Wis. Union Still Threatening Business…For Not Brandishing Pro-Union Signs
- Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:36pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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As we mentioned earlier this month, some Wisconsin unions have targeted businesses who have not taken overt, public steps to support the unions and stand against Gov. Scott Walker. A letter obtained by a local personality shows it’s spreading.
Talk-show host Jay Weber posted a message today on his website reportedly showing a letter template from an AFSCME representative used to intimidate local businesses in the city of Union Grove. The logic is baffling. The letter doesn’t accuse the business owner of coming out against the union or vocalizing support for Walker, but rather says that since the business did not respond to requests to post a pro-union sign, the business is tacitly supporting the governor. The penalty for such inaction? A boycott:
Parrett confirmed the contents of the letter to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and added: “It’s going on in other parts of the state.”
Red State asks an interesting question: “Will unions be demanding homeowners to put [pro-union signs] in their windows as well? And, if they don’t…?”
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Comments (270)
auburntaylors96
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:54pmi say we all call this union thug and overwhelm their phone system. tell them you will financially support ANY business they boycott. UNIONS ARE RUN BY COMMUNISTS AND ARE EVIL.
Report Post »flasho
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:53pmI can’t say here what the sign in my window would say.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:59pmI‘m sure a lot of these business owners would like to say what you’re thinkng. When your livelihood is tied to the business it would be hard to resist. Folks have house payments, car payments and kids in school. This is ridiculous and what are the authorities doing about it? Oh wait, they’re in the union!
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:53pmIt’s just a matter of time before they force THE FIGHT!
Report Post »Hawke17
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:45pmWhat are you going to do? hit them with your cane?
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:53pmThreats.
Report Post »Mr. Parrett ( union boss in the letter ) might have his numbers ( debatable, but for now let’s just give him the benefit of the doubt) right, but he in no way represents the men and women who make up his union. I’m x union, conservative then , conservative now, and 90% of my fellow workers were as well. What am I saying? I’m saying that this store owner might see a small decline in sales, but that’s because our economy is about to tank again, not because Mr. Parrot is all powerful (thunderclaps).
Additionally , I believe that Mr. Parrett has opened himself to crimal charges, extortion. I hope to soon see the vidio of his being led of to jail as all 16 of his supporters rally in his defense.
Marylou7
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:02pmPersonally I would boycott the businesses with the sign IN their windows.
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:52pmWow! This is outright Guerrilla and Mafia-style bribery and threats! Truly this should stand up in any court. If it doesn’t, it’s because the courts have been threatened.
Report Post »Jamie
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:51pmI am sure there is no statute of limitations on this type of harassment / threaatining. I am sur Holder’s replacement will agree.
Report Post »AuntiEm
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:51pmhttp://wseusepac.blogspot.com/2011/02/picketing-at-jfc-co-chair-robin-voss.html
This guy also organized picketing a representatives home.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:50pmAnd where is the DOJ?
Report Post »curtmavi38
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:48pmThe DOJ hasn’t got time for this thugery, he’s too busy protecting these radical muslims who are being maligned by the American citizens.meh
Report Post »M-Theory
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:52pmHiding behind his desk playing on his PlayStation, igoring this issue and the other laws he doesn’t want to enforce.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:50pmMaybe businesses ought to stop doing business with union members.The next time they need a doctor maybe they should all be on vacation or the next time they need a haircut, oops sorry!! Just saying, that pony can travel both ways.
Report Post »Patrick_Henry
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:48pmThugs..Who says Jimmy Hoffa isnt still around…
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:55pmI though he was in the old giants stadium, how’d he get out?
Report Post »Tulsatime
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:48pmIt shocks me that unions would stoop to thugery to get their point across…. BWA HA HA HA!!!
Report Post »This is status quo, and it will get worse.
IAMMADDOG
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:48pmTifosa….a threat is a threat. What difference does it make if they do it with a boycott or a gun?
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:55pmAre you kidding? Let’s start with: one is illegal, the other is not. I seem to recall blazers “threatening” to boycott businesses who were withdrawing their advertising from Beck’s show…
Report Post »IAMMADDOG
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:14pmThreatening someone is threatening someone. Both are illegal. At least in the real world they are. Picketing is one thing but to send letters saying support us or else is a threat and they may as well do it with a gun. I can’t send a letter to you saying “Do what I want or else” I’d get arrested. I don’t remember any boycotts by Blazers. Matter of fact the only boycotts I remember were done by liberals.
