In a state like Oregon, were symbolism trumps reality, the legislature likes to enact proud but meaningless resolutions designed to make them feel powerful. Add to that the “writing on the wall” foreshadowing of their own grisly fates... it is only natural they would feel a parental and symbiotic relationship with the municipal employees in Wisconsin.
Below is a representation of the fine work the Oregon Democratic Party did to create a more perfect union. Keep in mind, all the problems within their own jurisdiction had been solved, so they had nothing to do but dream the dreams of utopian bliss, brought on by the strength of governmental union enrollment.
WHEREAS, the right of collective bargaining is the backbone of union strength in the United States, the “or else” against the power of employers to fire workers who are unwilling to work for low wages and in unsafe conditions, and (Municipal codes and strict civil service standards address the status of municipal employees, their working conditions, compensation and recourse on grievances. The statutes and regulations supersede union contracts and are often redundant.)
WHEREAS, the 8-hour work day, the 40-hour work week, weekends off, worker’s compensation and collective bargaining itself all began in Wisconsin, and (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, previously known as Lew Alcinder, started his professional basketball career in the state of Wisconsin. Harley-Davidson and people watching football in sub freezing conditions with replicas of cheese on their head are among the other cultural contributions that the Dairy State has brought to our country. Citing these additional examples, offers perspective on all the wonderful things we all take for granted and have very little chance of changing between now and return of the dinosaurs.)
WHEREAS, the wages, benefits and safe working conditions negotiated by unions have translated into equal benefits for non-union workers as well as union workers and their families, and (Provided one of the greatest booms to the manufacturing efforts in China, Mexico, China and India the world has ever seen. Although Marco Polo is credited with discovering the trade route to China, they would've never started making automobiles until the UAW chased all of the jobs out of Michigan.)
WHEREAS, for over one hundred years the Democratic Party has been the staunch ally of labor unions and the working people in the United States, and (Coerced the wages from the rank-and-file and channel the money to the Democratic Party providing an effective money laundering mechanism to promote statism over innovation to the detriment of every industry represented by collective bargaining.)
WHEREAS, the Republican Party has sided with corporate power against America’s working people, beginning with the Taft Hartley Act in 1947, and most egregiously with President Reagan’s assault against the Air Traffic Controllers union in 1982, and (Next to singing Kumbaya, bashing Ronald Reagan is one of the most powerful non-solution symbolic acts we can take to identify ourselves as people from The Planet 1969. Peace, love and organic dope forever!!!)
WHEREAS, most recently, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has declared open war on Wisconsin’s unions and their established collective bargaining rights, and (Rhetoric and the use of violent images can only safely be accomplished by the anointed intellectuals who serve as bureaucrats. The use of "war", "target" and collectivist movements popularized in north-central Europe from 1939 through 1945 have become clichés. To quote Mick Jagger, "Like a newborn baby, it just happens every day.")
WHEREAS, the fourteen Wisconsin Democratic senators have refused to return to give the Wisconsin Senate the quorum to pass the bill that would strip collective bargaining from the state’s public workers unions, and (Using Google, one could easily identified the names of these “Heroic" legislators and recognize their humanity by incorporating their names into this, to quote George Kennedy "World shaking” document.)
WHEREAS, Tea Party Governors in Ohio, Iowa, Indiana, Idaho, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Oklahoma are mounting similar attacks against the unions, and (Ohio, Iowa, Indiana, Idaho, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Oklahoma, are just like Oregon, New York, California, Wisconsin, Washington and the sad pathetic junkie passed out behind the 7/11… they don't have any money.)
WHEREAS, unions are the only counter balance against the unlimited corporate political spending unleashed by the Roberts Supreme Court’s “Citizens United v. FEC” ruling, (If only Douglas County, Oregon's outstanding unionized schools had produced someone that could've been seated on the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Roberts [The Next Reagan] and the rule of law would be subjugated to the demands of bureaucrats and their desire for higher compensation.)
Therefore THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF OREGON RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
1. We affirm our solidarity with the Wisconsin State Senators (the “Wisconsin 14”) in standing up to Governor Walker’s blatant attack on Wisconsin’s unions.
2. We further affirm our support for Oregon’s unions and their collective bargaining rights.
3. We call on our State Democratic Party and county Democratic Party Central Committees to assert their support of unions and their collective bargaining rights.
Resolution written by Sara Byers.
Resolution submitted by Dean Byers, Chair, Douglas County Democratic Party.
Sarah and Dean Byers would have had at least a dozen more resolutions, but this was produced at 11:30 AM. Every other Friday, under the union contract, they get to leave at noon. There was no way they were going to do anything other than enjoy a beautiful spring afternoon and escape the unsafe working conditions.
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