A Union Christmas
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!
Read more: http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2009/12/25/a-union-christmas/#ixzz0fwdrAk48
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