Report Post »axel@25
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:23pmIt’s ONE thing for private citizens to decide to boycott something for their own reasons…but for a PUBLIC employees union to threaten an individual or buisness by requiring a sign to be posted “or Else” is something completely different especially given the history of the union movement past and present.
Report Post »If a pro-life group told business owners to post “pro-life” signs or face a boycott that would be a national scandal…and rightly so.
The difference between a REAL boycott and this brownshirt activism is this….this “sign” threat denies a private citizen of the privacy of their own beliefs and requires many to LIE in order to try to keep their workplace (and family, and other customers) from also becoming targets. If you don’t have a “sign” will the police come to your aid ? or the fire Dept ?,,,they’re UNON.
xoke
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:47pmSee….what we are trying to say here….is…uhm, you know, you probably want to support the unions. Because, you know, we would hate anything bad to happen to you, or your family. You know what I’m saying.
“So the next day, my father went to see him; only this time with Luca Brasi. An’ within an hour, he signed a release, for a certified check for $1000. [Kay: "How'd he do that?"] My father made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. [Kay: "What was that?"] Luca Brasi held a gun to his head and my father assured him that either his brains, or his signature, would be on the contract. That’s a true story. That’s my family, Kay, it’s not me.” ~ from the Godfather
Report Post »IAMMADDOG
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:47pmAdd your comments
Report Post »and to the republic
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:45pmI say the business advertise that they are being boycotted for not displaying the sign and I GUARANTEE they will be a hot spot for customers…
Report Post »Unbelievable
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:45pmIsn’t this just like what the Mafia used to do to businesses?
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:52pmSure is. The feds once fought organized crime. Under Obama they condone and glorify it.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:00pmThe Mafia boycotted? hahahhahaha
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:07pmDid you ride the short bus to school tifosa?
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:07pmGee my first comment must have been moved. It was so cheerful and innocuous.. Let me rephrase. The Mafia did not become infamous for boycotting :)
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:09pmSeems YOU, GONZO, are familiar with THAT procedure, could you explain what it was like?
Report Post »axel@25
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:12pmno kidding!! the Mafia became famous for their take over of unions so they could make their protection rackets “legal”
Report Post »TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:12pmDang Tifosa, still haven’t gotten yourself laid I see. Don’t you have ANY friends?
Report Post »Jim from Maine
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 6:43pmI see Encinom has some help today … Tifosa is another 2 cent troll bothering our honest conversations with more tripe …. again, another idiot. Oh by the way, I am a proud tea-party member in a State full of moonbats, I am used to people like those two …
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:19pmNice to meetcha Jim. We vacation in Maine: Wells Beach, Ogunquit~BEAUTIFUL!
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:45pmMy brother’s union! He’s spinning in his grave!
Report Post »afishfarted
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:55pmeems to me your borther had better representation. The letter states the employees havent had squat for pay raises. Nw if I were a member of that union and they couldn’t negotiate a raise after all these years, I’d be the one calling for the end of collective bargaining and negotiate my own raise
Report Post »AuntiEm
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:44pmProtection Racket?
Report Post »beckwill
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:44pmSuch peaceful thugs, aren’t they?
Report Post »Ellbee
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:43pmBoycotts work both ways. My family and I already actively seek non union products. We googled lists of union made (most came from union sites encouraging members to “buy only union made”). We make good use of it–backwards.
Report Post »and to the republic
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:51pmBrilliant….. This business can use this opportunity to it’s advantage. If I lived close, I would be one of his best customers…
Report Post »Hawke17
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:46pmBuy the stuff made in China ….they really treat their workers well.
Report Post »BlueStrat
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 6:27pm@ Hawke17
“Buy the stuff made in China ….they really treat their workers well.”
If we stop buying union products and break the backs of the Communist-controlled unions and their conjoined-twin the Democratic Party, then we won’t have to buy stuff from China, as we will have businesses in the US able to compete.
Why is it that you advocate supporting Chinese sweatshops and their abusive labor practices by supporting competitiveness-killing unions in the US? How long have you had this racist hatred for those of Asian descent?
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:41am@Bluestrat
Well said my friend…….well said.
Report Post »Hope you won’t mind me paraphrasing it now and then.
Venom
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:43pmTyping up a letter to this thug now.
