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

[mike major]

This didn't ring true to me so I googled as much info as I could on UAW strikes in the 60s and couldn't find anything about any December strikes, or strikes in general for that matter.  There was one in the late 50s but the target that year was Mopar.  Could this have been some local wildcat deal, there were some "rouge" locals that had short lived wildcat strikes over local grievances, particularly safety issues.  I've always felt safe shooting off my big mouth in the unions I have been a member of and if this did occur it would be a very rare exception to the solidarity we in the labor movement all strive for.  Peace, Moonbeam

Ron Ginter <ronginter at rogers.com> wrote:   
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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