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2005-06-09 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Children Allegedly Placed on Union Payrolls to Get Seniority

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Posted by Steve 2005-06-09 11:14|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I'm shocked! Shocked!This happened at MASSPORT!!
I'm surprised their kid's frozen embryos aren't on the payroll...

Posted by tu3031 2005-06-09 11:43|| 2005-06-09 11:43|| Front Page Top

#2 You know you've lost faith in the family genes when you expect your granddaughter to grow up to be a dockworker. Nothing else is shocking about this article. Unions are monopolies and unfair by definition. They screw the employers, why wouldn't they screw each other?

Posted by BH 2005-06-09 12:03|| 2005-06-09 12:03|| Front Page Top

#3 tu - I worked a temp job at Massport many moons ago. Did you know there are offices between the inbound and outbound decks of the Tobin Bridge? Yep, worked in that office for four months.

Posted by Raj 2005-06-09 12:14|| 2005-06-09 12:14|| Front Page Top

#4 BH - they also screw their own members.

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-06-09 12:38|| 2005-06-09 12:38|| Front Page Top

#5 "It's for the childrenâ¢"

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-06-09 12:46|| 2005-06-09 12:46|| Front Page Top

#6 when you expect your granddaughter to grow up to be a dockworker.
No, he expects her to grow up to be a union official. By the time she graduates college, she'll have enough seniority to step right into the front office.

Posted by Steve ">Steve 2005-06-09 12:54|| 2005-06-09 12:54|| Front Page Top

#7 LOL I didn't know you could get a union card without getting a job. Did they form a diaper fillers local 1 of the AFL/CIO in Boston?

Posted by Cyber Sarge">Cyber Sarge 2005-06-09 13:20|| 2005-06-09 13:20|| Front Page Top

#8 Looks like they DID have a "job" for a few hours, Sarge.

Posted by too true 2005-06-09 14:05|| 2005-06-09 14:05|| Front Page Top

#9 Just doing their duty, Sarge.

Posted by BH 2005-06-09 14:45|| 2005-06-09 14:45|| Front Page Top

#10

Now I understand

Posted by BigEd 2005-06-09 19:26|| 2005-06-09 19:26|| Front Page Top

#11 Not the first time I've heard this. Back during my summer visits to Brooklyn in the late 60s, I heard stories about 11-12 year old boys being taken by a family member early in the morning to the loading docks, given a pair of gloves and told to stay near "but outta the way", then packed off to school.

These Boston guys just got greedy.

Posted by Pappy 2005-06-09 19:36|| 2005-06-09 19:36|| Front Page Top

#12 Big Ed and others:

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Posted by rkb 2005-06-09 20:10|| 2005-06-09 20:10|| Front Page Top

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