Report Post »randy
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:27pmWhy type? Give him a call. The number is stated above. I’m calling now.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:15pmLet’s hope he saves those civil, priceless communications. Maybe publicizes them :)
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 5:51pmI heard today that there was an unofficial movement to mail him dead fish. In honor of his thinking he is Tony Soprano. Gotta love that.
Report Post »texasfarmer
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:43pmTerrorism, pure and simple.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:29pmUnions are terrorists organizations period, the same laws that control terrorists around the world should apply equally to them.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 5:36pmA “public boycott” is terrorism?
Report Post »Patriot Z
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 7:29pm“tifosa
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 5:36pm
A “public boycott” is terrorism?”
Come on Tif you cant be this naieve. Terrorism no Butit is extortion. The unions are threateniong companies that have nothing to do with this and wish to remain neutral that either “support the unions or else”. there is no reasonable way this can be denied. and a threat is the approprate term because these “peaceful” union supporters are known to break into buildings, destroy property, threaten people who disagree with violence, tresspass on private propery..etc. Do i need to go on? If the busnisses wish to remain silent they have that right. The unions are commiting extortion plain and simple. and we both know that if tea party people or conservatives were to even think about writing a letter like the one presented here, that the lame stream media, the govt, and every liberal blogger on the planet would be crying racism, and terrorism and everyother bad ism they could. seriously dude quit ******* on my leg then try to convice me its rainning. we both know whats up, and they dont need to give a step by step manual for me to see what they are doing, but it that helps you figure it out theres plenty of “real threats” and violent actions from the unions to back that up as well.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:13pmyeh, thanx. I was responding to “Terrorism, pure and simple.” But condescension becomes you. Bet you wear it often. Just a guess.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 9:04pmtif is a twit not really hard to deduce that her intelligence resembles that of a 4 yr. old , and hence needs someone to always hold her hand and do her thinking for her
please be gentle with this troll, she isnt smart enough to realize she is the idiot in the village
Report Post »BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 10:29pmSince learning about Germany during the time of Hitler I have always wondered how so many average Germans could psychologically let themselves get sucked into such hatred for the Jews. I am not saying that a threatened boycott is in any way similar, but I am saying that a group pushing hatred and anger toward other people and business for simply not supporting their ideas is stunning. It was if Germans were numbed to their actions toward the Jews. Somehow convinced by the leadership that it was justified to do the things they were doing. I see some union leaders in the same way convincing people it is just to act out in violence. Numbing them to the hurt and damage they sometimes can do to others. EVIL is still at work today.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:42pmThreatening “with boycotts” was not included in the heading.
Report Post »axel@25
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:09pmthe operative word is “threatening”…adding “boycotts” is only a veil on the meaning of the threat.
Report Post »But come on, any reasonable person knows they are really implying ” no sign means you’re a target for further “action” in future. … Thugs are generally pretty dim (unlike their bosse) and they‘ll need a way to know who to hurt or they’ll just hurt everyone.
tifosa
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:16pmThe “operative word” (threatened) was used by those who wrote this article.
Report Post »axel@25
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:34pmThe letter IS the threat…the story uses an operative word to describe the intent of the letter.
If an article was written about someone saying that they’ll break your windows “if you don‘t publicly support me’, that person doesn’t have to say, “I’m threatening to break your windows”, for it to be reported as a threat.
iI sincerely hope that if you are never mugged by some thug with a knife, that you realize the threat. Even thought the mugger probably won;t say the words, “I’m threatening you with this knife”
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:02pmYou certainly read much more into what was written than is there. What I did NOT see is the “thug” saying that he’ll solve the problem by exercising his “second ammendment rights.”
Report Post »TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:14pmTifosa, I feel so bad for you, are you really this naive?
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 5:16pmNo, not in the heading, but it is towards the bottom of the letter. So what’s your point, if it‘s not in the heading it doesn’t count?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:42pmSo let me get this straight about the unions…
If the business does not show the pro union signs they will be boycotted.
If the business does not show the pro union signs they are assumed to support the governor.
Showing the signs makes them assume the union will be supported.
Somehow the threat of a boycott on these buisnesses who do not accept the union signs being diisplayed sounds like a form of economic intimidation practices.
Wonder where they learned that from…hm?
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 5:47pmAbsolutely flawless analysis, glad we are on the same side.
Report Post »Katayno
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 7:31pmYes, they have to show the big communist FIST sign in the window, or else.!!! VOTE PROSSER,
Report Post »April 5th……Wisconsin.
