Thread regarding Verizon Communications Inc. layoffs

Union employees are not middle class

They are upper middle class and need to be brought down to lower middle class because that is all union members are worth!

WARNING: AGAIN NOT FOR THE EASILY OFFENDED. THESE ARE NOT MY JOKES, THEY ARE OFF RANDOM WEBSITES

Im pretty anti union, in case you couldnt tell. I do happen to have a Teamster job. Please dont tell me "If you hate unions, you should quit your union job"

Its not really a valid argument, Im not gonna give up a good job because of the union crap that I have no part of.

Fully expect to severely piss some people off, couldnt care less to be honest. I get pretty sick of the union crap at work. Guys who sit in the break room for 2 hours making $24 an hour because theres no work that directly pertains to their bid. But they are entitled to it per the contract!

Some of my favorites:


A dedicated Teamsters Union worker was attending a convention

in Las Vegas and decided to check out the local brothels. When

he got to the first one, he asked the Madam, "Is this a union

house?"

"No," she replied, "I'm sorry, it isn't."

"Well, if I pay you $100.00, what cut do the girls get?"

"The house gets $80.00 and the girls get $20.00."

Mightily offended at such unfair dealings, the man stomped off

down the street in search of a more equitable, hopefully unionized

shop. His search continued until finally he reached a brothel

where the Madam responded, "Why, yes, sir, this IS a Union House."

The man asked, "And if I pay you $100.00, what cut do the girls get?"

"The girls get $80.00 and the house gets $20.00."

"That's more like it!!!" the Teamster said. He handed the Madam $100.00,

looked around the room and pointed to a stunningly attractive blonde.

"I'd like her for the night."

"I'm sure you would, sir," said the Madam, then pointing to an 85

year-old woman in the corner, "but Ethel here has seniority."


Two Teamsters are standing around talking. The first Teamster notices that the second Teamster keeps looking down at a snail near his foot and getting more and more on edge.

Finally, the second Teamster stomps the snail and crushes it into snail dust and slime.

“Hey, whydjya do that?” the first Teamster yells. “That snail wasn’t hurtin’ any thing.”

“The hell you say,” the second Teamster yells. “That damned snail’s been followin me around all day!”


  • How many Teamsters does it take to unload a tractor-trailer? What damn business is it of YOURS?!!

  • How can you tell the Teamsters’ kids at the local playground? They’re the ones sitting in lawnchairs and eating doughnuts.

  • How can you tell when a Teamster’s died? The doughnut drops out of his hand.

Why do the teamsters use a horse as a mascot?

Because its the only working animal known to man to sleep standing up….


Two managers and a union worker were fishing on a lake one day, when Jesus walked across the water and joined them in the boat. When the three astonished men had settled down enough to speak, the first guy asked humbly, "Jesus, I've suffered from

back pain ever since I took shrapnel in the Vietnam war...could you help me?" "Of course, my son", Jesus said, and when he touched the man's back, he felt relief for the first time in years. The second man, who wore very thick glasses and had a hard time reading and driving, asked if Jesus could do anything about his eyesight. Jesus smiled, removed the man's glasses and tossed them in the lake. When they hit the water, the man's eyes cleared and he could see everything distinctly. When Jesus turned to heal the union worker, the guy put his hands up and cried defensively, "Don't touch me! I'm on long term disability."


What did Jesus tell the Teamsters before he died??

"Dont do anything til I get back!!!!

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Post ID: @OP+H7xu8Hu

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Mr Horgan, that's not very nice. Stay off car hoods.

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Post ID: @zbf+H7xu8Hu

How many managers does it take to change a light bulb?

No one knows because they're all too incompetent to figure it out.

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Post ID: @nsw+H7xu8Hu

"Bullying Post" ? Go cry to mommy

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Post ID: @ykp+H7xu8Hu

"Bullying Post" ? Go cry to mommy

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Post ID: @ksr+H7xu8Hu

"If the union is so good, why does the membership keep shrinking these years?"

An excellent question indeed. 35 years of Reagonomics come to mind...but there's a lot more to it.

As for 1971/89 vs. 2016...while the times have most definitely changed, the rules of what it takes for a contract to be signed haven't.

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Post ID: @eid+H7xu8Hu

@H7xu8Hu-rok 1971 and 1989. It is 2016 right now, everything is very different from those union glory years. Besides the others. The first difference I can see is the declining union membership. If the union is so good, why does the membership keep shrinking these years?

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Post ID: @eyi+H7xu8Hu

"I am pretty sure union could never ever come back if there is no any agreement between the company and Union by end of this month."

Huh...wrong. Check out 1971 and 1989 strikes. The former also turned the company into a "closed shop".

There is no set time frame for the contract to be signed.

It's waiting game for both sides at this point, as it should be. It has only been two weeks.

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Post ID: @rok+H7xu8Hu

I am pretty sure union could never ever come back if there is no any agreement between the company and Union by end of this month.

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Post ID: @nsz+H7xu8Hu

Yeah, union members have no class. It's true.

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Post ID: @ojk+H7xu8Hu

OP, laughing at his own jokes! What a corny Jackoff. What are u going to do Friday when the real workers go back and you have to go back to the trailer? Bet u are a volunteer firemen too.

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Post ID: @yqq+H7xu8Hu

Nobody at verizon is represented by the Teamsters, BTW.

Thank for sharing your hobby of organized labor jokes with us.

I got a nice chuckle.

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Post ID: @peo+H7xu8Hu

Hahaha found the jokes to be quite entertaining!

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Post ID: @pek+H7xu8Hu

"Union employees are not middle class"

You're absolutely correct, since there's no more middle class in this country. The way of thinking that you seem to represent along with 35 years of Reagonomics is what has brought us here in the first place.

"Guys who sit in the break room for 2 hours making $24 an hour because theres no work that directly pertains to their bid"

Care to elaborate on this one since I - and likely most readers on this board - have absolutely no idea what you're referring to...

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Post ID: @pyh+H7xu8Hu

Zzzzzzzz

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Post ID: @kgu+H7xu8Hu

Long post, nothing said, try again.

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