skylive5 Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Hello -- Union leadership is rarely the best and brightest ... typically, they see being parasites off the efforts of others and covering for their inabilities by screaming about oppression by the man much more attractive professionally than actually staying on the job and performing well. Soooo, folks sucked into union membership are typically left with not necessarily the best and brightest not working for the common good. Not pretty. Birk's figured it out. 1350685[/snapback] Not sure where you are going with this... but: "Eugene Thurman Upshaw Jr. (born August 15, 1945 in Robstown, Texas) is a former football offensive guard who played for the Oakland Raiders for sixteen years after graduating from Texas A&I University. He played in three Super Bowls in the 1967, 1976 and 1980 seasons; he also played in ten title games in the American Football League and the American Football Conference and seven Pro Bowls. Upshaw is currently the only player in NFL history to play in 3 Super Bowls with the same team in 3 different decades." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gdawg Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Hello -- Union leadership is rarely the best and brightest ... typically, they see being parasites off the efforts of others and covering for their inabilities by screaming about oppression by the man much more attractive professionally than actually staying on the job and performing well. Soooo, folks sucked into union membership are typically left with not necessarily the best and brightest not working for the common good. Not pretty. Birk's figured it out. 1350685[/snapback] Yeah, I can dig it. I'm guessing one obtains a position of that nature more through the use of cunning and back-room dealing than anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duchess Jack Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Yeah, I can dig it. I'm guessing one obtains a position of that nature more through the use of cunning and back-room dealing than anything else. 1350706[/snapback] not unlike any other political position Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gdawg Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 not unlike any other political position 1350715[/snapback] Point well taken, union positions are just as political as they are anything else... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 I saw this article and was going to post it too. I hope it gets some national coverage too so that Upshaw knows that at least some of the smart players are not buying his snake oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecerwin Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Hello -- Union leadership is rarely the best and brightest ... typically, they see being parasites off the efforts of others and covering for their inabilities by screaming about oppression by the man much more attractive professionally than actually staying on the job and performing well. Soooo, folks sucked into union membership are typically left with not necessarily the best and brightest not working for the common good. Not pretty. Birk's figured it out. 1350685[/snapback] In my opinion, unions were once necessary but no longer are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojoMan Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 In my opinion, unions were once necessary but no longer are. 1350836[/snapback] +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Score 1 Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 In my opinion, unions were once necessary but no longer are. 1350836[/snapback] Yeah...try telling that to Walmart employees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junebugz Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Yeah...try telling that to Walmart employees. 1351276[/snapback] Now, now ... let's not get this train derailed into the tailgate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godtomsatan Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Get em Birk. Too bad most of the other players aren't smart enough to get it. 1350479[/snapback] Most of the other players' careers in the NFL are going to be done by 2009. I don't think most of them give a crap about salary caps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 In my opinion, unions were once necessary but no longer are. 1350836[/snapback] That sort of broad brushing is always faulted. There are still some real sweatshop, lousy jobs out there that are in desperate need of labor organization. One happens to be in the health industry, the home health aides. Another is in the medical laboratories, for the people who handle incoming blood, urine, and all sorts of other potentially life threatening bio hazards. You are in an info vacuum, if you really believe this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 In my opinion, unions were once necessary but no longer are. 1350836[/snapback] ...and once they're gone, they will become necessary again. Beautiful thing, ain'a? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 (edited) ...and once they're gone, they will become necessary again. Beautiful thing, ain'a? 1352861[/snapback] Corporations policing themselves isn't working nationally. Upshaw was just on BSing saying before the owners offered 59 and now it's 56.5%, but he forget to mention the 56% is of a larger revenue base. Edited March 6, 2006 by Randall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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