and I have seen workers from as far away as New York repairing our electrical lines. You know what we say when help arrives: we say “thank you.” Get rid of the union fools who are exploiting you for everything you have.
  
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- sootsme
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:13pm
  So, um, how many of those fine upstanding union folks shop at (non-union) WalMart? Just asking…
  
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- Rokytop
  Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:35am
  It’s not just about following the IBEW’s rules. They problably have to agree to union supervision while they are working. BUT, the biggie is the union dues, the union has got to get it’s money from any electrical work going on in New Jersey. Us people in right to work states, call it graft. I’ve worked alongside union electricians in North Carolina. I wouldn’t join the union. You give up your freeedom to work with an employer of your own choice; and instead you work for “the gang” who tell you when and where to work. Don’t know about how they are today, but I would have starved before joining the IBEW.
  
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kalli
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:16am
Because it’s being reported that another weather system may hit the east coast next week, I looked up the weather report and found this. Why did NHC not issue hurricane or tropical storm warnings past N. Carolina? Another lamebrain call from the WH so people would suffer a bigger disaster that would offer a better photo op to look presidential? Nah, tell me it ain’t so.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/national-hurricane-center-no-a/839301

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- revelation2012
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 5:05am
  I wish more people knew about ‘weather modification’
  
  sooner or later
  
  I hope that it won’t be to late
  
  congress doesn’t even read the bills they sign
  
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- oneshiner
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 1:17pm
  You know, I really feel sorry for the poor people who aren’t getting the help needed to restore their power and water because of the IDIOT union people. When help arrives, you accept it with welcome arms, not what these disgusting UNION people did to those wanting to give of themselves and help out.
  NO Wonder I’ve hated the Unions all these years and refused to join one when pushed. I read an article years ago in Readers Digest about the disgusting, disreputable unions going around burning down buildings that refused to join the union. This are what unions are all about, destruction and
  power. You do as they say or they’ll hurt you. Fools who put up with this are idiots.
  
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prb65
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:13am
Just like the Union that refused to plow the streets and medics could not reach 911 dispatches resulting in deaths.

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- starman70
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:30am
  Unions, they will b e the death of America. As far as I am concerned, the people in New Jersey can go without power for 6 months or more. The utter stupidity of this action cannot even be put into words.
  
  It is high time the voters in New Jersey break the stranglehold the unions and their thugs have on their state. They can only do it by removing union bought politicians. This incident should be a wake up call.
  
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- KIWL-DA-WABBIT
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 1:23pm
  This is a great interview with Jesse Ventura, he says he will run in 2016 if the people show that they will support him. This is worth watching.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=EUu_LvYvCqE&NR=1
  
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OperationNorthwoods
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:12am
What a slap in the face to those who have traveled all that way and are risking their own safety. Who the hell told them this anyway?

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- GeorgieJo
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 7:49am
  Dickie Trumpkee that shovel ready POS that Obummer thinks is way cool
  Kinda like Jeffy Immeldt–Head Dude at GE
  Both posers.
  OMG NOV 2012
  
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- whodat1
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 9:40am
  Question the crews were asked: “Are you a non-union worker?”
  
  Reply: “Sir, not only am I non-union, I am a proud Confederate!”
  
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- GlennaBeckski
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 10:58am
  What a slap in the face to those who have traveled all that way and are risking their own safety. Who the hell told them this anyway?
  
  Exactly!!! I hope whoever it was goes into a “witness protection” program.. FOOL!
  
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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:11am
But seriously– It doesn’t get anymore shovel ready than this…. But obama spent everything already..

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Seabird
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:10am
Who turned them away! Post the numbskulls name so the people looking for help know whom to blame!

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- Gonzo
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 7:41am
  Christie should have seen this union idiocy coming and stopped it before it started. Instead he’s too busy slobbering all over Barry. You’re “doing as heck of a job” Christie.
  
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- tj1961
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 9:02am
  They were turned away by the Borough of Seaside Heights The town runs their own electric utility. They simply could NOT have a private utility make $ providing power so the town BUYS the power and bills the people at a nice markup
  
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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:09am
They probably came shorthanded. Not enough people to stand around while 1 of them actually works..

