{"id":53,"date":"2004-05-11T10:40:00","date_gmt":"2004-05-11T14:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themoonhoax.seanglennon.com\/main\/?p=51"},"modified":"2004-05-11T10:40:00","modified_gmt":"2004-05-11T14:40:00","slug":"51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.themoonhoax.com\/?p=53","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Fuck the IBEW<\/b><\/p>\n<p>First some context: I am a staunch supporter of organized labor. I have never in my life so much as considered crossing a picket line. I will not do business with companies that have engaged in union busting. I won&#8217;t give a scab the time of day. And I always point out to friends who complain about paying their union dues that most of the benefits they enjoy at their jobs were won by their union. I have been a member of the International Lady Garment Workers Union and the National Writers Union (which is affiliated with the UAW). I believe unions are far from perfect, indeed some have clearly become quite corrupt, but still represent the working person&#8217;s best chances of receiving fair treatment from employers.<\/p>\n<p>Now for the statement of the moment (as above): Fuck the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/massachusetts\/articles\/2004\/05\/11\/union_denies_benefits_to_gay_couples\/\">this story<\/a> in today&#8217;s Boston Globe, the IBEW has taken steps to block married gay members from receiving the same health and pension benefits as straight married members. That is repulsive. For a labor union to decide it&#8217;s only obliged to fight for those members whose lifestyles it approves of is an act beneath contempt. And there&#8217;s only one response I can offer. I will never again respect an IBEW picket line. I will applaud those who cross to work. I will make sure I do business with any company that uses scabs to replace IBEW members. And I will let those companies know that I believe they are doing the right thing by undermining the IBEW.<\/p>\n<p>You reap what you sow, brothers and sisters. You reap what you sow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fuck the IBEW First some context: I am a staunch supporter of organized labor. I have never in my life so much as considered crossing a picket line. I will not do business with companies that have engaged in union busting. I won&#8217;t give a scab the time of day. And I always point out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.themoonhoax.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.themoonhoax.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.themoonhoax.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.themoonhoax.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.themoonhoax.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.themoonhoax.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.themoonhoax.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.themoonhoax.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.themoonhoax.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}