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I'm calling for a "buycott." Not a "boycott," but a "buycott." If you read the Business section of today's Albuquerque Journal, you may have an idea what I'm talking about. You have probably seen the "shame on" banners around town in front of certain businesses. It turns out that an out-of-town union, the Los Angeles-based Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters is behind the "shame on" banners, but they wouldn't even tell the Journal's Rivkela Brodsky why exactly they are attempting to give these businesses a black eye.
So, I hope you'll join me in this "buycott" by actively helping these businesses whenever possible. Patronize them and when you do, tell their employees or a manger if you can find them that you are actively counteracting the union thuggery. An active "buycott" will show these union thugs that they are not welcome in Albuquerque, but we need your help. The unions are not picketing 24/7 and they only picket once in a while -- after all, they are hiring minimum wage, non-union workers to do their dirty work.
So, I hope you'll help me compile a list of businesses that have been targeted by this out-of-state carpenter's union. If you see these "shame on" banners around town, send us an email at: info@riograndefoundation.org and we'll post a list of targeted businesses on our websites errorsofenchantment.com and newmexicoliberty.com. If you go to any of these establishments, be sure to tell us about your experience. I'm sure these union thugs have the internet....thanks for your help!
So, I hope you'll join me in this "buycott" by actively helping these businesses whenever possible. Patronize them and when you do, tell their employees or a manger if you can find them that you are actively counteracting the union thuggery. An active "buycott" will show these union thugs that they are not welcome in Albuquerque, but we need your help. The unions are not picketing 24/7 and they only picket once in a while -- after all, they are hiring minimum wage, non-union workers to do their dirty work.
So, I hope you'll help me compile a list of businesses that have been targeted by this out-of-state carpenter's union. If you see these "shame on" banners around town, send us an email at: info@riograndefoundation.org and we'll post a list of targeted businesses on our websites errorsofenchantment.com and newmexicoliberty.com. If you go to any of these establishments, be sure to tell us about your experience. I'm sure these union thugs have the internet....thanks for your help!
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Permalink Reply by Thomas Molitor on -
I live in Corrales and drove by three guys holding up a "Shame On" banner in front of the new Il Vicino on Alameda. I pulled my car over and spoke with the guys and they gave me a "labor grievance" flier and when I got home I called the number. Yes, a spokesman in Southern California answered and I told him I was just casually interested in the grievance. He said, "where are you?" And I replied in New Mexico. And he replied, "Can I put you on hold." He never came back on the line. As it turns out, I did some further investigation and found out that a very well respected framing and dry-walling company in ABQ did some work for Il Vicino and that the company is a "merit shop," which means the carpenters working for the company choose not to belong to a labor union. The company pays the "prevailing rate" for labor (if not higher) and offers health insurance support. Please see Bill Smith, Chairman of the Associated Builders and Contractors New Mexico and his opinion piece here in the Journal back in December. And please see my guest column on NM Politics on New Mexico becoming a Right to Work state.
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Permalink Reply by Ted Varney on -
Don’t worry Kerry and Ted, il Vecino has other items on the menu and they have always been quite good.
Can one assume that perhaps these union reps have snapped that there is, in spite of this states “democrat” reputation, an awakening which is “bi-partisan” toward the common sense of RTW legislation and are just hedging their bets, trying to manipulate public opinion in advance?
Having watched the theater in AZ during the 60’s and 70’s I can tell you that this is exactly their goal. What you are going to see next are billboards then tv ads. They will portray RTW as reactionary, and liken RTW thinking as anti-labor bringing up images of sweat shops and slaving women and children, ala 1890.
The level of their activity will depend on the seriousness of the interest developed in this type of legislation, should such legislation be introduced.
Is there any interest? I have been out of the loop so must ask.
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