Laid-Off Factory Workers Refuse to Leave

[DroppinScience]

This story in Chicago reminds me of what the Argentines did in The Take (http://www.thetake.org/), where when they got pink slips, they decided to stay in the factory and run it themselves.

This is exactly the kind of action needed, especially when the CEO robber-baron assholes get rewarded in bailouts.

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/12/07

[DroppinScience]

They even have the backing of the Governor and the President-elect. (y)

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/08/chicago.labor.protest/index.html

[Lyman Zerga]

you killed this forum!

[Bob]

we never should have banned alien autopsy

[funk63]

we never should have banned alien autopsy

ok, its young bob on them bitches, aka. mr puttin stitches in them snitches like ahhhh

[valvano]

They even have the backing of the Governor and the President-elect. (y)

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/08/chicago.labor.protest/index.html


that would be the same governor who was arrested today do for charges including the attempted selling of obama's former senate seat?:D

[Schmeltz]

And there's the seldom-seen valvano stepping in with his traditional barely relevant red herring! HEY-OHH!

[DroppinScience]

that would be the same governor who was arrested today do for charges including the attempted selling of obama's former senate seat?:D

Didn't really follow the Illinois governor until today, but I was vaguely aware of him being in trouble for corruption beforehand. Wow, what a big embarrassment he is! :eek:

BUT... you could have made this a separate thread, since it's got nothing to do with the factory workers sit-in and it doesn't change the fact that the governor (and the president-elect and anyone else) is correct in supporting their actions.

[yeahwho]

I've been known to be a pretty laid back factory worker.

[yeahwho]

This story in Chicago reminds me of what the Argentines did in The Take (http://www.thetake.org/), where when they got pink slips, they decided to stay in the factory and run it themselves.

This is exactly the kind of action needed, especially when the CEO robber-baron assholes get rewarded in bailouts.

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/12/07

As laid back of a factory worker as I am, this is an interesting dynamic that the politicians have put themselves into. The fact that Blago (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/michaeltomasky/2008/dec/10/barackobama-blago-damage) was brought into the discussion shows just how corrupt the USA is. The banks are in a position to do as regulated, the regulators are the us, represented by self interested politicians.

The workers at the factory level in this economy are hard pressed to come up with $10 for a political contribution. Anyway you can see where I'm going with this, I do not want to let anybody off the hook but this is a delicate situation that can make getting a loan (or banks to begin making new loans) pretty tough when the condition of risk goes beyond just solvency and day to day manufacturing. Now the banks become responsible for failed businesses no matter what the fault may be.

Change is needed rapidly in this bailout, so far this whole multi-billion bailout looks like to me, the death of simplicity and common sense. Also it appears so far to be an attack, blatant attack against labor and independent businesses.

Transparency is lost, does anybody including your congress know WTF is going on?

[kaiser soze]

It is the great American Fleecing.....why shave a little off the top when you can gouge out as much as you can. While jobs are lost, the heads are getting "bonuses". Who is really watching what they do with the money, anyone?

These bailout requests will return in a year or two. They are giving the money to the people who lost it all already.

This won't solve shit