GIDEON612
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:46amHere’s Your Sign.
WE SUPPORT UNIONS BEING BUSTED
Report Post »ISeeDanger.com
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:42pmNow WHY, is this NOT being reported ALL OVER the news?
Could you just IMAGINE if the Tea Party did this.
CNN would have a crew flown in and be LIVE within minutes.
http://www.ISeeDanger.com
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:46pmthreatening WITH BOYCOTTS. Apparently hundreds of thousands of working people standing up for their rights is less news when it occurs INSIDE the US.
Report Post »joe conservative
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:49pmThe unions are so out of control, they must be stopped. These are actually examples of some of their “nicer” tactics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezpib_kd1ww This is an example of their more typical tactics.
Report Post »Revere1
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:49pmBecause the left-wing media has bought into the idea that the unions in Wisconsin represent the “middle class,” rather than simply the interests of the unions: http://www.battlefield315.com/2011/02/teachers-unions-explained.html It’s just like when they say “it’s for the children” for pensions to go out of control.
Report Post »hersey10
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:57pmIf I’m wrong please tell me but would this fall under some form of blackmail ?
Report Post »firstHat
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:57pmBecause the press knows that if all the local teaparty and 9/12 groups saw this, they’d send out notes to all these businesses and let them know that their membership will go out of their way to visit any business that does not post their support (or boycott any business that posts a sign indicating support) for the Unions mentioned.
Report Post »taxed
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:58pmSo, they would use the due money from the employees of the businesses that they would try to put out of business? Huh?
http://conservativepoliticalforum.com/index.php?board=1.0
Report Post »TumbleBumble
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:58pmWithout mentioning what union my husband belongs to, I will say that there are a couple of guys within that are really shaking things up. The president of the local was proud to show a picture of himself with a few of the guys that went up to Wisconsin a few weeks back. (Most of the people there were NOT from Wisconsin, if you had any doubt). Regular Joes took issue with that and are now bringing up other points of contention. The hall is scrambling, trying to figure out how to calm the situation(s) down.
Sorry I cannot give details. Most guys that belong in the unions (at least in this one) have been afraid to open their mouths. No one knows who is a ‘friend’ of the union or not. But it has reached a boiling point, and I think these guys know it’s now or never. It is a very exciting point in time.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:00pmAs an undergrad student in Madison, I worked for a small businessman who is now WI State Legislator. His business produced products that were ALWAYS identified as Union Made, even though his shops were ABSOLUTLEY Non-Union (ans still aren’t). Anyone surprised?
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:01pmOh, and, as if needed stating, he is a Far Left Democrat.
Report Post »Obama Bin Lying
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:02pmIt is not in the best interest of the Lame Stream Media to report something like this. The Dems would be put in a worse light than they already are. The way the run and hide, then try to make it look like they are the victims. Then you have the Dems in the Senate trying to hold up the budget by using extreme tactics to make the GOP look bad. If they would all jsut stop playing games, and get back to work.
fFor someone who said he was going to get both sides to work together, The Divider in Chief has done more to create a sizable rift than any other president in History
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:04pmTime to start countering these ppl and groups with boycotts of our own. I dont wanna hear “that will hurt American jobs etc etc” What these groups are doing is HURTING AMERICA! Make sure you make it clear when you start the protest it is b/c of the company bowing down to unions and special interest for the action. Where are the TEA Party rallies/ protest at SEIU, UAW, AFC-CIO headquarters and the like?
I dunno anymore about you America you sure so seem to like having sand kicked in your face! “Dont want to stoop to their level” to save face and look better is fine. Just understand that while you look like the better “guy” you just had your a** handed to you by individuals who couldnt careless!! America you are more concerned about how you look than handling these radical monsters who want to destroy capitalism and enslave your children and grandchildren!
Wake up and bring this fight to their front door!
Report Post »Nightstalker
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:12pmMy Cousin Vinnie says,
Report Post »” It’s nuttin personal, but when yous gets out of the hospital, tell your boss he needs to pay the protection money.”
1chancey1
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:13pmJust remember these actions and make them hurt all over again at the voting booth.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:24pmWhy can’t they take this letter to a court and charge these people with extorsion/collusion/racketeering/rico/mailfraud. You shouldn’t be able to make threats in this nation, especially through the USPS.
Report Post »GODSAMERICA
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:35pmA perfect resolution to this. Have a worldwide boycott of anything and everything that has union in it’s name.
