Since members are unemployed anyhow, why not strike in Vegas, baby, Vegas?
One of the most controversial labor unions in the nation, the Union of Unemployed Workers, went on strike Wednesday due to pay and benefit disputes. The union (over ten thousand odd workers strong) began their strike by taking jobs in several cities throughout the nation.
James Cameron of Falls City, Washington, began his support of the strike by taking a job as a mechanic at the nearby Texaco station, stating "I support unemployment but have to take a job until pay and benefits for the unemployed improve."
Cameron is not alone in his disdain for labor and pay practices against the unemployed. Frank I-Hate-Reporters-Like-You of Sioux City, Iowa complains that "sitting home watching Jenny Jones while yelling at my old lady and six kids just don't pay like it used to." Despite the $486 cash plus $703 in food stamps and approximately $1912 a month of family medical coverage Frank continued, "it just don't cover my Miller High Life and, without that, life just ain't worth livin'."
Union officials have cited the difficulty in working through a labor dispute when no labor is at stake, but this man assures us he always gets his way.
Union steward Mario Ramano of Local 641 represented, "The constitutionality of our workers' union is constantly at stake because of the claim that a labor union should be made up of people who actually perform labor, but anyone who's ever watched a Springer marathon and passed out on the hammock will tell you this occupation ain't exactly a picnic."
Nationwide, thousands have sought and obtained gainful employment in protest to the poor conditions suffered by the unemployed. Union organizers believe government agencies who are collectively saving an estimated $17 million a day will come around and concede to the pressures brought about by this strike.
In a related story, Judge Judy's ratings have fallen 86% since Wednesday and drunk midday sex had dropped 46%.
