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

[mike major]

Oh, plenty of violence, I hear storys of fights with trucked in union busters and the extensive use of wrist rockets at the refinery I work in.  I'v just never felt threatened by my fellow workers at any union shop, have shot off my mouth whenever I felt the need and would regard that kind of violence as a rare exception.

Ron Ginter <ronginter at rogers.com> wrote:  Well, Mike, I really didn't want to have to post on this topic again, 
but obviously it means a lot to you, and you feel some need to 
discount my story, so here we are. I don't have any Google records I 
can point you to, just a strong childhood memory from 45 or 50 years 
ago. Maybe the recollection has become distorted over time, maybe 
I'm a pathological liar, maybe all those drugs in the 60's are coming 
back to haunt me. Believe what you will. It was my father and my 
childhood, and I really don't care what you think. I wasn't sure 
whether I should post such a personal thing in the first place, and 
you've convinced me that I shouldn't have. But I'll never forget the 
fear and anxiety of being awake in the middle of the night while my 
mother frantically called my father's friends and co-workers, trying 
to find out why he hadn't come home from the meeting in a city 35 
miles away. I really hope it never happens to you.

And if you really believe that there's no violence in the unions' 
histories, then take a reality pill and do some more Googling. 
Peace, indeed.

...Ron

On 2007 Feb 05, at 11:01 AM, mike major wrote:

> 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


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