Union picketers picket… mother of five?

Who thought that this was a good idea?

A Quincy mom has disconnected her support for striking Verizon workers yesterday after a group of mouthy picketers surrounded non-union repairmen and turned a phone-line fix at her home into what she is calling a “ridiculous” protest scene.

“I looked in the street and there are picketers, 10 of them or more, doing a circle around the Verizon truck,” said Karen Austin, 64, a mother of five who lives on Forest Avenue. “Every time (the repairmen) would walk up to my house they would follow them. I couldn’t believe my eyes. This is ridiculous. Why are they picketing my house?”

The above quote demonstrates why it was a bad idea, by the way.  We’ll get into why in a moment. Continue reading Union picketers picket… mother of five?

#rsrh Rooting for *injuries*? Pshaw!

I’m rooting for Mutually Assured Destruction.

A strike called by unpaid Huffington Post contributors received a major boost Wednesday with a call to arms released by the national Newspaper Guild.

The industry association called on contributors not currently on strike to cease contributions and asked members to help by “shining a light on the unprofessional and unethical practices of this company.”

The Newspaper Guild boasts 26,000 members and is affiliated with the Communications Workers of America (CWA). The CWA is affiliated with the AFL-CIO.

Via Glenn Reynolds, who also reminds us that the CWA hits women.   So, really, there’s no need to intervene in this particular cage match…

Moe Lane

#rsrh Do you know this man?

He is a CWA (Communications Workers of America) goon.

He hits women.

Tabitha Hale of Freedomworks is a friend and RedState colleague; which is the secondary reason why there is currently a red haze across my vision.  The primary reason, of course, is because I cannot abide men who hit women.

Moe Lane