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A.Yeshuratnam
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:54am
Begging beggars of India
Bloomberg is an opportunist and he changes according to weather. Will Bloomberg’s endorsement remove steep recession, massive unemployment, $16 trillion national debt and shame in the murder of American ambassador? Obama was deriving sadistic pleasure by visiting Sandy victims – sadism to gain votes at the sufferings of the victims. Obama is not in pain; but the pain of the victims is used as a sadist to gain political mileage. Naked sadism of Obama.In India beggars kidnap beautiful children, amputate their legs or hands and even pull out their eyes and these handicapped and maimed children are kept with them in public places and are shown as their children to get money for them. In the same manner Obama has used Sandy victims to get votes for him.

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Spyderco
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:53am
Oh well. Let them sit in the dark. Help people who want to help themselves.

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- duckwalker
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:56am
  This is the definition of stupid. Sitting in the cold dark house, no food, no gas, no water, no sewer, and you turn a helping hand down cause your f—ing union? I hope this town is the last one to get power back on.
  
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- kalli
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:58am
  SPYDERCO, there are 2 things in this world that I can’t stand and wonder why G-d had to make them. They are snakes and spiders. Your moniker freaks me out as it looks like I have one on my screen. :o)
  
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kalli
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:51am
This brings to mind the old saying, “Never look a gift horse in the mouth.” Screw ‘em! They can live in the ruins or do the work themselves.

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- chips1
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 4:41am
  Unions seem to be looking at the wrong end of the horse.
  
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- AxelPhantom
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:05am
  Here is another saying
  
  “beggars can’t be choosers”
  
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drenfroe
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:49am
Well I dont know but I bet the people of that town don’t feel that way.

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- GlennaBeckski
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 11:01am
  Right.. and I hope at some point they are made aware of this and take to task the person who made that idiotic decision.
  
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PJL
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:48am
So where was Christie? conservative mu ****.

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rsanchez1
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:46am
What, does the town feel that they haven’t lost enough already, that they now have to pay for union help that is way more expensive than non-union help?

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- revelation2012
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 4:35am
  they have FEMA camps – then they can take the land away from them
  
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- revelation2012
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 4:38am
  student loans are how they intend to enslave our children and grandchildren
  
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Pinetop
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:44am
I hope there is some way that the homeowners without electric service can find out about this…………………

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CowboyExpat
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:44am
Christy…WTH?! Are you are powerless or are you too busy making hay with Obama? Let ‘em rot on their union brothers dues. They need the overtime, and the good folks who live there don’t need the electricity. Can’t be that bad then, can it?

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- oneshiner
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:17pm
  Christy was trying to butter both sides of the bread, kissing up to obama. Sorry, Mr. Christy, I’ve lost so much respect for you smearing Romney with your words while you show such love for a man who’s created so much destruction for America. Loss of jobs, loss of 6 trillion dollars, lost of low gas prices, loss of everything that was part of who America was. Sorry, I see through your stupidity. Now you have more problems than your girth can handle. Get a shovel and do some shovel ready jobs so you can kiss up to the man who believes in shovel ready jobs.
  
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lassiegirldawn
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:42am
What they are afraid of is someone actually working and not having to charge an arm and a leg because of union dues. They will get more work done because they don’t have all the union demanded breaks and how much work that you are allowed to get done. If you work too fast, they, the unions tell you to slow down, it make other workers look bad. If these people go along with this, they need to stay in the dark.

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kvan
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:41am
If this is true then there is but one conclusion: there are some incredibly stupid people in NJ.

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- CatB
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:46am
  You got that right ….
  
  http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/Decoder-Wire/2012/1101/If-Obama-wins-how-much-credit-goes-to-Chris-Christie
  
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- rsanchez1
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:51am
  From the same people who brought you Jersey Shore… this.
  
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TexasTeaPartier1967
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:40am
This is a prime example how liberalism is a mental disorder. I say allow the liberals to wallow in misery. The rejection of non-union electrical crews from Alabama by unionized electrical crews in New Jersey is utter stupidity. It doesn’t make any sense. This is ideology over practicality. This is illogical!

