Support Us or Else: Wisconsin Unions Bully Local Businesses With Ultimatum
- Posted on March 11, 2011 at 4:00pm by
Emily Esfahani Smith
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Having lost the battle over collective bargaining rights in the capital, the Wisconsin unionistas are now taking their fight to local businesses.
Seven union heads have sent the below letter to Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, a financial services firm. In the letter, the union members give the president of the company an ultimatum: publicly denounce Gov. Scott Walker’s anti-collective bargaining law, or face union boycott.
March 10, 2011
Mr. Tom Ellis, President
Marshall & Ilsley Corporation
770 N. Water Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
SENT VIA FASCIMILE AND REGULAR MAILDear Mr. Ellis:As you undoubtedly know, Governor Walker recently proposed a “budget adjustment bill” to eviscerate public employees’ right to collectively bargain in Wisconsin…
As you also know, Scott Walker did not campaign on this issue when he ran for office. If he had, we are confident that you would not be listed among his largest contributors. As such, we are contacting you now to request your support.
The undersigned groups would like your company to publicly oppose Governor Walker’s efforts to virtually eliminate collective bargaining for public employees in Wisconsin. While we appreciate that you may need some time to consider this request, we ask for your response by March 17. In the event that you do not respond to this request by that date, we will assume that you stand with Governor Walker and against the teachers, nurses, police officers, fire fighters and other dedicated public employees who serve our communities.
In the event that you cannot support this effort to save collective bargaining, please be advised that the undersigned will publicly and formally boycott the goods and services provided by your company. However, if you join us, we will do everything in our power to publicly celebrate your partnership in the fight to preserve the right of public employees to be heard at the bargaining table.
Wisconsin’s public employee unions serve to protect and promote equality and fairness in the workplace. We hope you will stand with us and publicly share that ideal.
In the event you would like to discuss this matter further, please contact the
Director of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association, Jim Palmer, at 608.273.3840.Thank you in advance for your consideration. We look forward to hearing from you soon.
James L. Palmer, Executive Director
Wisconsin Professional Police Association
Mahlon Mitchell,President
Professional Professional Fire Fighters
Jim Conway, President
International Association of Fire Fighters Local 311
John Matthews, Execuctive Director
Madison Teachers, Inc.
Keith Patt, Executive Director
Green Bay Education Association
Bob Richardson, President
Dane County Deputy Sheriffs Association
Dan Frei, Prersident
Madison Professional Police Officers Association
The primary signatory of the letter is James L. Palmer, the executive director of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association:
The unions have also taken aim at a chief financial backer of Gov. Walker, M&I bank.
From The Nation:
M&I Bank is the largest bank in Wisconsin, and was the recipient of $1.7 billion in TARP bailout money from the federal government. The bundled contributions from M&I executives were Walker’s second largest source of campaign funds. According to records provided by the Sunlight Foundation, executives at M&I Bank gave $46,308 to Walker’s campaign. And now, a group of local unions in Wisconsin have threatened to pull their money from M&I Bank unless it denounces Scott Walker’s attack on workers’ rights.
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Comments (739)
Bob Mariner
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:10pmThreatening people is against the law as far as I know and these thugs need to have charges filed. I was in the union for 22 years and was also an officer in my local but I cannot back criminal actions, including the mobbing and destruction of the WI capital.
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:53pmBob,
Report Post »Let them try to bust into a private business like they did at the capital. Private business will not wait for (union) police to come if trouble breaks out. No, private business will shoot first to protect life and property against raiding trespassing thugs. I have before and will ever after.
Let them try to bust into a private business like they did at the capital.
lisalake
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 4:13amLock & Load people — it’s on —- the COPS are using EXTORTION??? WI–demand your Attorney General press charges— arrest these criminals!
Report Post »tbconrad
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:10pmThey sound like little boys throwing a temper tantrum. Union bosses, go back under your rock and let the adults fix this country. You once served this country well but now you are nothing more than a disgrace. You are small and weak in comparison to the average real working person in this country. Go on strike, I dare you. There are more unemployed workers in this country that you have on your entire rolls. You will make millions happy if you strike.
Report Post »chasbronson
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:09pmIt is extortion at best .I would tell them to go to where they are already headed. ..ll IT IS INDEED TIME TO BOYCOTT UNION MADE PRODUCTS.Starting with the first, Obama.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:09pmI believe there are more NON-union people than there are union, and we are getting tired of your thuggish, crybaby, tactics. Capitalism has always been about competition. You take your money and spend it elsewhere, we will find other ways to bring new customers in.
Report Post »SheriS
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:29pmAs a former teacher who quit teaching because I would not join the union, I have watched our children become the recipients of what unions are good for—-nothing! Our children today score terribly on the SOL’s, they will have great difficulty getting into college in the future as the skills needed to do that are not being taught by unionized teachers. Our local paper prints in the paper how our students are doing in our local school district—it is a crime to see how poorly the kids do on these! The best thing G. W. Bush ever did as there is now a record of how unions have destroyed our once great education system!
Report Post »rnurmikko
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 6:58amThat is absolutely right. Never surrender, never falter. Never bow to bullies. Unions are made up of the losers we all grew up with. They couldn’t make it without dad threatening the kids on the block to be nice to little block head.
Report Post »The mask is off. Keep it up a little longer so more people can witness your inept nature.
sleazyhippo
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 11:07am#What about the people with no power who HAVE to put up with unions? Like Glenn and Sean and Rush. Just because they HAVE to be Union Members does not mean they should take their salaries elsewhere does it? Isn’t the better good served that they stay on the air instead of doing what is right?
Report Post »nostromo
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:09pmSo make this stuff public and request those who support the gov to make up the boycott difference. I am betting business will boom.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 11:02amI agree, it is absolutely amazing that only the Blaze has seen this letter! (even the letter has typos! “Dan Frei, Prersident” – Ha Ha Ha ) But there is No Reason every Wisconsinite could not benefit from seeing this scary letter.
Report Post »Falcon11
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:09pmPalmer looks like the quintessential liberal twit. Guess he didn‘t hear Stymie’s speach about bullying.
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:32pm@falcon
I was just thinking what a twit he looks like. I am not a bully and never was, But he “looks” like somebody I would have enjoyed beating up on the playground. I am sure he was bullied then and can only do this now because he is backed by so many. I bet personally if you yelled “BOO” you could not catch him he would be running so fast. lol
Report Post »cosette
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 9:24pmStymie-LOL That’s funny! I don’t care who you are!
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nvestnbrass
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:08pmBoycott Union goods! This is all out blackmail and a threat from the union thugs! Boycott Kroger, United Parcel Service and any other company that has union employees. I‘d let my own house burn to the ground before I’d call a union firefighter to put the flame out!
