[SteveA]

Quote by: Nono Jeez, Steve, don't believe everything you hear. There were, as so often, a handful of violent shitheads who ruined it for everyone else (like company goons on a picket line). Doubt a single one of them was an actual student.

This might be true. There's probably plenty of propoganda over this thrown in as well, though in many ways it might be that it's time for some real conflicts to erupt. They should probably go ahead and fire anyone rioting (not to mention hold them accountable for damages) and wait until and understanding finally sets in about who's providing who what service. Some ignorance is only curable through the school of hard knocks.

Now don't misunderstand me and believe I'm saying there aren't real grievances many employees can have over many issues but an imagined right to government enforcement of ones employment isn't one of them.

Both companies I worked for (National Steel Car and Westinghouse) were recipients of lavish corporate welfare. Still are of course. Name one big company that isn't.

True, point taken and this again is part of the problem with socialism. I worked for a long time for an aerospace company of which probably half the money they received came from government contracts. Once I realized how working there was simply feeding the beast, I quit and have moved on. 3/4ths of the work I did there was in one form or another mandated by government. Half the work was directly for government, including some for the military, and half of the commercial stuff was still trying to comply with federal agencies. The federal government even managed to get them to implement a goal setting program for employees, so we can spend more time planning (like many people don't spend enough time in meetings already).