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- BODYBAG
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 6:32am
  Alabama Emergency Utility Workers:
  “Let’s go to the house boys, F ‘em. Let ‘em drown & freeze to death.”
  
  It was most likely the Unions that did this and not the NJ citizens. If I were a homeless,
  starving resident who needed help and found out about this I would probably be ready to
  go on a systematic Union execution spree.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 8:09am
  Politically, this may turn out to be good thing….
  
  It exposes and illustrates the selfish arrogance of unions to the voters that support them via “pro-union” candidates..
  
  BTW… I’d love to hear a union Jersey cop or teacher’s two-cents on this BS…
  
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GodBlessTheUSAMilitaryMenAndWomen
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:39am
I’m speechless, with Disgust

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- Rokytop
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 12:55pm
  Love your handle.
  
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Ted Sheckler
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:32am
“I would not touch their card with a 10ft utility pole” was overheard on the way back to bama where electricity still works.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 7:24am
  LOL. At least they will be home in time to watch Number 1 Bama take on LSU Saturday. I’m good with that.
  
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Carlinpa
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:30am
Unbelievable.. so goes the expression, they have cut off their nose to spite their face.. This is the actions of a child. No more can liberal democrats accuse the conservatives of NOT wanting to compromise or work together, those guys traveled hundreds of miles to help “people” in desperate need, and they are turned away by the VERY people who claim to care about them? Unions care ONLY for themselves.. This shows their TRUE nature..

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HI_Don
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:27am
I’m sure the homeowners will just love to know why they won’t have power as soon as they could have. Not sure I could provide a better definition of the word idiocy.

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- CatB
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:36am
  OMG .. how fricking stupid .. I hope that these people see who those in charge care about .. and it isn’t the citizens!
  
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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:38am
  The UNIONS are so evil. THEY do not help the people the rep, the enslave them, take their money and no wonder they are so reduced… until they are GONE completely…we’ll have this problem. In lieu of them being “GONE” we need some very strict rules: UNIONS cannot donate to CAMPAIGNS. UNIONS cannot force anyone to donate $ for abortion or whatever they don’t agree with. BUT MAINLY the DONATIONS. IF it becomes illegal for UNIONS and/or anyone but individuals who may or may not belong to a union…donate to any politician we will NEVER break this dastardly circle ! UNIONS stay in power because they support dastardly politicians who keep Unions in power and on and on. I hope that everyone in that town who turned them away knows that this was done.
  OMGOSH… there is so much healing that has to go on. I’m glad some people in LONG ISLAND were not so stupid. THE person (or persons) who turned these guys away needs to be fired.
  
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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:42am
  they do not help the people THEY (left of y?) several times. Must be late!
  
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Diane TX
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:26am
OK , then. You guys just wait for the union electricians. You guys don’t need any stinking non-union electricians. Good luck with that.

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grayling646
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:24am
Since I’m non union I wonder if they still want my donation.

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- CatB
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:38am
  Makes you wonder doesn’t it .. they should get their disaster funds only from union workers .. good luck with that.
  
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- Fla.Patriot
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 3:23am
  Well, at least thier status has’nt changed…they started out in the dark, and they still are. Probably will be for the rest of thier lives. I think that if it were the actual citizens of Seaside Hieghts who refused the help, every one of them should be prosecuted for child endangerment. There are children suffering there who could’nt give a rats a** about unions. They just want a hot meal, a warm bed, and some security. These people turn my stomache
  
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Lordchamp
Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:23am
Absolutely absurd elite stupidity. Let them pay double, triple, or more for the cost to get service restored. Of course, they don’t care…it’s not THEIR money. It’s OURS!!

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- rpa49
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 2:39am
  @Lord-
  
  BINGO! This is why Obama is being so generous with any and all financial help with Sandy clean up and rebuilding efforts. It’s a way to pad the union coffers. They’re guaranteed the work and can demand triple time rates for as long as the money keeps flowing.
  
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- mike_trivisonno
  Posted on November 2, 2012 at 7:27am
  “…It’s a way to pad the union coffers….”
  
  Never thought about it this way. But this incident seems to make it self evident.
  
  Barrak “never let a death go to waste” Obama is using the citizens of these devastated areas as chattel. It is stunning to think that lives will be lost because of this.
  
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