Report Post »neke
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:40pmThe reason it‘s not being reported throughout the media is because it’s not the Tea Party that’s strong arming businesses.
Report Post »Hawke17
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:44pmPlease someone explain why the bottom 10 states as to medium income are right to work states. And the bottom 10 states in education are right to work states. Why do you cheer for people who do not have your best interests at hand. I hate to tell you but 99.9999999999999999% will never be rich so why do you support lower taxes for them. The right in America have become radical fanatics, as radical as the muslims you are afraid of.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:46pmThese THUGS need to be arrested for intimidation … at the very least!
Report Post »Curator_JDR
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:46pmPublic unions work for WE THE PEOPLE, not the other way around. These people should be locked in a room and forced to watch Chris Matthews and RAchel Madcow all day. Oh wait. They already do! Next…
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:53pmI say everyone who does not support a union make it a point to frequent the boycotted business’ as much as possible and tell all your friends to do the same. What a bunch of thugs, led by our esteemed president.
Report Post »M-O-O-N Spells Moon
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:54pmAnd why, exactly, should the entire population be held hostage by a mere 12% of the population? I should think that businesses will do just fine catering to the people who do not belong to a union if that statistic is correct. The only thing they have to fear is physical damage to their business and possible assaults. But surely the police will be right there to defend them. The non-union police, right? Oh, wait…
Report Post »I’m sorry, but I still have not seen anything positive come out of a union. I read at how they helped establish better conditions for workers when they began. But not in my lifetime. Certainly not in my personal experience.
MYTXTREGISTER.COM
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 3:54pmBusiness PAY and Employ the people that PAY the TAXES that PAY State Employees Salary. So you are correct Mr. Union Sir – Neutral is not an option because everyone has to pay your salary even if we think that you are not doing a good job. Too bad this business owner could not boycott his financial support for you… And people wonder why “Crazy” tea-partiers want to cut the spending. Help get our country’s financial house in order by starting with your own house – http://mytxtregister.com
Report Post »BeerSnob
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:00pmI despise unions and everything they stand for! With that being said…
There is nothing illegal in the letter above. Don‘t we all boycott a store we don’t like?
If I walk up to a store and they have a sign about not allowing conceal carry in their store, I leave little
card saying they lost my business.
You want to hurt Unions? Look for the union label, and don’t buy that item. Buy foreign cars – or USED American cars.
Report Post »stifroc
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:01pmWhere’s Jimmy Hoffa?
Report Post »FSM_47
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:05pmSounds like a Mafia Protection Racket—surely the Obomba DOJ will look into this:-)
Report Post »SmallBusinessOwner
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:12pm943.30(1) of the Wisconsin Criminal Code
Report Post »“Whoever, either verbally or by any written or printed communication, maliciously threatens to accuse or accuses another of any crime or offense, or threatens or commits any injury to the person, property, business, profession, calling or trade, or the profits and income of any business, profession, calling or trade of another, with intent thereby to extort money or any pecuniary advantage whatever, or with intent to compel the person so threatened to do any act against the person’s will or omit to do any lawful act, is guilty of a Class H felony.”
paperpushermj
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:19pmIf I was forced to carry a sign in my store window, I would do it. Pay back for the Brown Shirts (Union Thugs) coming in….. will come next election day.
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:31pm@hawke17
Report Post »I hate to tell you but 99.9999999999999999% will never be rich so why do you support lower taxes for them.
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Tenth Commandment:
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
ConservativeSinceBirth
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:33pmIronically, it’s bullying tactics like this that make me want to vote with my dollars at non-union establishments, when ever possible.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:35pmPure capitalism, the Union members are electin gto support business that support them. The business are free to side with the Walker Tyrannt, its their choice, in making their choice they are advertising that they do not want union business.
This is the free market that Ayn Rand drreamed of, the consumer is making as to who to support.
Report Post »Katayno
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:46pmWhat a bunch of communist crap they are pushing on us WIsconsinites. If they don’t vote for Justice Prosser on April….WI is going to HELL. These Unions have all become socialists. I belong to a private union….but the PUBLIC sector UNIONS are being co-opted by communists. The price-tag is to big to pay…for both ideology and our taxes.
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:50pm“Thugs-In-Action”. I hope you Union people are happy now. You have allienated most of America and you have become THE SCAPEGOATS of our Nation. Good. You reap what you sow!
