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Forum Post: Please sign Con Edison Petition

Posted 11 years ago on July 2, 2012, 8:43 p.m. EST by myows (133)
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This article has some politician reactions to the lockout and a link to an online petition to end the lockout of 8500 Con Ed workers.

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2012/07/pols-on-con-ed-labor-negotiations-chill-out

over 2500 people so far.

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[-] 4 points by PeterKropotkin (1050) from Oakland, CA 11 years ago

Signed.

[-] 3 points by Nevada1 (5843) 11 years ago

Signed.

[-] 3 points by shoozTroll (17632) 11 years ago

Signed.......:)

There's no reason not to.

[-] 3 points by JadedCitizen (4277) 11 years ago

Signed - unity with unions.

[-] 2 points by SparkyJP (1646) from Westminster, MD 11 years ago

signed - Here's a direct link:

http://action.workingfamiliesparty.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=6276

Comon' people - Join us - Burn their ears

[-] 2 points by DKAtoday (33802) from Coon Rapids, MN 11 years ago

Signed - thanks for providing the petition.

People unite in common cause.

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[-] -2 points by beautifulworld (23769) 11 years ago

Signed. But, I signed for the workers, not because I'm worried about a heat wave. The workers themselves are reason enough for me.

[-] -2 points by Growup6 (-125) 11 years ago

How many petitions do you suppose you sign in the average year? LOL

[-] 1 points by beautifulworld (23769) 11 years ago

3 or 4. I think the last one I signed was Trayvon Martin's. LOL at you!

[-] -2 points by Growup6 (-125) 11 years ago

Trayvon Martin? The LOL is on you.

How come liberals think Elizabeth Warren is Indian with 1/32nd (her claim) ancestry, yet Zimmerman/Martin wasn't black-on-black crime when Zimmerman is 1/8th black?

[-] 2 points by rpc972 (628) from Portland, OR 11 years ago

Because Zimmerman is a cowardly racist child murderer.

[-] -2 points by Growup6 (-125) 11 years ago

But Zimmerman is 1/8 Black. Liberals think Elizabeth Warren is Cherokee because she's an unproven 1/32nd Cherokee. By that "thinking", Zimmerman at 1/8th black is black making the Martin killing just another incident of black-on-black crime.

[-] 2 points by rpc972 (628) from Portland, OR 11 years ago

Zimmerman is a cowardly racist child murderer!!!

[-] 0 points by JPB950 (2254) 11 years ago

Why do we bother with a legal system? You're prepared to pick out the facts you like without any concern for actual evidence.

[-] 1 points by rpc972 (628) from Portland, OR 11 years ago

Oh, yeah, I've heard these RW TPs, they're so absurd they're fun! Do tell! Come on don't hold back???

Of Course you know Zim is a hate Crim. Like Fox-Talk Radio. So give us the RW noise??

[-] 0 points by JPB950 (2254) 11 years ago

The bad behavior of anyone else doesn't give you license to convict a man based on rumor and selectively edited news reports. We have the choice to hear all the evidence and let a jury make an informed decision or you can rationalize some prejudgement.

[-] 0 points by rpc972 (628) from Portland, OR 11 years ago

I'm sure that Zimmerman's misadventures will become the benchmark of hereto-with crazy fuckhead race-crime murder. Unlike 60s Alabamy, were going justice this decade. Oooh!

[-] 1 points by beautifulworld (23769) 11 years ago

Your point? You go from Con Ed to this racist b.s. and you think I'm going to reply to that?

[-] -2 points by Growup6 (-125) 11 years ago

Really, what was racist about what I wrote? You leftists love to toss it around, without ever backing it up. How come Elizabeth Warren is an Indian, but Zimmerman isn't black?

Many on this site seem to be serial petition nuts. If the money comes from someone else, they'll sign anything.

[-] -1 points by beautifulworld (23769) 11 years ago

"If the money comes from someone else, they'll sign anything." Look, I think most petitions are ineffective, but sometimes they can help a pressing situation. As far as money coming from someone else, I just don't get you. Workers have a right to bargain their wages, all workers, not just those in unions. Con Ed workers have the right to bargain. Period. End of story. Why do you support the erosion of workers' rights? It's insanity. A society can't function if it's citizens don't earn enough money to live a decent life.

[-] -3 points by Growup6 (-125) 11 years ago

Again, another leftist that casually throws around "racist" as a way to avoid being shown how stupid something is.

Workers have a right to bargain. Companies have a right to bargain too. It's the customers that lack choice that makes it all possible. When the union puts the screws to the company, the company can put the screws to ratepayers that can only deal with the monopoly. That's perfect for unions because when people have a choice, they choose something else because aded union costs don't come any added value. Let everyone have a choice, that's the fairest outcome for everyone. I don't support eroding worker rights, but I also don't support eroding company rights and customer rights.

[-] 1 points by rpc972 (628) from Portland, OR 11 years ago

"Companies exist at the behest of the public good and consent." Now, because "Companies" bought more favorable legislation we have to add "should."