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Letter to the Editor Causes Intimidating Voice Mail
ByToday, the St. Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN) published a letter I wrote regarding a story about government union (specifically, City) workers loafing (while on the taxpayers dime) on the job when they were supposed to be filling potholes in St. Paul.
A culture of laziness
The story about the public union workers caught loafing on the job is an example of union organizing gone bad (“Pothole loafing gets 17 suspended,” May 11).
When unions first started organizing in the early 20th century, they helped workers in dangerous jobs become empowered against business owners who did not value the lives of their workers. For example, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers was formed because of the deaths of high-voltage linemen while they were installing what is now our power-grid.
However, along with necessary unions, there has been an explosion of non-essential unions in America. Unions that have absolutely nothing to do with the safety of their workers and are in place to bilk the public. These unions are responsible for bankrupting states like California with their salary and benefit demands — demands that private-sector employees can’t imagine requesting from their employers.
Our current administration prefers to demonize bankers, Wall Street, oil companies and talk radio for the breakdown of our great country. This administration is wrong. The real villains are the government and teachers’ unions that refuse to tighten their belts like those of us in the private-sector have to do.
Shame on those public unions for allowing a culture of laziness to flourish within their systems. Shame on them for insisting upon salaries and benefits that out-pace private sector salaries and benefits at the expense of the American taxpayer. It is time to abolish government and teacher unions and go back to a true privatized free-market system.
I had no idea that the letter had even been published until I checked my voicemail and heard the following message:
Was this voice mail, by an alleged Teamsters Union member, intended as intimidation? You decide!
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The caller (coward) made sure to use “Private Caller” on my caller ID and left no name, either. Isn’t it great that when we express our Freedom of Speech and are required to publish our names and hometowns that those in opposition to us, if they feel too cowardly to stand behind their statements, can call or write to harass us for using our Freedom of Speech? Maybe this Teamster should put his money where his mouth is and write his OWN Letter to The Editor, instead of calling to harass me about my point of view.
Editor’s Note: I have now been informed that others have taken interest in playing this audio on some St. Paul area radio stations. I wonder if the voice on this voice mail recording will be recognized by friends and co-workers of this individual?
Other stories of interest:
- Rep. Tom McClintock Endorses The Citizen Power Initiative to Fix California
- Are You Supporting Corrupt Unions With Your Money?
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May 26th, 2010 at 8:07 AM
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