Union Members Fight off Somali Pirates!
April 27th, 2009 by admin
http://action.seiu.org/page/invite/pirates Watch a member of the crew of an America ship attacked by pirates talk about his union membership in helping win the fight. The American crew members of the Maersk Alabama - a ship recently hijacked by Somali pirates - regained control of the ship. The seamen specifically cite their union membership as a reason for how they were able to beat the pirates.
In an interview with NBC, the ship’s Third Engineer, John Cronan, said this about their efforts:
“We are American seamen. We are union members. We stuck together, we did our jobs. And that’s how we did it.”
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April 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
To help any worker …
To help any worker in distress must be a daily guide in the life of every trade union and its individual members. Labor solidarity means just that. Unions have to accept the fact that solidarity of labor stands above all else. The basic aspirations and desires of the workers throughout the world are the same. Workers are workers the world over. International solidarity, particularly among maritime workers, to their protection and a guarantee of reserve economic power in times of strife.
April 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Have you heard …
Have you heard about HIBBERT THE PIRATE?
He is a pirate that lives right here in America.
He might be living in your neighborhood.
In fact, he might actually be you.
Or just maybe hes me.
Arrr
Click my username to find out.
April 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
The only direct …
The only direct argument to make against the value in the union-lead, anti-piracy training is to argue that it would’ve been more cost-effective for the employer to allow the crew to die and replace pirated equipment. As an employer or company insurere, I’d consider training the employees a sound idea, and I’d be thanking them for bringing that to my attention.
April 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Can we all agree …
Can we all agree that, in the least, the captain and crew thwarting the pirates is at least a parable underscoring the strength of unions? Their training in defence against pirates is credited by the captain and crew, i.e. They made a case for that training, because they knew more than their employer the value of that training. The employer won, because the employees, through their union, made a strong case for something of value to the company. The employees won, because they’re not dead.
April 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
I am in a union, …
I am in a union, but the SEIU is a communist group calling themselves a union.
The AFL-CIO does not recognize SEIU as any part of the union in American.
That’s because they are from over seas and not American.
April 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
I just watched a …
I just watched a news caster make fun of the idea that ships’ crews defending themselves against pirates.
I’m exaggerating a single bit, (she) the news person read from her telepromter and told her viewers that crew members defending themselves was a “fringe” idea. And look, they have all you commenters below arguing about Unions…
April 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Man the rich really …
Man the rich really have some working class dupes doing their dirty work. I refer to the haters of this video. Talk it up, folks. Be anti-union. The best slave is a willing slave. Righteous dupes are so much cheaper than lobbyists.
As for me, I’m glad the SEIU is promoting this. Keep it up. Thank you.
April 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Google, Campaing …
Google, Campaing For Liberty
April 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Yea it was the …
Yea it was the union, that saved them. Yep without that union all those guys would be dead, yep. The union did it all.
April 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Jesus was a …
Jesus was a carpenter, and he chose not to be in a union?! I bet he would have, if it’d been an option.
You know what Jewish people had before there were unions? Centuries of unpaid work as slave labourers. Those are your options: unions, or slavery.
April 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Union members: …
Union members: Stick together, like American semen!
April 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
The Bar ociation …
The Bar ociation is not a union. It’s a proffessional ociation. They don’t collective bargain and they don’t strike.
And Lincoln didn’t take this country into war, the south took this country into the deadliest war it has ever fought to destroy a union when they started it by firing on Fort Sumter.
April 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
The SEIU is part of …
The SEIU is part of the Communist Party.
Do not let the communist fool you.
April 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
by the way i enjoy …
by the way i enjoy my weekends off, my 40 hours a week schedual, the labor laws that dont force my young children to work in sweat shops and minimum wages and workers rights, faught for and won by unions
oh how soon history is forgotten…
April 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
i have sailed both …
i have sailed both non union and union ships
it was the american spirate the same you saw in WW2 that faught desparatley to deliver goods in the face of danger, that got that ship to its port
sailers tend to stick together in general, navy and merchant marine, in spite of the typical and good natured teasing between departments they still take care of each other
i am proud to be american and proud of my navy, and secondly i am proud to be member of a merchant marine union!
April 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
“Lincoln chose NOT …
“Lincoln chose NOT to be in a union…. Ghandi chose NOT to be in a union…. ”
Lawyers don’t have unions.
Lawyers have the Bar ociation.
And Lincoln took this country into the deadliest war it has ever fought to preserve a union.
April 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
If you can’t think …
If you can’t think and speak for yourself you might need a union.
April 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
cloogerdude (5 …
cloogerdude (5 hours ago)
“their is not a level too low for unions to go to sell their propaganda bullshit…..”
Yes there is: The level of Big Busines and their paid liars in politics and the media.
April 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
cloogerdude (5 …
cloogerdude (5 hours ago)
“Jesus chose NOT to be in a union…. ”
Carpenters didn’t have unions in the year Zero A.D.
blueangeIfish1 (5 hours ago)
“This video has GOT yo be a ing joke. Unions are the reason they fought off the pirates??? DONT MAKE ME ING LAUGH! Every union member I know is a whining lazy .”
Do you know any policemen or firemen?
April 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
cloogerdude (4 …
cloogerdude (4 hours ago)
“Neil Armstrong chose NOT to be in a union…. Patton chose NOT to be in a union…. ”
The military doesn’t have unions.
cloogerdude (4 hours ago)
“Mother Theresa chose NOT to be in a union…. ”
The clergy doesn’t have unions.
cloogerdude (4 hours ago)
“Lincoln chose NOT to be in a union…. Ghandi chose NOT to be in a union…. ”
Lawyers don’t have unions.
April 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
wow they make this …
wow they make this bigg ohh they heroes clap for them dibshit
April 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
“……Jesus chose …
“……Jesus chose NOT to be in a union….”
Really? So what was that “Father, Son, Holy Spirit,” thing all about?
April 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
……Neil …
……Neil Armstrong chose NOT to be in a union….
April 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
……Patton chose …
……Patton chose NOT to be in a union….
April 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
……Mother …
……Mother Theresa chose NOT to be in a union….