[CAUT] Position Announcement, SIU, Carbondale, IL

[Bob Hull]

How is this different from what the unions do?  How did the automobile manufacturing unions get to the pay and benefit levels they have?  It was by banding together.   But, there will always, always be someone who will do the job for less.   Think about the walmartization of America! "Let's shop for the cheapest product and not worry about the quality." 

Bob Hull

--- On Sat, 8/16/08, A440A at aol.com <A440A at aol.com> wrote:

> From: A440A at aol.com <A440A at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Position Announcement, SIU, Carbondale, IL
> To: caut at ptg.org
> Date: Saturday, August 16, 2008, 3:55 PM
> I wrote:
> <<     "Actually, to "stand up together to
> it, against it, whatever it 
> 
>     takes" is criminal activity.  When "we"
> band together, and suggest
> 
>     what everyone should charge, or even that everybody
> should charge
> 
>     more, "we" are guilty of a federal crime,
> (price fixing, restraint
> 
>     of trade, and/or collusion).  Help yourself, but leave
> me out of it."
> 
> 
> Ric writes: 
> 
> >>Heaven Help Us.  Essentially the above words claim
> that workers have no 
> 
> rights anymore... and any attempt by workers to band
> together to look 
> 
> after their common interests is a federal crime.  >>
> 
>         Yup, that is pretty close to the state of affairs. 
> In fact, it is 
> illegal for me to make an agreement with a fellow
> technician 30 miles away that 
> I will refer work to him in that area if he will do the
> same for me!  I know, 
> doctors and lawyers do this all the time, but they never
> write it down.  
>  
> >> Just WHO is it what decides that the PEOPLE cant 
> 
> decide to BAND TOGETHER to look after their common
> interests.  WHO is it 
> 
> that will have such endeavour criminalized.  And worse WHO
> the heck 
> 
> voted for these people ???
> 
>         The Federal Trade Commission, and the American
> people voted for all 
> of this!  I don't like it, but I have talked to a
> lawyer that specializes in 
> this area.  We can post our prices all day long, that is
> ok, however, if we 
> suggest to others what they should charge, we are over the
> line!  
> 
> 
> 
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