Time for real workplace democracy– not the phony company version
OPS_admin | Mar 16, 2009 | Comments 0
Time for real workplace democracy– not the phony company version
Since Reagan, unions have been squeezed out of the workplace
Last October, Home Depot cofounder Bernie Marcus blew a gasket, spewing outrage in all directions. “This is the demise of civilization,” he exploded. “This is how a civilization disappears. I’m watching this happen and I don’t believe it!”
Bernie’s outburst came during an hour-long conference call with various other corporate executives and their political operatives. The purpose was to collect industry funds for a campaign to kill a piece of legislation called the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). Yes, the spark that ignited Bernie’s fury, the hellish horror that he insisted would produce America’s Armageddon, was a simple labor bill, and he was demanding that the corporate powers rally to save civilization as they know it.
“As a shareholder, if I knew the CEO of the company wasn’t doing anything on [EFCA]…I would sue the son of a bitch,” he foamed. “If a retailer has not gotten involved in this…he should be shot. They should be thrown out of their goddamn jobs.”
via Hightower Lowdown | Time for real workplace democracy– not the phony company version.
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The oligarchs openly talking about a coup d'état in America?
Multi-millionaire lobbyist Grover Norquist is calling for the impeachment of President Obama. In an interview with the right-wing National Journal - Norquist warned that if President Obama wins re-election and decides to let the Bush tax cuts for the top 2% expire at the end of the year - then Republicans will "have enough votes in the Senate in 2014 to impeach [him]."What does that mean? It means that the super rich in America - and their political operatives like Norquist in Washington, DC - have now compared a tiny tax increase on the wealthy to high crimes and treason - the only Constitutional basis Congress can use to impeach a President. It sounds like the oligarchs are now openly talking about a coup d'état in America.-Thom(Do you think will try it? Tell us here.) -
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