[Bulk] Re: [Ducati] Strike at Harley (with Ducati content)

[Ron Ginter]

On 2007 Feb 04, at 2:12 AM, Art Ramos wrote:

> Could of, should of, would of,.....
> Life is long my friends and what happens early on educates us for  
> later in
> life.

Here's my 2 cents:

When I was a young boy, my father worked for GM.  At that time, the  
auto industry contracts came up for renewal just before Christmas,  
and on this particular year (I don't remember exactly, but circa  
1960) the target chosen by the UAW was GM.  Of course, a strike was  
threatened.  My father went to a union meeting and made the terrible  
mistake of getting up and speaking against a strike.  Following the  
meeting, he found a few union members waiting for him at his car.   
They proceeded to beat the crap out of him, leave him lying in the  
parking lot, and slashed his tires for good measure.  He recovered,  
but learned his lesson, and never opened his mouth at a union meeting  
again.  They did go on strike that year, and there were no Christmas  
gifts under the tree in our household.

So much for democracy in action.  So much for free speech and the  
rights of the individual.  The end does not justify the means.  I've  
been anti-union ever since.

...Ron