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Thread #113205 Message #2403479
Posted By: GUEST,Jack the Sailor
02-Aug-08 - 01:07 AM
Thread Name: BS: Good news for Wal-Mart organizers?
Subject: RE: BS: Good news for Wal-Mart organizers?
John.
I don't even know what the hell you are talking about. But the little bit you have said piqued my interest.
As a student of labor law. I have a lot of doubts about the organization of illegal immigrants. Unions are difficult to organize as it is. But it seems to me that the membership roster of an organization of illegal workers under current laws, especially under the Bush administration would be little more than a list of people to deport. Come on man. How can they have a right to strike if they don't even have a legal right to work? And if you do strike. There are always more illegals.
I have no doubt that you might hear about this on right wing talk radio. I've heard stranger things. I also don't doubt that there might be some idealist dumb enough to try to organize them. But I can't see these attempts as any serious threat to legitimate, legal worker's jobs. Certainly unionized illegals would be less a threat to US workers than non unionized ones would. Have you studied labour economics at all?
If there was such a case, the successful organization of illegal workers, I would be very interested in finding out more. Please tell me more. But I have no interest in refuting you.