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Report Post »Cloth Stews
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 4:52pmIf I owned a business in Wisconsin, Mr. Parrett, I would prefer not to have your business. When I would ask you to leave my business, I am sure you would file some type of discrimination charge against me.
Report Post »AProudConservative
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 5:13pmI’ll keep this real simple so even union thugs can understand. Unionism – Communism. Got it?
Report Post »YouGottaProblemWithThat
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 5:14pmIf people cannot see the parallels between this type of pressure and that of Mafia figures coming into a business and saying, “ …so if youoos don’t want to pay me da protection money, sumthin might jus happen to your store….ya know …fires sometimes start mysteriously, ain’t that right Smokey?” “Ehh, and maybe the brakes on your car don’t work so well hugh Pauly, fugggitboutit?”
Report Post »Unions = Death. They use regular hardworking men and women and turn them into a money laundering operation without their knowledge. Politicians on both sides of the aisles are guilty of pandering to these extortionists and taking their money. They are organized…… organized criminals. The rank and file, hard working people are dulled and are lulled into a sense of entitlement and mediocrity. There is no room for a star performer in a union. We must stop these Marxists.
Believe it! God help us.
338lapua
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 5:30pmIf you see that sign displayed, don’t patronize the business. Simple as that.
Report Post »gman4691
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 5:38pmI’ve got an even better question: Why don’t we (conservative Americans) do the same thing? I’m tired of conservative people being intimidated into to silence by the MSM and other liberal bastions. Let’s do it and to heck with what they think or say.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 5:38pm@encinom
“Pure capitalism, the Union members are electin gto support business that support them. The business are free to side with the Walker Tyrannt, its their choice, in making their choice they are advertising that they do not want union business.”
What a STUPID thing to say. ALL businesses support these thugs.We all have to pay for their salaries/benefits/pensions. Any union participating should be immediately de-certified.
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Report Post »hologram5
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 5:50pm@TumbleBumble
Report Post »If you think this is an exciting time then you are just as twisted as those that are reaching the boiling point. This is NOT exciting, it is DISTURBING that these few think that they speak for the many. They are nothing but petulant thugs that got took off the teat way to early and have mommy issues. I have no respect for them and would not give them a glass of water if they were drowning. They are animals and should be put down as such.
CaptGregg
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 6:06pmThe business owners that receive those letters should post them in their front window. Let the people know what scum the union thugs are.
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 6:27pmTumbleBumble
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:58pm
Sorry I cannot give details. Most guys that belong in the unions (at least in this one) have been afraid to open their mouths. No one knows who is a ‘friend’ of the union or not. >>>”But it has reached a boiling point, and I think these guys know it’s now or never. It is a very exciting point in time.”<<<
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Totally understandable why you cannot give details.
WARNING…what TumbleBumble wrote in their very last 2 sentences is almost the very same thing that the anti-American radicals in the USA are countng on. They honestly believe their time is NOW and if you don't see it… then you are willfully blinded by your ideology or your hatred for the USA. I give this warning to only wake people up. If we don't keep an eye on everything the left is doing right now, the preverbial rug will be pulled out from under us. We may be on the verge of Civil War. It's completely in the hands of the radical progressives if we have one!
The radical progressives may feel it's their mis-guided duty to start a Civil War, but it is our duty to crush them if they try!
What do you think?
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Jim from Maine
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 6:33pmHappy to see the troll ( ENCINOM ) is hard at work making his/her 2 cents per comment today… as usual … what an idiot.
Report Post »CygnusX
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 6:55pm@encinom
“Pure capitalism, the Union members are electin gto support business that support them. The business are free to side with the Walker Tyrannt, its their choice, in making their choice they are advertising that they do not want union business.”
Did you fall and hit your head again. It is not their choice. There are two sides to the coin. 1) you agree with the union and post the sign and alienate everyone who does not agree. 2) You don’t post the sign and alienate everyone who does agree.
Report Post »Oh, wait, what if you do not want to loose any business. How do you do that. Do you mean a small business owner can NOT remain neutral and keep his/her opinion to them selves as not to offend either side. Only the Sith thinks in absolutes.
waggie
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 7:02pmI would LOVE to have just 5 minutes with Mr. Jim Parrett, to tell him where to stick his letter and his mafia threats.
Report Post »swalt
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 7:30pmThe unions are responsible for 99% of the problems we have in this country right now. Want to help neuter them? Then pass this along to all you come in contact with. PLEASE!!! And keep in mind, the Beck referred to in this posting is NOT Glenn Beck.
