When its healthcare vs a tag-team Union/Government JOHN STOSSEL YET AGAIN

Yes a christmas story to warm ur heart. God if this isn't sc@ary stuff http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2009/12/25/a-union-christmas/

This is a perfect scenario.....there is no and i mean no damn heart when it comes to a union. I mean my god a marriage is a union but I can look at my wonderful & beautiful wife at any time and come to a decision...well if you want the words UNION & DECISION to be in the same sentence you might as well as for a 2010 meeting of Christ & the Devil...uhhhh in a word no.

A Union Christmas

If you believe in Santa Claus, or unions' concern for your "safety," here's a Christmas story to warm your heart.

In Philadelphia, members of the Teamsters Union who pack and ship blood for the American Red Cross went on strike.

The Red Cross says strikers blocked at least one blood delivery during the day and relented only when told it was needed to save the life of a 2-year-old boy.

The Red Cross had to go to court to get the union to stop blocking vehicles leaving its building, interfering with blood shipments to local hospitals.

The union said it's only worried about "safety."

"The public needs to know that we are concerned about our members' safety at the Red Cross, and in turn the safety of the blood supply," said Rocky Bryan, vice president of Teamsters Local 929. "The collection and transport of blood products is an occupation our members take very seriously. Above all they want to perform their jobs at the best of their ability so that there is no margin for error."

The Red Cross thinks it's more about money.

(T)he Red Cross said that contrary to the union's public claims that the strike is about unfair labor practices, the Teamsters have indicated that this strike is about a pay raise for this year. In fact, the Red Cross says there have been no unfair labor practices filed by Teamsters Local #929 in Pennsylvania regarding these negotiations.

The Red Cross announced on Christmas Eve that the strike had been settled.

There's another threat here, Big Government warns. Under government-run health care, unions will take over even more health care jobs:

When we have a union disgruntled over a pay freeze that has resorted to blocking a blood donation delivery, on its way to save the life of a 2-year old child, from reaching a hospital, we have a problem. When we have unions that control the majority of health care, home care, nursing home care, child care, pharmacy, radiology, and public workers in this country, we will have a catastrophe.

Merry Christmas!

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