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

[Dez]

Sorry to hear that sad story Ron,
I do kinda wish for the old days though. The president of my union would 
have had his legs broken already.
So much for the voice of the rank and file..............
dez
nyc
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Ginter" <ronginter at rogers.com>
To: "Ducati Owners Group" <ducati at ducati.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Bulk] Re: [Ducati] Strike at Harley (with Ducati content)


>
> 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
>
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