Report Post »jimikimble
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 8:35pmI really do think this skirts the legal definition of blackmail. I‘d be interested to hear a lawyer’s viewpoint.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 10:58amRight On! It’s about time we stand up for our individual rights! Go Brass Go!
Report Post »LadyIzShy
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:07pmextortion is illegal waiting for eric holder to get involved and put a stop to this.. oh wait he wont do it. I can honestly say if the union boycosts places I will then make EVERY effort to shop in the places spend money in support of then and make sure NOT to do so in places the Unions have a strong hold
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:36pmYou seem cynical and distrustful of authority…(grin)
Report Post »Uncle Crusty
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 8:43amhey sleazebag, do you ever stop smiling bobblehead? this is no game we’re playing here, and you will find Public unions in the dustbin real soon, smile at that one, LOL!
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 10:40amThanks for the shout-out! ROTGML-PMS! LOL!
Report Post »Constitutional
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:06pmTell the Union Thugs to take a hike. Americans are sick to death of Union thugs threatening everyone all the while they destroy America’s industries and greatness.
Report Post »VermontPatriot
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:06pmEnough is enough. When will be allowed to unleash some whoop ass on these union scum?
Report Post »encinom
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:47pmJust enjoy your tea-bagging you corporate shrill and traitor, the real patriots, the americans workers have arisen.
wethepeopleforfreedom
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:13pmEncinom time to get out of your grandmas basement and find a real job you troll
Report Post »PrfctlyFrank
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 7:25pmProg seminars must be payin some overtime to keep the ENCINOM entity stinkin up the place.. It‘s probably a good thing the progs don’t know when to keep their lying mouths shut because it keeps their ignorance front and center, and more easily identified.. Especially by those honestly questioning.. Thats why the progs are losing numbers like crazy..
Report Post »PrfctlyFrank
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 7:35pmAnd you know what ENCINOM, the union ones (union leadership) are the dumbest bunch of schnoids in the work force.. They are uneducated hedonistic bullies and thugs that even regard their members with less seniority as being tools to get their each, while sacrificing anyone else to get their own increase.. They, for the most part are a bunch of knuckle dragging goons that have captured industry and, although declining in membership and popularity, maintain a stranglehold on many kinds of production..
Report Post »Dahart
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 7:50pmHay everyone it seems that Encinom has made a friend…….Say hello to Sleazyhippo.
Report Post »Dandylyon
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 9:10pmENCINON@ Your vocabulary is so bad the fact that your just another Huff Troll is showing.Are you all the “move on.org “people can hire to kiss Obama‘s boot’s and troll for him and his union handler’s?
The union‘s are done slick and the law’s are in place,roll your tongue up and go home to mother’s basement.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 11:12pmHey (re: hay) DAHART You look available! Heard of Spelling Class – (works when Spell -Check is a Fail)? Love the outfit! Petit? Is it?
Report Post »fatpatriot
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 10:27amencinom
Report Post »Even
No
Clue
Idiots
Need
Obvious
Meanings explained.
I don’t have the time or inclination to school you on the REAL meaning of free markets. Your an obvious communist/anarchist/socialist/progressive. Which, by the way, is counterintuitive (look it up) to a Democratic REPUBLIC.
All of your posts leave the telltale signs a complete lack of understanding of anything meaningful in this discussion. MORON….TEENAGE TROLL!!!!!
Progessives=Fail
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 11:27amfunny, I work in the private sector and pay taxes but I’m not an “American worker” according to progressives.
Report Post »Beckatude
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:06pmSure sounds like they are all for equality and fairness to me ! Oh…and extortion…yeah, that’s right.
Report Post »Lateris
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:06pmWalker for President
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:34pmHe will be available, so good idea
Report Post »encinom
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 8:05pmYeah, Walker would be lucky if he is still Governor this time next year, he already is costing 8 Koch senators their jobs.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:05pmcommunism. i say tell them to stuff it and goodbye. this is nothing more than extortion which if i am right,this is illegal.so throw all of the people who wrote this letter in jail. brownshirt bulling.
Report Post »swega
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:03pmI see the mafia, I mean, unions, are up to their old protection rackets again. I could see if this was Chicago or New York but in the State of Wisconsin? If I were a fireman, policeman, or the like, I would be so very proud to have these union leaders representing me in such a fine manner. I am a bit disappointed they didn’t include a line or two in the letter about breaking kneecaps or the like.
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:23pm@swega
I agree, they should be very proud to have these fine upstanding people representing them, That is the trouble with unions the individual does not have a voice, it is the Collective voice.You are right they should have put the knee cap clause in. THUGS
Report Post »nmb7401
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:02pmGee, personally I would call this letter EXTORTION. A rose by any other name… ? I hope the businesses stand tall and firm, but then why do I think they won’t! Put on your big boy pants, pull ‘em up and tell the “undersigned” to pound sand!
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:02pmsounds more like nazi thugs to me..
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:32pmUseless remark in this discussion (grin)
Report Post »Theleftisda
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 9:20pmActually they are=communist’s
Report Post »timeisnow
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:01pmThis is typical Saul Alinsky tactics… Isnt Socialism a wonderful thing?These White House backed Trumpka thugs have a lot to look forward too in 2012. We TeaParty people are paying very close attention to your Brutal Attack on Democracy and we intend on winning the hearts and minds of all Middle Class taxpayers who pay your insurance and benifits and dont have the money to pay their own….
Report Post »swega
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 4:59pmMaybe the good people of WI and other states should boycott goods made by union workers.
Report Post »wethepeopleforfreedom
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:07pmthats the best ideal i have heard all day
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 7:28pmI live in Wi and I very well intend too when it is associated with the Unions involved in this. The big problem is it is primarily public unions and not private sector unions that are the problem. Public unions don’t produce anything. It becomes a henky grey area, but where I know there is a direct connection between the two I will definitely choose to go else where. Funny thing is I am a gov employee, that is in a public sector union.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 11:04pmGo For It – but, it may be hard to determine the Union Cootie factor – since it’s not required on the label!
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 4:59pmFreakin’ commie bastards.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:31pmUseless remark in this discussion (smile)
Report Post »ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 4:59pmTo me that sounds like they are going to strong arm the businesses, it reminds me of the mafia, only this time they do not have to actually pay money for protection. This is unbelievable, I wonder whats coming next ?????????
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:22pmThis has been going on since the early 70′s and the only way to get promoted was to become corrupt yourself. The supervisors are in control of law enforcement departments and the honest officers are ridiculed constantly. Becoming an officer used to be a calling and instead has turned into a collection of goons and thugs. Good officers don’t stand a chance. If you intend to cling to morals, you won’t fit into their mold. Times have changed and the public is being deceived.
