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jmohr · Jul 20, 2011

I am on the board of directors of a steam, threshing, and antique power show. We have decided to build a stationary steam shed. A few people in the community have started an uproar because we are using non union labor. We as a group are both union and non union members. We chose a good contractor for a fair price and he is less than 20 miles away from our town. A few people are wanting to boycott the show now. Any advice or comments. thanks

Dean · Jul 20, 2011

Move on.

They will get over it.

Dean

Brian Jasper co. Ia · Jul 20, 2011

Tell the boycotters, "We'll miss you"...

ShadetreeRet · Jul 20, 2011

Quality work at a fair price is the key. If your group is made up of union and non union and you didn't have any major problems on making the decision as who to hire, then it's really no one else's business.
Some people are going to find something to complain about no matter what. You can't please everybody, so you have to please yourself first. I don't think it will matter that much in the long run if someone does boycott. There are enough people who love old machinery to support you anyway. Good luck on your venture.

cjackman · Jul 20, 2011

TELL THEM TO PAY FOR IT

Jim in Ma. · Jul 20, 2011

I agree with Dean.
It's all about the money and they will get over it. With todays costs, I would go with the best price. Anyone has the rite to protest for what ever reason they like.

Geo-TH,In · Jul 20, 2011

Wal-mart has the same problem. They build with non union labor and look at how many people boycott Wal-mart. Tell the union people to build it for less.

rhouston · Jul 20, 2011

Have fun with that. They will hire local non union welfare schmucks to picket the building site and run you up onside and down the other in the paper and on the radio call in talk shows. Company I work for had that happen. It wasn't even our building we are just the primary tenant and helped secure funding, but we were "union busters". Only one trade was non union and they were given the opportunity to bid.

Walt Davies · Jul 20, 2011

Let them Boycott it will only bng more people to see the show.
Walt

Tony Vidlak · Jul 20, 2011

Just tell the people who are talking of boycotting the show to come help and put there complaining to rest.I'm a union man but I believe in the best price its not like you hired foreign labor to build your shed he's a local contractor.Lazy people like that are ruining the unions

old popper · Jul 20, 2011

I've been a union man nearly all my working life, but why the big uproar over building a shed for a threshing show? Most use volunteer labor from the association's membership. Tell them to boycott, it will make room for others that are genuinely interested in seeing what you have to offer at the show.

Paul from MI · Jul 20, 2011

I have spent most of my career as a manager and engineer in a union shop. They have their place and have done some very good things for working people in the past. THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM!I'm surprised that any union rep in the 21st century would allow members to act like this over a project like yours. Do your thing and don't look back.

Eric in IL · Jul 20, 2011

Sign up the contractor and his workers as "honorary club members". Then tell the boycotters that your club members decided to erect the building yourselves.

If the board deems some club members deserve compensation for their deeds-so be it!

Spook · Jul 20, 2011

Kinda silly, and I am a union guy. Not much to gain, and it makes them look bad.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 21, 2011

I was a UAW member and believe that Unions are today's organized mob made possible by buying politicians. Unions have made good contributions to fair wages, worker safety and stopped unfair firings but now act more like the Mafia than anything else. No wonder membership has been on a steady decline.

60 acre hillside · Jul 21, 2011

In our area the Union Carprnters donate free labor to community projects. This is a good public relations activity. Union workers support our projects and donate freely.

dhermesc · Jul 21, 2011

Tell them to go **** themselves.

NEBeef · Jul 21, 2011

I'm not absolutely pro-union or absolutely anti-union. But in this case I'd tell the protesters if they want to foot the bill for the project they can hire anyone they want.

And unless there's a huge difference, I'd go for the best quality, not the necessarily the lowest price...

Anonymous-0 · Jul 21, 2011

How large is the union labor force in your area? In MY area, with all the layoffs at Ford and the closing of one automotive plant and the downsizing of the workforce at another, it's not such a large segment of the population, and I'd not concern myself with the effects of any so-called boycott.

When I worked at the frame plant, we were UAW...and even then, we didn't concern ourselves with who hired union construction labor and who didn't. It just seemed to be a counterproductive use of our time...we wanted to have the community on our side, should any labor dispute arise [and none did while I was there], so we didn't go out of our way to antagonize the public, especially over stuff that, in the grand scheme of life, didn't mean all that much. Our local was unusual, I suppose, because we had mostly mainstream folks in charge...and only a few zealots on the fringes, who were usually simply outvoted. The local president could "suggest" we support or not support something, but we never took any orders from "on high."

So I'm guessing that the situation in your area is QUITE different.

dej(Jed) · Jul 21, 2011

Stay the course, people are like the wind, they blow this way then that.
They don't have anything better to complain about now, so you will be the target for a little while, but trust me it will pass.

kyplowboy · Jul 21, 2011

I love that!

In this day and age looks like the union folks would donate the labor and call in the local news folks to cover it just for a little bit of good PR. Unless they can do it for less tell'm to go pound sand.

Dave

INCase · Jul 21, 2011

most of them probably wouldn't go to the show anyway.

Don't worry about it.

if you do what is right you won't have to worry about being wrong! .. that's what I tell my kids anyway...

hd6gtom · Jul 21, 2011

Several years ago when Titan tire workers were on strike, they sent some members down to picket our tire shop. The cafe across the street caters to the farmers in the area. Word of mouth got around and we sold a record number of Firestone tires that year. We had people purchasing tires that we had never heard of. They came to us because they heard of the union pickets at our shop. Tell them to stick it in their ear.

GlenninPa · Jul 21, 2011

A few years back I had four Mennonite guys put up my polebarn. I don't think they were unionized.

Billy Shafer · Jul 21, 2011

Tell them sorry you can't make the show. If your own group members don't care who builds it. Why should anyone else. Sounds like a bunch with nothing better to complain about.

HP 28-50 · Jul 21, 2011

I would agree with Eric in Il. Here's a side bar. In the home town there is a man who didn't quite cut it on his own and work his way into the position of carpenter steward. A few years back he needed new windows and doors and roofing. As I recall there were no union contractors used on that job.

Spotted Horse · Jul 21, 2011

(quoted from post at 03:56:24 07/21/11) I was a UAW member and believe that Unions are today's organized mob made possible by buying politicians. Unions have made good contributions to fair wages, worker safety and stopped unfair firings but now act more like the Mafia than anything else. No wonder membership has been on a steady decline.

I agree!
Nowadays, the first thing I look for (on something I might buy) is a "union label",... if the item has such a "label", I don't buy it.

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