As Stupid As It Gets: Longshoremen’s Union Protests U.S. Marines

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As Stupid As It Gets: Longshoremen’s Union Protests U.S. Marines

 

 

 

Posted by LaborUnionReport (Diary)

Monday, August 20th at 5:30PM EDT

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Somehow, it seems that the folks at the International Longshoremen’s Association misunderstood Candidate Barack Obama’s 2008 statement: “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun.”

Since the target of the Longshoremen’s union protests is the U.S. Marines, according to this union press release, ‘misunderstood’ might actually be an understatement:

Union longshore workers from many Atlantic Coast District Ports are joining forces outside the United States Marine Barracks in Washington, DC to protest the loss of handling military cargo at the Port of Charleston, South Carolina. Hundreds more members of the International Longshoremen’s Association are also picketing simultaneously at the Port of Charleston.

Both demonstrations in Washington and the Port of Charleston read more

http://www.redstate.com/laborunionreport/2012/08/20/as-stupid-as-it-gets-longshoremen%e2%80%99s-union-protests-u-s-marines/

 

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So one union is mad that another union (yes still union work) is getting the job.