Report Post »cosette
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 9:21pmOne of their “associates”, Vinnie perhaps, is coming to break his legs! Or how about a cement overcoat?
Report Post »fortyfivenorth
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 4:58pmDoes this amount to extortion? It is ugly, regardless.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 10:33amThese guys are apparently going to use every available means to fight for what they think is right! Pretty Gloves are off – would you say?
Report Post »Nigel2
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 4:57pmSounds like extortion. I would certainly forward a copy to the attorney general of WI.
Report Post »felina g
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:06pmCriminal shakedown. The con is in. Stand up.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:06pmFree-market solution, business are free to continue to support a dictator and the patriots are free to take their business else where.
V-Forge
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:25pmNope. you forward it to her and she might have you arrested.. or have some of them show up to slaughter you and your family.
Report Post »fertlmind
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:35pmJesse Jackson will be there soon if there is any extortions of business happening
Report Post »he is a parasite and an instigator of trouble
hifi74
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 7:13pmV-Forge, You’re thinking of Madigan in Illinois. Wisconsin has J.B. Van Hollen. He is the absolute polar opposite of Madigan. In other words he has a brain in his head he and uses it.
Report Post »MHP
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 8:21pm@encinom
You are NOT a Patriot. We are.
Leave the USA before we force you out.
Once we take this country back, and we will, you will be put on trial for treason.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 10:46pm@MHP – whoa! You seem kind of shrill dealing with our patriot brother! Just Sayin!
Report Post »Now that the teachers are under control, we can go for the police, then any military retirees who “double-dip” with jobs; then go for disabled persons who are also 65 years old, the list of entitlement savings is potentially endless!
sleazyhippo
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 10:58pmMHP, MHP my man, listen up – President Reagan said, the eleventh commandment is, “Thou shalt Not Diss Fellow Blazers” (or, he should have! smile) The fact you two are both talking Beck style, and competing ideas in the public market – IS WONDERFUL! So, kiss & Make up, dudes – you are 75% in agreement! (grin!)
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 10:31amIt’s too bad only the Blaze has seen this letter! The whole state of Wisconsin should read it!
Report Post »amphicat
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 4:56pmunion thugs at there best lol
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 4:56pmSo now cops and fire-men are demanding ‘protection money’ from private citizens ?
Report Post »There is a word for that
James83940
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:03pmEXTORTION!!!! Bust ‘em Danno!
Report Post »V-Forge
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:09pmAh the unions at work with the old strong arm. I love how the threats are veiled by concern for the little man with big pensions that don’t pay for healthcare like i do. I hear violins playing now.. really tiny ones. Sorry unions we know what a threat is when it’s given. A nice safe feeling legal niche of flowery words does not hide the deadly intent behind your meanings. That is the point of what your doing. There will be death threats too. all faxed or dropped off. Your scare tactics are the gateway to the real killers that will act on your words later. I suppose talk radio will be to blame for that too. These people are just plain sick.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:26pmTime to cancel their benefits too!
Report Post »psycodad36
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 7:58pmyup cheeze. it’s called taking suckers for you can get
Report Post »RedHarley
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 8:25pmYou can organize a boycott of any business you like, HOWEVER, when you write a letter to a business saying in effect that they must do whatever it is we want you to do OR ELSE…….that crosses the line into EXTORTION. The Attorney General of Wisconsin should be looking into this and pressing charges,
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 9:42pmTypical union tactics , no surprise to me .
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 8:21amBrotherhood first!! We’ll protect and serve if we feel like it. And that c-note you got there might help…BADA-BING
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 8:52amGangsters!
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 10:54amEven though police and sheriffs are held to very high standards (and they must be citizens) and they are trained to handle restricted firearms and paramilitary gear, there is no reason they should have an easier time having a career with good benefits than an illegal immigrant chicken processor or a teenage hamburger cook. They are making us BROKE and we should cancel All Contracts with them!
Report Post »PapaJohannesPatriot
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 4:54pmMore union thuggery. Stand tall and stand together!
cheezwhiz
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:03pmIts still not too late Gov Walker
Report Post »Hire private security for Republicans and private citizens and businesses whose life is in danger because of the unions, cops and fire-fighters. Disarm your LE agencies .
It is heading to a disaster now. Don’t wait for someone to die.
Take the money from the LE salaries, the salaries and benefits which have not been affected by this new budget anyway
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:04pmOr else. Call their bluff. They are all cowards until they form a mob.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:04pmHow is this union thuggary, this is unions using hte free market, they disagree with the political stance of the banks and are voting with their dollars. I thought the tea-baggers supported free market solutions.
Its easy the banks and business can stand with the dictator and patriots can decide that to support them.
Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:07pm1. These union heads should LEGALLY be held responsible for any and all violence, vandalism, injury, police costs, security costs, repair work, etc. The governor should make a public statement thereby going on the record.
2. These union heads should be arrested and charged with whatever they can if any of the above happens.
3. The police should set up a line outside the state houses and NOT allow any demonstrators inside.
4. The unions should be made to get a permit to demonstrate outside only.
Read “Radical-in-Chief”. Find out the truth about Barack Obama. These are Saul Alinsky tactics, and Obama taught people how to use them.
CultureWarriors
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:09pmI’ve got news for the unions. I own a business and where I have a choice, I will not be using union labor, ever. In addition, I when I have a choice I will choose non union products over union products. Unions = communism and the recent display of thuggary in Wisconsin was the last straw. The unions destroyed a once great US auto industry and I will do everything I can to not support union labor both in business and in my personal finances.
One good example is Fed-ex over UPS. I will not ship UPS and I will demand that my suppliers not ship to me via UPS. Companies where the senior management invites unions in are lazy and thus can’t provide a competitive product. Sorry unions, you lose. How do like them apples? Hmmm?
sissykatz
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:12pmExtortionist!!!!! I am sure Jackson and Sharpton will join this soon that is what they do best, Pay us or do what we want or else, do what we want and we will go away. Dang Crooks. They will try just anything,
Report Post »colonial10
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:13pmInteresting notion. Either stand with someone who used peaceful democracy or stand with us or else. Why would anyone stand with bullies. Common Sense tells us that crooks and cronies use force. This would be a great opportunity to call them on their challenge. The governor should say that if they stand with him he will put out the word so people would still buy there products and show these union thugs we don’t need their threats. If I was a Wisconsian I would purchase there products to counter effect their challenge. Put the bad unions out of business.
Report Post »ablisterin
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:13pmThose who believe they can do something and those who believe they can’t are both right.
- Henry Ford
Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.
Report Post »- Henry Ford
ablisterin
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:16pmYou have to fight a BULLY head on. You give in, you’re finished. Enough of this crap AMERICA!! It’s time to grind these thugs into dust and let them drift away on the breeze.