Report Post »A little known law that ALL unions are supposed to make their members aware of is called Beck’s Law. But the unions DO NOT tell their members. Why? Keep reading.The Supreme Court’s Beck Decision Recognizes Individual Worker Rights: In 1989, the U. S. Supreme Court established what are now known as “Beck rights” in the landmark decision Communication Workers v. Beck, Beck rights dictate that workers cannot be forced under union contracts to pay any dues or fees beyond those necessary for the performance of the union’s employee representation duties. In other words, any worker who objects to his union’s use of his dues money for purposes not directly related to collective bargaining is entitled to a refund of that portion of his dues. Beck rights are a triumph of individual rights over the political weight of union leaders. Workers in labor unions DO NOT HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR UNION BOSSES POLITICAL ACTIONS. All the member needs to do is notify the union they do not want their dues used for anything other than those directly related to collective bargaining, they will get a refund of their dues money. Look here for more information: http://www.mackinac.org/article.aspx?ID=1403
If I can get enough people to pass this around, I truly believe it will make a huge dent in the labor unions ability fund anything political. Unions were meant to represent their members, not political action committees. Get the unions OUT of politics!
swalt
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 8:00pm. I WAS a union worker with AFSCME, an arm of the AFL-CIO. Back in 1992 we were sick and tired of these people taking our dues, letting us have 25 % to keep at our local and sending the rest back to New York so they could line their pockets and spend OUR money on things we didn’t agree with. We were able to kick the punks out and we formed our own Association, hired a lawyer to represent us, and we are much better off now than we were back then. They fought us tooth and nail, put out hate mail, tried bribery by taking a bunch of local “yes men” on a trip to Vegas … and even had a mock trial with representatives from New York ( we are in Oregon) and they kicked the nine of us who started the movement to decertify AFSCME out of the union. Six weeks later we booted them out. How did we do it? It started out with just nine of us. We met after work and on weekends, did our research, talked to a lot of people and came up with a plan. We went to our local Labor Relations Board, got a stack of cards from them which asked a simple question: Are you interested in voting on whether to keep AFSCME as your union … YES or NO. All we had to do was get a certain percentage of the workforce to sign in the affirmative, and the LRB held a vote, and THEY counted them. When it was over, AFSCME was voted out, we were able to keep our own dues money, opened our own office, and hired a set of lawyers. It CAN BE DONE! We are the proof! If you are really tired of what the unions have done in this country, then boot the punks out!
Report Post »HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 10:22pmBoycotts work both directions…..if I saw a pro union sign, I’d walk out. Don’t forget the union members only make up a small percentage of Wisconsinites. I’d be happy to shop my dollars as well….and I’m happy our dollars outnumber theirs by 5 to 1 if not more. Also isn’t closing shops or harming them with boycotts……um just going to drive down tax revenues and cause businesses to lay off employees? Do these union idiots even think this stuff through? Trust me no one is feeling the impact and several talk show hosts have actually caused the opposite to happen….and the union boycotted places are seeing even more business. Go figure…….
Report Post »ReallyAUnionGuy
Posted on March 30, 2011 at 10:49pmsome union guys do get it…. spread the word we could use the help
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wesinLR
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:31amCALL THE NUMBER>>>> EVERY NUMBER ON THERE… and tell them how you feel. ask them if you need to go protest them …really them .. over load their system …
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:45amHow can any union supporter hear about this tactic and not realize that the unions are engaging in blackmail? So the ends justify the means, you comades in the unions? What happened to our free society that we are no longer free to have different opinions…..or free to operate our businesses in a perfectly legal manner without harrassment?
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 7:50amActions like these are proof that unions need to be disbanned.
Report Post »SCgunner
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:05pmlooks like they are using the same book that Acorn does huh?
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:00pmThinking of taking a trip to WI just to shop at stores they are boycotting.. my cousin thinks it would be a good idea.. we will ONLY shop or go into shops WITHOUT the UNION signs.. fact is we can order when possible from these stores.. everyone on this board should be looking into doing just that.. if they can order something from the boycotted businesses it would speak volumes.. A lot of people did something simular when AZ passed their immigration bill and it helped..not just the businesses but it helped bring their voice to which side they stood on…
Report Post »lb6751
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 5:45pmJim left his phone # ‘s, lets leave him a message !
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