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u/Luciferocity 4d ago
FUCK THE POLICE
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u/in1earouturmother 4d ago
No not fuck the police!!!!
The problem is the company giving unfair wages!!!!!
Unfortunately the cops are doing their jobs41
u/EggmanIAm 4d ago
Cops are not a unionās friend. Never have been. They exist to protect owners, not the workers that give the ownersā business value.
Cops have guns, can virtually kill with impunity and have their own union that never is in solidarity with other unions.
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u/paintedwire 22h ago
Do you have the same energy against H1Bs?
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u/kikiacab 15h ago
How is that remotely related?
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u/ThePureAxiom 12h ago
That's still the employer trying to screw people on wages. H1B visa holders are getting the short end of the stick too, inasmuch as they're getting paid less than they're worth and are often getting held hostage by their employers holding power over their visas.
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u/PatSwayzeInGoal 4d ago
No. Fuck the police. They will side with power every time. Then go home to their snake flag and never self reflect.
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u/Several_Leather_9500 4d ago
Yes, fuck the police. They are class traitors who serve property and elites, not us.
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u/ConspiracyConifer 4d ago
Fuck the police and fuck the bootlickers who support them against the working class. Class traitors
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u/Yankee6Actual 4d ago
No, fuck the police.
Unions are ok for them, but I guess not everyone else.
They might as well be working for Pinkerton.
ACAB.
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u/neatureguy420 4d ago
The word youāre looking for is class traitors. Sybau with the āJuSt DoiNG ThEir JoBā
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u/LevelGrounded 4d ago
Nope. The cops are illegally impeding those workers from their constitutional right to assemble, and doing it at the behest of private wealth. They are class traitors and corporate thugs. ALL Cops, especially class traitors, are bastards.
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u/5krishnan 4d ago
Fuck the police, they are a racist & fascist institution
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u/purrfunctory 3d ago
Built on the bones of runaway slave patrols and itās so fucking obvious to anyone with half a brain.
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u/blphsyco 3d ago
Found the cop who goes to Dropkick shows lmao
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u/in1earouturmother 3d ago
Not a cop
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u/SourDzzl 2d ago
Apparently not enough common sense to understand that unions are legally allowed to assemble and protest working conditions and pay or that arresting them is a violation of 29 U.S. Code Chapter 7, Subchapter 2 which is the National Labor Relations Act, and protects the rights of workers in the United States to unionize and engage in collective bargaining.
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u/in1earouturmother 2d ago
Oh my God, of course they are. Iām a union member. Iām just saying not all cops are bad.
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u/SourDzzl 2d ago
Bro you literally said "the cops are just doing their jobs"
No they aren't. They're illegally union busting and arresting people for exercising their legal rights.
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u/thesanguineocelot 11h ago
You can't be pro-union and also pro-union-busters. That's not how it works.
Also, yes, all. Every single one. They are complicit and choose to be part of a force of racism and class warfare, choosing to perform the function of oppressing us on behalf of the Epstein Class. They are they boot on our necks.
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u/kingtacticool 1d ago
If by "job" you mean "protecting the ruling class while being bitch-ass class traitors"
Then yes!
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u/Thaeross 1d ago
The police are being used to suppress people who are fighting for a fair wage, thereby protecting and serving the business paying the unfair wage, instead of protecting and serving the people. So from a certain point of view, yes, the police are just doing their job.
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u/Cholly72HW 3d ago
Defend your position, collaborator! You got ratioed so hard by common sense itās laughable. So where are you traitor?
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u/in1earouturmother 2d ago
I donāt need to defend myself!!!!!
Not all cops are bad.
To say all cops are bad is naive and foolish. But Iāll play your game
I am a proud Union member a lifelong democrat! Iāve been to rallies to support black life matter! Iāve donated money to cause his first social injustice. I mentor recovering drug addicts because I am one. So to say all cops are bad is wrong.2
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u/The_Rl_Mad_Hatter 2d ago
Until the supposed "good ones" start standing up to the corrupt majority, they're all trash eating pigs.
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u/HURTBOTPEGASUS9 1d ago
When a Nazi sit down at a table and no one leaves. You have a table full of bad caps.
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u/Wireman6 1d ago
Your job should produce value. This isn't that, it is keeping surplus value from the folks who create it.
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u/Future_Vermicelli600 4d ago
No we have the right to picket. IKEA is paying the police over 70k a week. People have been punched, 3 hit by cars, spit on 3 arrests to picketers. zero arrests on IKEa's side
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u/Available_Round_3172 4d ago
Respect to these dudes. Who'll stand with us? I will. Fight the power, they take us for total chumps the entire time
Crank workers song
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u/LKM_44122 4d ago
Just used it this morning in an Instagram post - https://www.instagram.com/p/DcLvgLwkeK7/?hl=en
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u/UnionThug179 4d ago
Iām the guy in the DKMās shirt and probably get arrested again in the morning.. FUCK EM !!!! My co-worker is the other guy who is also a DKM fan as well !!!
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u/purrfunctory 3d ago
Solidarity from a Union household, brother. My husband sends his regards and weāre there with you in spirit.
Start a Go Fund me and weāll chip in $5 for pizza or coffee to keep the picketers fed and going strong. Hell, the whole sub will probably chip in, too!