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:17pmArrest everyone who signed that letter and charge them with racketeering and extortion. These people are common criminals nothing more. Absolute POS’s. Put them in a 6×9 and move on. If my business had received one of those letters they would already have had charges pressed against them. Why don’t we post the home address, email and phone numbers of all those who signed the letter? The problem with being a bully is there is ALWAYS someone bigger.
Report Post »mill
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:19pmIs this blackmail?
Report Post »getperks
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:19pmThis kind of thing is EXACTLY why the unions need to go!! Just keep making the case for us jerky boyz!!!
Report Post »thegrassroots
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:21pmAre law enforcement and firefighters threatening not to show up if the local businesses don’t comply and help is needed?
America’s watching and listening, union thugs! And, America votes! Ya Don’t Tread On America!
Obama’s out in 2012 and you union thugs are already being kicked to the curb!
Keep Up The Threats! When obama’s out and you are no longer “protected,” you and obama could all be spending your retirement years in prison. Good Riddance!
Report Post »mill
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:22pmThis letter needs to be printed on the front page of every newspaper in America.
It is blackmail/extortion…bullcrap.
Although I will be will to be NOT ONE will have the guts to stand up to the unions
Report Post »V-Forge
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:24pmThis is just part of the inevitable slog to riots and killings. this is the same band of jolly radicals that have mailed the death threats. Yes. they will kill them all and their families too. Think about that. a real freedom loving union worker invades your home and kills your kids because he and his kind could not rally enough votes to beat you at the statehouse. It’s all about freedom when they slaughter an infant for the cause. These people want their slaves to shut up and get back to work in the fields so they can live it up. Their need for higher pay and benefits will never be satiated. What is their final total? How much do they demand? I want a price. Tell me how much I owe them! They want class warfare and they can have it. I’m sorry but is the responsibility of the union member to reign in their representatives. i’m tired of the attitude of my employees in the public sector. Sooner or later we will find that they will demand first dibs on our organs for transplants. Their is no shame to their never satiated hunger for our money and property. Our pay is taxed so much that we can not afford healthcare that they demand for free and give free to illegals. this is not just class war it’s class rape. They want us to just lay there and take it because we owe it to them. When will it ever be enough for these people?
Report Post »maryslittlelamb
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:24pmBetter yet, put our money in an M&I Bank. Ironically, I just opened an account with M&I in anticipation of my move to another state. I will be writing my own letter telling them it will stay there unless they buckle to the union demands. I will then write letters to everyone I know and the newspaper and tell them what I am doing and why and suggest they do the same.
Being bullied is no way to enjoy liberty or to set policy. Please note that the union letter did not include the option for the bank to remain silent on the matter – it was “do it or else.” Also note that it was back in the 60′s when Saul Alinsky used the same thug tactics against banks to force them to start making loans to unqualified people (Architects of Ruin by Peter Schweizer). Therein lay the beginnings of the current economic catastrophe because shortly thereafter such loans became a legal requirement under Pres. Lyndon Baines Johnson. (You think Carter was bad? Look up LBJ!)
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:28pm@ENCINOM
Wrong. Free market would be individuals deciding on their own not to frequent businesses that don’t come out in support of unions.
Union bosses telling their membership that they will boycott these businesses or they‘ll be dealt with isn’t free market.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:28pmCultureWarriors
Report Post »Why don’t we post the home address, email and phone numbers of all those who signed the letter?
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That
and put their ugly mugs on ‘ public enemy’ posters
fertlmind
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:30pmpolice unions working against the publics best interest
Report Post »THIS IS WHY WE NEED GUNS AND THE PROTECTIONS AFFORDED BY THE 2ND AMMENDMENT
POWER TO THE PEOPLE
DOWN WITH PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONS
alvino
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:31pmBoycotts are a game that two sides MUST play. The Unions will lose that battle easily.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:34pm@CultureWarriors
Posted the name of your business, so that real patriots know which business supports, corporate slavery and politcial corruption, let the peole choose, put a sign in your window letting your customers know that you hate the american worker.
butler180
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:34pmIsn’t this against the law?? Police harassment??
Report Post »I can not believe that legal action can not be used against these thugs/criminals
Miami
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:34pmThu, thu, thu, thugs
As histrory have shown, what unions are best at thuggery intimidation and abuse. Fall in line or fall, how many videos must we see?
What do those college hooligans have to do with unions anyhow? Socialist, Marxist revolutionary along with the useless student idiots. At their age I had already seen action while putting myself through school. It must be fun living off mommy and daddy while learning to hate the country that’s given them all the free rides.
These dead beets deserve a stent in a Marxist country, to understand the reality to their theory…
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:37pmV-Forge
Report Post »Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:24pm
This is just part of the inevitable slog to riots and killings.
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Imagine G-20 style ‘ protests ’ with cops rioting with anarchists and union goons
I say again Gov Walker, disarm your LEA before they become hitmen for unions
Taxpayers paid for those weapons and vehicles , don’t let LEA use them against the same taxpayers
GreatAmericanBeckFan
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:39pmThis just underscores how unions have no business in the public sector. We as citizens cannot trust our police and firemen or our kids to unionized teachers because of their higher allegiance to a union. Can you imagine what could happen to Governor Walker, Republican Senators and Assemblymen’s children if they are in public schools. They could be in danger and in the least could be treated unfairly. Unions in the public sector have got to be done away with in all states and all jobs.
Report Post »Chuck Biscuits
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:39pma minor point to the author: Marshall & Ilsley Corp. and M&I Bank are the same company. I do my banking with them here in Scottsdale. And will gladly continue to do so. I suspect their AZ branches are more profitable than their WI branches anyway. Unions in AZ just get laughed at.
Report Post »obfuscatenot
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:40pm@ablistern……Thanks for the Henry Ford Quotes. Perfect
Report Post »Chuck Biscuits
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:44pmI also avoid doing business with unionized firms. Of course that’s not hard here in AZ.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:45pmThe Koch Party, with Puppet in Cheif Walker choose this fight, they choose to take on the unions, they though the astro-turf tea-baggers would be on their side, all they did was remind Americans, why we need unions. Americans, as shown in various polls, overwhelmingly support the union members over the Koch Party. The tea-baggers made the difference in 2010, in 2012, thanks to Walker, the Unions are taking the country and returining it to the working and middle class.
Boycott union busting business.
Chuck Biscuits
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:46pmI suggest that all patriots, but especially those who live in states where M&I does business, write to Mr. Ellis and tell him we support M&I’s support of Gov. Walker.
Report Post »proudconservative
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:46pmThis just shows the extent that the left will go to get there way. They think elections only have consequences to the other side. When they don’t get their way they resort to all types of underhanded and unethical behaviors like leaving town as their coward senators did or threaten the opposition with death threats and boycotts.
