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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Georgia power crew turned away from Sandy-stricken New York for refusing to join union
2012-11-03
Doubly dumb, when the governor has been working on government union pension reform.
A business coordinator at a power company in western Georgia told The Daily Caller Friday afternoon that workers from his electric-utility employer were not permitted to help restore power to New York consumers because they would not join the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW).

The revelation comes on the heels of similar stories TheDC has reported about power crews from Alabama and Florida who volunteered to fix downed power lines after Hurricane Sandy left millions in the Northeastern United States in the dark this week.

"We're not a large utility, so we were only able to send up two or three crews," Glenn Cunningham, a business continuity coordinator with Diverse Power in LaGrange, Georgia, said in a phone interview.
Posted by:Fred

#12  ...to his union buddies paymasters.

FIFY. There are no deeper pockets than mandatory union dues [aka closed shop].
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-11-03 16:02  

#11  John, as if a Democrat would do such a thing to his union buddies.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2012-11-03 15:32  

#10  Georgia is a right-to-work state. The above reminds me of the scorpion and frog story. There are many people who are not a member of some union in other states who could provide services to NYC but just about everything there is unionized. Time to consider the worth of unions and what they are really about. New York ought to consider Right-to-work legislation. Good for Christie. Do it. NY governor should do the same.
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-11-03 14:24  

#9  Kill the Unions!
Posted by: Secret Asian Man   2012-11-03 14:19  

#8  The union credo to "make the job last" does not bode well for the needy citizenry of NJ and NY.
Posted by: regular joe   2012-11-03 12:09  

#7  P2K ...BINGO!
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-11-03 11:09  

#6  ...yes, because they're on 1 1/2 to double overtime. The longer it takes the more money they pocket.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-11-03 11:01  

#5  No different than corporate profiteering with military supplies during war, for which there is a long and sorry history.
Posted by: Glenmore   2012-11-03 10:40  

#4  "We're all in this together..." Bullshit
Posted by: M. Murcek   2012-11-03 08:42  

#3  Bully for him!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2012-11-03 07:45  

#2  Update
Christie threatens ‘Disaster Control Act’ order to guarantee nonunion utility workers can help restore NJ power

Posted by: tipper   2012-11-03 06:40  

#1  Semmes didn't fare well at Gettysburg either. Best for Georgians to stay at home.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-11-03 02:26  

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