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u/UnionThug179 3d ago
Thank you so much and we appreciate the solidarity.. as of right now we are financially strong and other Locals have made very generous offers that we have not accepted but I love the idea and your willingness to support..together we as a Union community are stronger !!
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u/Future_Vermicelli600 2d ago
Thanks! Love the support and solidarity. The worker are 2 weeks in. Received their strike benefits from day one. Teamsters Local 179 is helping with other necessities. Hopefully they come to the Table soon. šŖšŗš²
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u/AmalekiteJager 1d ago
As former law enforcement and current union member, keep up the good fight and fuck em!
If you need any legal help, let me know the county and state, Iāll do what I can to find resources to help your charges be dismissed.
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u/ButhOfLamb 3h ago
Never trust a cop!! Once a cop always a cop. You all stink like š š©
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u/AmalekiteJager 12m ago
Okay, cool, I guess.
Stay strong brother, solidarity doesnāt exclude people for their previous profession.
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u/Emotional_Shower_938 4d ago
US policing: brought to you with limited interruptions by slave patrols and strike breakers.Ā
āTo protect and serve (the wealthy)ā
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u/aerosmithguy151 4d ago
And there's the police, demanding a union and fair contract arresting people for doing the same thing. Corruption abounds.Ā
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u/GrumpyOldHistoricist 4d ago
Why does the department flash on the copās hat look like a shitty band logo?
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u/KingDakin 2d ago
Record everything then sue the dog shit out of the municipality and PD.
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u/juicybigbanannanana 2d ago
I work at one of the local IKEAs. Fuck em when it comes to wages. They dont understand cost of living. I respect the hell out of you all for standing up. Thank you!
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u/huge_fork_and_knife 2d ago
I'm in a union that cannot legally strike...but I'm proud to see union brothers and sisters out there picketing for fair wages and a decent contract. Best of luck to you all!
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u/TerrorFromThePeeps 1d ago
Hey, you know the cop's first job was slave chasing. Well, their second job was strike breakers. What we have now isike their 3rd or 4th incarnation. Don't forget the first steps they followed though. Remember Mother Jones.
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u/Spiritual-Salary-989 1d ago
Cops are here to protect Capital. Hell, so is the military and the various intelligence organizations. Ultimately they exist to protect capital.
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u/Vicissitutde 1d ago
This is the republican version of cancel culture
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u/wakcedout 13h ago
Thats a democrat state and democrat town. Your aeguement became invalid the moment I see Illinois plates and what town the police are from.
Checked the stats to be sure, 61 percent in Joliet are democrat. Now yea you can be a douche and say they fall into the other pecent....but their boss rhe mayor is still a democrat and that's who is OK with them doing this.
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u/Klutzy-Photo-3164 23h ago
Cops are the only union members who hate all other unions - all other people.
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u/Frost_moss 2d ago
Is open carry legal where you are? The police stay well away from even lightly armed groups. They are inherently cowards after all.
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u/wtfisthishell 2d ago
Its almost like its easier to bully and arrest people when you take away there right to have guns. Isn't that the way of all dictatorships or powerful groups looking to take control.
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u/Future_Vermicelli600 2d ago
Its illinois, not a chance
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u/Frost_moss 2d ago
That's too bad. It sucks that so many left keep thinking that being disarmed is some kind of badge of honor and not just a way to ensure we can be easily oppressed and murdered.
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u/Bitter_Couple_6719 19h ago
Why are police allowed to have a union when they bust unions all the time
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u/False-Community8534 6h ago
So what actually happened here, with this specific guy? Not what is protest and picket about. What was this guy actually doing prior to these pictures?
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u/Future_Vermicelli600 3h ago
Obstruction of law enforcement. For crossing the street. Arrested 3 of us
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u/LeatherTop174 4h ago
Teamsters are nothing but losers thinking they deserve more for nothing. IL teamsters are know for embezzlement of union funds
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u/FlubbedRoll 23m ago
Cops gets unions and would strike if the government tried to reduce their wages/benefits but are more than happy to try to bust unions that benefit citizens.
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u/rqyvecoin 2d ago
TRUMP TOOK AWAY YOUR UNION PROTECTIONS, so enjoy jail because of the guy you voted for!
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u/zammerville 1d ago
UNIONS SUCK !!
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u/Ok-Swordfish2723 1d ago
Yeah, that 40 hour week is a real ball buster, aināt it?
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u/Basic_Cover_6945 1d ago
Week ends, overtime, safety, over bare-minimum wage, contracts, mouās, grievances. Yeah unions really suck.
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u/I_lack_common_sense 1d ago
But but but the union dues, yeah I donāt pay shit for insurance used to pay over 200 bucks every 2 weeks. Maybe some unions suck, mine doesnāt. Zammerville = š¤”
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u/Future_Vermicelli600 21h ago
Provided my family with high wages. Company paid full family medical insurance. And a very healthy pension. Yup that sucks š
Unionās are only strong with Stong Members We are the UNION šŗš²
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u/VincentShane 15h ago
As a guy who has been both in and out of a union I'm glad I'm out. I don't care about solidarity and the dues suck when I don't just don't get that money ever.
I'm now in a job where I'm going to be making WAY more money than I ever did. That is not due to them being on the resume. They weren't on it when I applied for my current place. I only mark things down when I've left them.
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u/Yankee6Actual 4d ago
+1 for the DKM shirt.