Report Post »bmwrider
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:49pmSo you guys really trust Glenn Beck even though he belongs to a religious cult (mormons)?
DagneyT
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:51pmI phoned that phone number and told them to stop using brown shirt tactics! This is infuriating!! What oblahblah and his goons have done to our country is outrageous! No wonder more and more people are joining our TEA Party. It’s their only recourse. I agree, WE THE PEOPLE MUST STAND TOGETHER. Do not allow the unions to tear us apart!
Report Post »Kalish
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:51pmGet over it you low life socialists, the bill passed, you are not satisfied with your over payed wages and your free or almost free healthcare, you always think you deserve more than everyone else, well you don’t, Except for the firemen, most of you know you are milking the system.
CaptGregg
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:52pmWhile working my way through college in the 1960s, I had two jobs that required union membership. Those experiences did nothing to endear unions to me, but since I had no more connection with them since, my attitude has been pretty neutral. The current behavior they are displaying has arroused my animosity. From now on, I will definitely “look for the union label.” I will not purchase anything that displays it. I will not purchase an automobile built with union labor. If I need an electrician, plumber, etc., I will not hire union labor.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:57pmLet us know what businesses are union .. including restaurant chains which I have NOT been able to find and I will not patronize them …. how about that UNIONS! Bunch of thug bullies .. we will NOT be bullied.
Report Post »My Two Cents
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:59pmHillarious. They threaten to pull their money out of a financial services firm when, for the past three weeks, they have been screaming that they are all but destitute. They even had Jesse Jackson on TV telling us they were all losing their homes and that their babies were starving.
Just another example of what a bunch of liars they are.
Report Post »Cherynn
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:01pmBalckmail and extorsion, who wouldve thought from the party of lie, cheat and steal. I hope the businesses stand firm and tell the union a$$ whipes to go pound sand!!!!
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:03pmCalling Walker a “dictator” is a disservice to actual dictators.
Public employees (teacher’s union etc) can not bargain with other public employees (the elected) over monies that are not theirs (the elected) to bargain over. There is no vested interest on the side of the elected to truly safegaurd against corruption and the common good. Not to mention the fact that often the elected are financed and endorced by the unions they are bargaining with! Can anyone say “conflict of interest.”
Dale
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:11pmNow it is obvious, if not before, why there should be no public service unions.
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:12pmBMWRIDER,
Sounds very much like something satan would probably say.
Where did that come from and how is that related to this story? To answer your bigoted, hate filled venomous statement:
Yes I trust him, he is a member of a church that puts principles ahead of personal gain…a church that believes in freedom, and stands firm with all people of good will everywhere against evil and wickedness. A church that has a university that is willing to sacrifice a national championship in basketball and all the money and recruiting positives that come with that in order to teach a young man that although much of the rest of the world thinks that premarital sex is no big deal, it is a very serious offense in the eyes of Heavenly Father and breaking the honor code he agreed to has consequences.
So what was your main motivation besides trying to discredit Glenn Beck and persecute the LDS Church?
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:18pmTo the staff at the blaze, it baffles me as to why you let the relate usage of sexual connotations by the weak minded like Ecinom. Why you allow people like that to bring down the standing and legitimacy of the site is beyond me. Let him voice his opinion without using such vulgar sexual slurs.
Report Post »Lost in the Flyover
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:19pmI think that we should all call the phone number listed several times a day…
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:23pmDidn’t the mobs do this? You know the whole “we want protection money from you” thing
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:24pmThe bank accepted TARP funds so they are sellouts.
jblaze
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:33pmENCINOM
You are seriously deluded and living in the same delusional world the Dems and the Obama administration and his Carzs are living in! Please get a brain!
PLEASE EVERYONE CALL THE PHONE NUMBER PROVIDED IN THE LETTER and VOICE YOUR DISPLEASURE OVER THE UNIONS THUGERY and BLACKMAIL TACTICS.
Report Post »Psychic_Warrior
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:36pmIt’s not just thuggery, but the looter mentality.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:45pm@hifi74
The Tea-Bag party called itself that in the beginning, I am just using the term tea-bag, as the tea-baggers once identified themselves as. Its you that are implying the sexual connotation, are you not proud of your tea-bagging roots?
YellowFin
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:45pmThink of this……When all these angry union workers go back to work. Do you think the Wisconsin tax payers will get their money’s worth from those disgruntled workers?
Report Post »I have been in business for a long time and there is nothing worse than a disgruntled employee!
gman46
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:48pmI really see this as the death knell for the far left.
Report Post »Miami
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:49pmbmwrider
Maybe you should start with buying American…?
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:52pmIf you support Unions in any way by hiring union people, buying union made products or even renting an apartment to a union member than you are part of the problem. Shun the Scum.
Report Post »MOVETERAN
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:52pmNone of them want to work for a living. All those protestors want our money for our hard work so they can sit on the couch at home and get fat and lazy. Actually the real anger comes from lossing member in the Funyun Couch Club.
Report Post »bringbacknixon
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:53pmLook we have to do it. Fire every ex-union public employee in Wisconsin. That’s what Ronnie would do !!!
Bluebonnet
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 7:02pmA dear friend told me about 15 years ago about his company being picketed by a bunch of union thugs. They cut tires and scratched paint etc of workers cars. He went out and dug up red ants nets and and sprinkled then around the area where they had been picketing, before daylight. He said within a few hours they started stomping feet, swatting at pants legs etc. before they realized they were red ants.
Report Post »Must have been a sight.
home_of_the_brave
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 7:07pmWell this is their right I guess, if I lived in WI I would open up an account with this bank and encourage all of my friends and family to do so as well. They tried to threaten us financially as well here in AZ after the immigration bill passed, they came by the bus loads from Cali to protest, and the hotel and restaurant industry did quite well from that.
P.S and we’re still doing better than CA!
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 7:19pmThey held Tea-Bags. The simple minds of the left, just like you, are the ones who started making the sexual connotation reference. Yours was a simple minded joke from a simple minded joke. Learn it live it love it Ecinom, you are outclassed and out matched.
Report Post »Oahujack
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 7:25pmJust click on the link above Palmer’s picture. Read his bio. He has never been in law enforcement. His bio reads like a blue print of the lives of Marxists (Obama). It appears that he doesn’t approve of police officers even marking on a traffic citation the race of the driver in a traffic stop. That is not optional, it is a block on the citation to be filled in. Just more commie trash from U of W.
Report Post »4areason
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 7:35pm“In the event that you cannot support this effort to save collective bargaining, please be advised that the undersigned will publicly and formally boycott the goods and services provided by your company. However, if you join us, we will do everything in our power to publicly celebrate your partnership in the fight to preserve the right of public employees to be heard at the bargaining table.
