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No, these were workers at Summit Hospital. I think United Healthcare Workers - part of SEIU - although I've heard similar complaints about UPTE, as I have about ALL the unions (including my former one). On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 3:49 PM Jeffrey Masko <j.alan.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Would that have been UPTE folks by chance? > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 2:51 PM John Reimann via Marxism < > marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > >> ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** >> #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. >> #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. >> #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. >> ***************************************************************** >> >> I just got back from getting a chest x-ray (for something totally >> unrelated >> to the coronavirus). All the workers there are in the union. I got to >> asking several of them how things are going, what's up with the union, >> etc. >> They had not seen hide nor hair of any union rep. They didn't seem to >> think >> the x-ray office would be closed, but if it is, they have no idea if they >> will continue to be paid. They all commented on the $1000 they heard they >> will be getting, as if it is in the bag, and as if it will save their >> bacon >> if they are laid off. I got the impression that they're seeing this bundle >> of cash like an extra payday, period. I asked how far they think $1000 >> will >> go in paying the rent of house note, and they all were silent. I pointed >> out the billions that Trump is planning to give the big corporations, and >> they had nothing to say about that. >> >> In the end, I was talking with the x-ray tech about all this. His final >> words were, "well, they (the employers) sign our pay check." "Yeah, and we >> do the work," was my reply. He kind of chuckled and muttered "that's >> true", >> but it was clear he'd never looked at it like that before. >> >> In general, the union is the furthest thing from their mind, exactly >> because of the absence of the union for many years. >> >> >> John Reimann >> >> -- >> *“In politics, abstract terms conceal treachery.” *from "The Black >> Jacobins" by C. L. R. James >> Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook >> _________________________________________________________ >> Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm >> Set your options at: >> https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/mediacrusher%40gmail.com >> > > > -- > > J.A. Masko > > "The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without > becoming disillusioned." > > Antonio Gramsci. > -- *“In politics, abstract terms conceal treachery.” *from "The Black Jacobins" by C. L. R. James Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com