Union Bosses Soak Up the Sun at the Fountainbleu to Talk About EFCA

Mar 10

The Workforce Fairness Institute created a new video that’s very interesting. It shows AFL-CIO union bosses soaking up the sun (and union dues) at the Fountainnbleu Hotel. (Seriously, click that link. Check that place out.) Discussion topic: EFCA.

One big item raised in organizing is the issue of being “represented.” I wonder how rank-and-file union people feel about their union dues getting used at the Fountainbleu.

Oh…today Congressman George Miller (D-CA) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced the Employee Free Choice Act to Congress. Getting ready yet, folks?

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Frank Roche

Frank started IFRACTAL over 7 years ago with Sarah Chambers. Together, they've created HR communications and HR software for some of the world's leading companies. Frank is also studying Flamenco guitar and origami.

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Ken Moir says:

March 10, 2009 at 4:38 pm

C’mon now, are you serious? Do you really want to start making comparisons between one convention of union bosses and the daily lifestyles of corporate C-level officers? I have strong reservations about the EFCA, too, but this sort of blunt appeal to class envy is just embarrassing. It’s a losing argument, and it diminishes the strength of your case.

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laurie ruettimann says:

March 10, 2009 at 6:55 pm

Brett Ratner. PDiddy. Good lord, it’s lame. They took celebrities from the early 2000s and made them seem decadent. It’s a fail, IMHO. I’m just glad they didn’t for the ‘jugular’ and show Ricky Martin at the pool, lapping it up, and drinking mojitos.

Okay, , but I do feel bad about the tone of this discussion. It’s old school and stupid. I’m also sad to see the money being spent on both sides.

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- Frank Roche says:
  
  March 10, 2009 at 7:09 pm
  
  Those were some weird throwbacks. I was half expecting Gene Simmons and Ron Jeremy to appear in the video. LOL.
  
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laurie ruettimann says:

March 10, 2009 at 6:56 pm

Those chubby union guys are not easy on the eyes, by the way. Yuck.

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- Frank Roche says:
  
  March 10, 2009 at 7:08 pm
  
  LOL, Laurie. I have to say, if I want to see people at the Fountainblue, it ain’t union dudes in bad t-shirts. I want it to be me. I just thought this one was funny…I like poking at things every once in a while…not in a Punk Rock HR kind of way…but fun all the same.
  
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