Wisconsin’s public employee unions serve to protect and promote equality and fairness in the workplace. We hope you will stand with us and publicly share that ideal.
In the event you would like to discuss this matter further, please contact the
Director of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association, Jim Palmer, at 608.273.3840.”
Doesn’t this almost feel like a threat from the Police that they will not protect this company??? It seems pretty WRONG that the contact person is the Director of the Wisconsing Professional Police Association. Seems pretty threatening and intimidating to me. Mr. Palmer could have been the contact person but to include his title is pure intimidation. More proof that public unions should not be allowed.
Report Post »dawg of gawd
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 7:59pmSooooo, Tea Party folk and conservatives and Republicans, you’re against boycotts? Is that right?
Report Post »woodyb
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 8:00pm@ ABLISTERIN –
Report Post »I thought Obozo just held a conference or workshop on bullying, but then it applied only to bullying on the school yard, not in the union world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cemoto78
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 8:00pm@maryslittlelamb,
You are right on target. This is the common practice used by Jackson, Sharpton, and their ilk that has caused a lot of the current financial mess this country is in. Had enough, take a stand against this type of crap. It’s all about FREEDOM, to which the UNIONS are trying to limit or curtail it for US.
Report Post »MHP
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 8:14pm@encinom
The union thugs are afraid of us, and for good reason, people have guns, and have the right to use them to defend themselves.
Report Post »2nd amendment solutions.
DisillusionedDaily
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 8:28pmUnion led boycotts have never accomplished anything in the past and will not accomplish anything now! Their problem is that a majority of their membership are reluctant members. I wonder how many loyal members will write out checks for their dues now that the dues are not deducted by the State? We could very well be witnessing the beginning of the decline of union power in America.
Report Post »MHP
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 8:31pm@encinom
Union Police, Fire, and EMS have no right to refuse protection or services to anybody.
They do it, they go to jail.
Union Teachers are not needed.
Homeschool your kids.
Report Post »Boojer56
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 8:35pmTerrorists organizations!
Report Post »skimmer57
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 8:42pmCulturewarrior I’m sureyour Amway products will still get there Rockefeller!
Report Post »5 seconds
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 8:47pmCRY SOME MORE. It’s called the constitution, they are allowed to do this, maybe you guys should read it sometime.
Report Post »Desert Dog
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 9:00pmSounds like extortion to me.
Report Post »waggie
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 9:08pmThis is blackmail, plain and simple. I will purposely do business with non-union businesses in my WI hometown!
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 9:18pmGet the tear gas ready!
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 9:19pmMaybe they should just boycott all businesses – that‘ll show ’em.
Report Post »beebacksoon
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 9:27pmHey..didn’t Michelle O just have a speech about bullying? Surely she knows bullying is not just in schools…HELLO? The union bosses and members are angry and protesting because their “entitlement rights” have been adjusted. EVERYONE has to take a hit. Why do they feel they should be exempt? Is that any reason they have to turn to mob fair; thuggary; and intimidation? No, but, apparently, that’s the mentality. Get over it, and just deal, like the rest of us!
Report Post »stormcrow53
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 9:30pmI will no longer shop union stores such as Safeway et al. I will no longer use union plumbers, electricians, carpenters, etc. I will no longer support those that kiss the jack boot on their neck. We are in a war for the survival of the West. Make ready your heart ready for the struggle.
Report Post »ANTISOCIAL-IST
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 9:42pmencinom
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:04pm
How is this union thuggary, this is unions using hte free market, they disagree with the political stance of the banks and are voting with their dollars. I thought the tea-baggers supported free market solutions.
Its easy the banks and business can stand with the dictator and patriots can decide that to support them.
nobody cares what you think. you are never going to convince anyone with a reasonable amount of intelligence to come over to your dark side. you’re not liked. you’re not interesting. you’re not convincing. you’re not cool. and you’re not welcome. by you are like a cockroach that ends up getting squished in the end.
Report Post »bulletsinthegun
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 9:44pmto the union thugs, get over it, we the tax payer have had enough of your crap
Report Post »HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 9:47pmFear not! I hate M&I but I will personally move my money to them if they stand strong againt this BS! I think I have a little more than all the teamsters though :) no doubt they have their pensions invested there. HEY M&I I will more than make up for your union losses! Call me. If they cave…..I will have a reason to hate them even more! There are more of us on the outside union goons…..what you 300 boycott, we 1,000,000 will support! Strength in numbers and statistics show…..you’re on the losing end of that!
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 9:54pmWhat are the Union businesses, so we can think about boycotting them?
I know the Vons stores are Union.
Report Post »HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 9:56pm@Encinom……the past three weeks every place I walk into the first question I ask with a hearty smile is “Hey are you a union place?” The smile gets em…..if they hesitate and then say “No” I know they are not and I shop like a banshee…..if they smile back and answer a happy “Yes” I walk out :) Even in Wiscoi……I’m shopping a lot more freely than most people who are on the anti union busting side.
Report Post »random357
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 10:12pmWith the police involved it sounds like you better buy protection from the union’s and or the police.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 10:15pm@NEOFAN
Report Post »“If you support Unions in any way by hiring union people, buying union made products or even renting an apartment to a union member than you are part of the problem. Shun the Scum”
Don’t Forget — These union folk also have a fetish for their “Buy American,” Made In America,” HARLEY-DAVIDSON, and similar product lines! We must resist these and punish the Union-lovers! Go WALMART!
Elephantinroom
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 10:16pmIs this for the children, too?
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 10:33pm@STORMCROW53 You Said, “I will no longer shop union stores such as Safeway et al. I will no longer use union plumbers, electricians, carpenters, etc.,, ”
Report Post »You should look into AMWAY distributors in your area – we are 110% UNION FREE – and have the connections to fulfill Any Product Need your Family comes up with – at ROCK BOTTOM competitive prices. (!!!) Then all you need to Wworry about is Electrical Power – and I strongly recommend HONDA America generators – manufactured in Right To Work states- especially when supplied by USA WALMART distributors. – Thanks – we Hope this Helps achieve your Goals!!
restorehope
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 10:44pmThis is beyond thuggery. It is extortion with the police, firefighters, and teachers as complicit partners in the crime. With these threats, they have done great damage to themselves and to the integrity of their professions. It makes one wonder just how low these unions will go to grab as much power as they can. Can we ever again trust a policeman to protect us if he has aligned himself with blackmailers and thugs for his own personal gain? Make no mistake, for all their protesting about doing it for the common good, it is most definitely about themselves and what they stand to gain personally that is driving them to bully others.
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 12:37amI would say stand tall. If they boycott these businesses then supporters should support these businesses. We must not cave to these desperate tactics !!!!! Let’s send a message loud and clear. Find out who is supporting the unions financially in any way politically and then boycott them as well. Money speaks and I am pretty sure there is more private citizens against unions then those in support of unions.
