Ed wrote on September 30, 2009 09:14 PM: Get a grip has it all right.

Also, if they hire the day laborer to hold signs, etc... which Union represents those chaps?

A Union hiring non-Union help? What the heck??

no tact has no tact! wrote on September 27, 2009 05:08 PM: Union people are the biggest trailer trash bigots in this city! They think everyone that is not in the union is below them and should be erased from the Construction world. They do not mind telling you that to your face. It is union or nothing to them. Last time I checked, this was a right to work State and open competition was a good thing for tax payers to keep pricing down. Lowest qualified bidder should get the work.

No tact in Las Vegas wrote on September 26, 2009 09:47 PM: Typical Las Vegas Bigot comments below ...

I think the LVCVA might want to change the slogan. "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas the worlds largest trailer park. The only thing Pahrump has on us is Heidi Fleiss! You think there are bigots in the south, the rust belt, we have more bigots per capita than any city in the western us! Ask us about our white supremacist discounts!

To top it off you have idiotic jailhouse lawyers bending over for corporate America spouting anti-union drivel. Probably Wal-Mart workers and non-union truck drivers who have been brainwashed. Las Vegas is getting what it deserves now. Where are the developers and gaming companies now people? Are they bailing everyone out? Are they helping to stabilize the house of cards that is falling down?

Worker wrote on September 26, 2009 09:37 PM: The US is a great place for me and my people to come and work. We get paid many times more in dollars than in Mexico. We earn money and send most back home to our families. We don't want to be union and to pay a union our wages. That is for us and you can't steal from us our money and dignity.

Get a grip! wrote on September 26, 2009 09:22 PM: The people accusing Pete King of all of these things are the same people that have had at least 12 deaths at City Center, had people fired for drinking while on the job at City Center, and had a story done on them for hiring illegals that had documentation from the swap meet. People who live in glass houses.... You know the rest! It is really funny how when the unions get worried about work getting slow they lash out at the non-union sector and try to discredit them. They say it is in the best interest of the "people" but we all know it is to get their people working. Why didn't they bring this stuff up a couple years ago when work was plenty? As for Tom Collins, he needs to go! As a Commissioner he should be non-bias and in so many situations he has showed his true colors. He can't even vote on the LV paving/Fisher sand and gravel case. (Look it up, a judge ruled he and Sisolak were partial to the unions.) Now that is pretty sad when we can't even trust a Commissioner to be impartial because they are in the pockets of the Labor Unions. VOTE HIM OUT!!! This Country was founded on free enterprise and open competition. I am not anti-union or pro-open shop, I am for freedom of choice and the right to choose who you want to work for without retaliation, bannering, or strikes.

casinocon wrote on September 26, 2009 05:00 PM: I'm pro-union, and I'll tell you why. I worked for FREEMAN DECORATING in Nashville, TN. That branch was non-union, and the management abused us no end. We were forced to work long hours (60-90 hours a week), but kept part-time with NO benefits. Our working conditions were dangerous (I had a co-worker pass out from toxic fumes, others lost limbs), and women were sexually harassed, discriminated against and fired, with men taking their exact same position for more pay.
Finally, we tried to unionize. We all know what happened on 9/11/01. Eight days later a meeting was called, and we were told that we would all keep our jobs, but each department would have to watch their purchasing very closely. Two days later they fired us, and escorted us out of the building. All those terminated were pro-union. Way to go FREEMAN DECORATING! Way to take care of your own in tough times!

Too_many_unions wrote on September 26, 2009 04:12 PM: Ted wrote: When unions were founded in the days of Samuel Gompers they were necessary and beneficial.

Nope. Not even then, unless you're talking about the interests of labor lawyers and organized crime. It's not like American workers were chained to their seats. Whoever felt abused should have quit. Perhaps alternative types of work were even *less* appealing?!

Collective bargaining is fine. Employers should be allowed collecting FIRING.

KRW wrote on September 26, 2009 03:48 PM: I'm a union laborer and I'm working right now. The talk about lazy union workers is false. All lazy workers are laid off immediately. Unions employers do not tolerate any slow lazy workers. I do this work everyday and it's the hardest work I've ever done in my life. The best of the best are out there the vast majority of the time. Yes, i pay $50.00 a week to be in the union, but my benefits are outstanding to any non union employment. And safety is the top priority. There is constant eyes from many different organizations walking our site all day long looking for safety issues and acting on them. I often here bad talk about unions. It's all from non-union members obviously. Being unionized is a privilege are requires you to be the best of the best. Lazy construction workers in Las Vegas is a myth. For the record I make over $30.00 and hour and my total benefit package is about $85,000. yearly. Working for a full year is tough these days so those numbers are only accurate if you work a full year.

CHINA wrote on September 26, 2009 03:24 PM: Your unions have made you dumb Americans our SLAVES!!!
The unions keep driving more and more jobs overseas or put the companies out of business (unless Hussein Obummer gives them a handout, er, I mean bailout).

Power Play wrote on September 26, 2009 03:20 PM: But people know me," King said. "I'm very active in the community and very active politically.

WHAT THE HECK DOES THAT MEAN???????

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