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 1:03amSykes: Now I have to pay Don Lino protection, so everything you owe me, you owe him!
Report Post »ENCINOM: How do you figure that?
Sykes: Simple – the food chain!
[Pulls out chart]
Sykes: On top there’s Don Lino, there’s me, there’s regular fish…
ENCINOM: And that’s me!
Sykes: No. There’s plankton, there’s single-celled amoebas…
ENCINOM: And then me!
Sykes: I’m getting there, I’m getting there… There’s coral, there’s rocks, there’s whale poop, and then there’s you.
ENCINOM: That’s messed up.
RoxyRose
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 2:23amStand Strong!!!
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 2:41amThey tried to shut Glenn down the same way. It does not and will not work. The companies can agree to speak out against Walker (with their fingers crossed) and people already know that they are being blackmailed so the union gains nothing. Also the taxpayer majority (including union members)will continue to turn against the heavey handedness ie violence advocated by the BIG union elitists.. Marxism does not do well when people still have the ability to choose. Union members themselves are the achilles heel of the BIG union agenda. Many union members quietly oppose the Big union funding of candidates that are pro abortion and anti traditional marriage. The word is starting to get out and the public service unions will soon be de-clawed. The government workers in general will find themselves better off.
Report Post »The Third Archon
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 3:06amIt’s union thuggery to stand up for your political beliefs? What do you call protesting abortion clinics? You’re going to see general strikes soon as a result of this–the capitalists have brought this upon themselves. Honestly, I had hoped they would come to their senses and enact reform before the backlash, I think it would have been more productive in the end to not have to waste resources on conflict. Yet it seems they are bound an determined to force a confrontation between themselves and the public.
Report Post »ShabbyChicAmerican
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 6:32amThis is sad!! I hope the local businesses that support Walker will stay strong in their beliefs! It’s my understanding that Walker did campaign toward fixing the Wisconsin budget & this is one of the ways to do so. The union can still peaceably assemble if they so choose, but to turn themselves into bullies is unproductive. I’m a teacher, and I have recently rescinded my membership because I realize that bargaining with other people’s money (the tax payer) isn’t the way to go in the public sector! No one represents the tax payers at these so-called bargaining meetings. What happened to personal responsibility and the independent spirit in this country??
Report Post »upstateny
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 7:42amThis is why everyone need‘s to memorize and understand their state’s justifiable use of force laws. Just by threatening to break someones neck with IS threatening someone with “deadly force”. By NY state’s Article 35 of the NYS Penal Law that would give you the legal right to “stop” them. There are three things necessary time, distance and awareness. It is only a matter of time before this trash becomes so desperate they start following threw with their threats.
Report Post »Uncle Crusty
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 8:11amencinom…your flatulance on this site is truly humerous…in 2012 we’re gonna throw the BUMS out, and then your Public Unions will have ZERO cover. Then we’re gonna BUST ALL Public Unions, coast to coast, where they exist. You cannot collectively bargain against the taxpayer, it is an anti-trust violation. Go look up what your hero FDR said about the subject – he was against them! Private unions are a different matter all together. If Private unions collectively bargain higher wages and benefits and the company goes bankrupt, then they lose their jobs. However, if you do that at the public level, you bankrupt govenments. I ask you to be honest with yourself, then look at the facts, are you still going to support thuggary? Your side will not listen to reason, because of greed and avarice and the leadership level, and they put you ALL in a bad light. If these death threats are legitimate, and something happens to these GOP Senators, or their families – I cannot say what would happen directly, but I am betting it would not be good? Let me also ask why the communists and islamo-fascist are in your mix? You know the ones selling the Communist Manifesto on the steps of WI capitol, and the ones with the Communist Revolutionary Party t-shirts, with the Palestinian headscarfs…why are they there with you, why do you embrace our ENEMY? If you don’t STAND DOWN, then the consequences could become dire for everyone in America. Is civil war what you want, so you can keep collective ‘rape’ of state goverments? Please, please think long and hard about this one friend.
Report Post »taxpayerunion
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 8:47amWe need a TAXPAYERS UNION NOW. Here’s how it could work.$25 OR more yearly dues.All campaign donations decided by member votes. Kiss principle.The corrupt left needs a counterbalancing organization.If I get enuf feedback Iwill front the money to start it.
Report Post »karencole
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 9:15amOh, but here I thought the unions were for the “working man?”…that’s strange.
Report Post »Marcia
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 9:26amI think the govenor should publicly proclain that the police union cannot be trusted to defend and protect the citizens AND BUSINESSES of WI. What’s to stop the union from not responding (or slowly responding) to emergencies. Government unions need to be disbanded for the safety of citizens.
Report Post »Progessives=Fail
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 10:27amcan’t you guys just ignore the troll. Encinom has 0 credibility as does anyone who uses the term “teabbagger” He/she is spewing nonsense just to get responses, stop giving this fool what he/she wants. IGNORE the trolls.
Report Post »kennyg933
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 10:33amM&I BANK was just sold to a Canadian banking conglomerate and is no longer a WI based bank!!! Call their bluff, M&I. 1.) Let’s see how the unions work to put MORE people out of work and 2.) This is now a Canadian bank’s problem that these mafiosos are trying to extort action from. If I were the new president of M&I, I WOULD make a public statement. Here it goes: “M&I Bank has had an extortive ultimatum placed before us by the following individuals and groups: (the list). M&I Bank employs (x amount) of people in (x amount) of states. M&I Bank is working with state and federal authorities in an onging criminal investigation into the allegations of criminal activities commited by the individuals and groups on the aforementioned list.” AND THAT should be THAT. EVERY company that has received the threats should band together and purchase advertisingas a group to put out a statement of clarification and solidarity to expose and stand against the extortion plot.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 10:34amLegal and popular support for extortion? Sounds like a mafia tactic to me.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 10:47amPolice are our friends!
Report Post »Police are Oath-Takers who protect Us!
Most police are Republican Conservatives and many have been seen attending TEA Party Functions.
If a policeman came to you privately to tell you your son or daughter was acting dangerously you would follow up!
Many police are Veterans and retired Military. Does anyone really think police are not honorable, brave and dedicated?
ishka4me
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 11:02amthere once was a slogan” look for the union label’ it meant quality. now people avoid union made items because of shoddy made products.
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 11:30amI say let the unions have at it. Have them demand that their members buy only union-made products and union-backed services. Good luck surviving when your cost of living jumps 30-40%.
I, like many others here, have tried to boycott any business that is unionized. I also now contribute to my local police and fire department directly, and will never again send dontations to any organizations representing police or firemen. I will always support these men and women, but refuse to let a single dime go towards thier union agenda if I can help it.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 12:18pmWould say sore looser, but just looser.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 12:40pmBasically I think calling their bluff would be the right thing to do. Listen the UNIONS all of sudden think THEY are the government..They talk about HILTER.. they had better look in the mirrors.. that EXACTLY how they are acting..
Report Post »lovenfl3
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 12:42pmThis is how it works. There is a great video called a time for choosing that really shows what this all boils down to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7UWMwmhr7Q
Report Post »Wingnut80
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 1:10pmEncinom makes a good point in one respect. A lot of conservatives, myself among them, boycotted the Dixie Chicks when they pissed us off. Its the threats of physical violence that makes the unions “Thuggish”, not voting or influencing with their dollars.
Report Post »apache21
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 2:32pmwho can forget the brown shirts in Germany in the 1930′s. This is scarily similar to the situation that Hitler fomented. Can we be on the path of that?
Report Post »mill
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 5:32pmsomeone is going to be fatally injured in all this.
then everyone will throw up their hands and and say “see what YOU did”…
the unions are showing us how dangerous they are…like the “gangs of new york”…
Report Post »they are to be feared and destroyed
A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 5:50pm@thepatriotdave,
“Unions for the private sector is fine with me if the employees vote for it and it was all done on the up and up.”
You don’t have to vote to get together with your employees to try to blackmail your employer. But the employer is free to fire everyone who’s trying to do that, and hire other people.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 6:14pm@The Third Archon,
“It’s union thuggery to stand up for your political beliefs? What do you call protesting abortion clinics?”
No, it’s Union thuggery to attempt to force a Democracy – which doesn’t provide for freedom and equality, nor does it recognize unalienable rights – upon our Constitutional Republic.
Public Unions are unConstitutional because our Constitution establishes a representative Republic.
The number of people protesting doesn‘t matter at all unless you’re trying to force the government to comply with the Constitution.
Individual liberty and the pursuit of happiness, which our Constitution acknowledges as unalienable rights, is another way of saying Capitalism.
We do have the unalienable right to own what we work for, whether that work is done through direct labor, or indirectly through labor stored in the form of capital (a store of labor which greatly increases productivity). And we all get to work to earn capital, so there is no meaningful distinction between employer and employee under the Constitution.
“You’re going to see general strikes soon as a result of this–the capitalists have brought this upon themselves.”
Let them strike. This will create an incredible opportunity for Capitalists to do business with those who respect their right to own their own labor and capital.
Report Post »drbage
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 7:23pmGuess they have decided to follow Andy Stern’s advice: “We will try the power of persuasion and, if it doesn’t work, we will use the persuasion of power.”
Report Post »drbage
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 7:32pmDidn’t Mocchelle and the O just spend a day on the terrible nature of bullies and bullying? Oh, oh, I am beginning to sense a pattern here–almost as if they speak about something and it is code for a call for action. The O spoke in AZ and called for a new civility and boy, has the language and signage gone downhill. Moochelle talked about the evils of bullying and now we have the union bullies out in full force in WI and ready to go nationwide.
Report Post »Maybe I’ll adopt a new slogan, “DON’T buy union!”
A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 7:44pm@dawg of gawd,
“Sooooo, Tea Party folk and conservatives and Republicans, you’re against boycotts? Is that right?”
Not per se. You’re welcome to boycott til your hearts content.
However, us Capitalists will continue to participate in free trade and we‘ll benefit from each other’s productivity and be more prosperous and free than Socialists.
Of course, somewhere down the road, like Socialist countries have done in the past, you’ll look at our prosperity and then complain that we stole all the wealth from those who rejected for themselves the method by which we will have become prosperous in the first place.
Report Post »getalong
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 7:52pmI think I will set up an account at M & I Bank….wonder if they have a branch in my area. So does this mean that if M & I executives need WI police or fire protection, they won’t be coming ? Wow!
Report Post »mikem1969
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 8:32pmIn other words, even though we lost fair and square we will bully and thug our way through to get what we want. I say this to all WI businesses, stand up to the unions and tell them to shove it up their collective butts. I say this to all unions members, quit being pawns of the unions bosses, their agenda is not to help you, but to steal your dues and use them to further destroy AMERICA and furthere their real agenda.
Report Post »happyboy
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 9:13pmTHE UNIONS WILL BE FORCED TO RESORT TO VIOLENCE.
They have lost and they must now do something. Imagine, the state and local police engaging in bombings, killings, and thuggery to extort money from the working class. Many Americas are beginning to mobilize on their own and will be ready when our State Governors need to call on us for the defense of our Homeland and Government. Will you join with us or the Union Thugs no matter what uniform they wear.
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 10:33pm5 SECONDS
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 8:47pm
CRY SOME MORE. It’s called the constitution, they are allowed to do this, maybe you guys should read it sometime.
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Well I‘ve read back through the Constitution a few times and extortion isn’t in there. Feel free to show me where extortion is an inalienable right and I’ll be more then happy to agree with you. …….. What‘s that you can’t find it either??? Ohhh that’s right you are talking out of your fifth point of contact again, gotcha! Move along choad, you‘re mental deficiencies preclude you to a losing battle and we don’t want to make you look like a COMPLETE idiot.
Report Post »blinded by ignorance
Posted on March 12, 2011 at 11:14pmHow about the guy with the financial company ask that he have a current list of union member and have a calling campaign to see if all union members agree? This union leadership needs to be sent a message that plenty of people are ready for them quit sponging off of them.
Report Post »tradexpertbuysell
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 8:43amWELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In Judo the trick is to use your oponents weight against him. So please dooooooooooooo keep it up unions.
We’ll give you as much rope to hang yourselves as youuuuuuuu neeeeeeeed!
Teska in spite of all his meetings with Obama is making such an ass out of himself that even Obama is shying away from him. PRICELESS!
Report Post »tradexpertbuysell
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 8:58amWELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In Judo the trick is to use your oponents weight against him. So please dooooooooooooo keep it up unions.
We’ll give you as much rope to hang yourselves as youuuuuuuu neeeeeeeed!
Richard Trumpka in spite of all his meetings with Obama is making such an ass out of himself that even Obama is shying away from him. And Stern’s aparent overreach! PRICELESS!
Report Post »proudpatriot77
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 9:21amIt is truly amazing to see the Communionitists at work. How did we let it get this far? States across the country are going broke over the outrageous benefits and pensions of these Govt employees. They make it seem as though they will be homeless and starving because of the Wisconsin bill while in reality they will just be receiving benefits still more generous than most people. When the Berlin Wall fell, Communists must have came here and joined unions.
Report Post »SHTFM.COM Are You Prepared ?
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 9:35am@PapaJohannesPatriot
Exactly, I also love how they talk about the middle class YET most middle class are not in a UNION :D
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