And today I just noticed and read all five parts of this series. What a weird coincidence. I had started to read the book last night but got kind of put off by the way Dr. Fisher went with the status quo about how Dean lost his presidential bid because of the "Scream" but I'll definitely finish it either tonight or tomorrow night. It's not a terribly long book. I wonder how many calls/threats she's gotten since the book has been published? I know that once I get done reading the book I'm going to email her for more info.
Lisa, you'll want to read Lockse's response to Activism Inc here. And Greg wrote about the book here.
In the meantime, where'd all the PIRGbots go at? Aren't these unionizing wimps just whiny whiners who don't understand true activism? Couldn't it be that this work just wasn't for them? Why won't people just leave the Fund alone and let them do the hard work?
Care to explain what a unionizing wimp is?
Working in illegal conditions is not true activism.
Feel the sarcasm, dude.
A frequent response to these comments is that the people making them are "wimps" and won't do the "hard work" or "eat dirt" and just aren't "scrappy" enough.
Personally, I think that unionized workplaces are more productive and efficient, that unionization is a good thing, and that every worker should have the right to join a union.
Responding directly to the post, I'd really, really like to see some of the numbers to back up the assertion that people's lists became unusable after the union vote. That seems nasty. I'd also like to know a bit more about the pattern of list usage. I mean, if you change your lists in and out, some are gonna be better then others. I'd like to know how badly this variation was compared to others. (The NOLA calling seems... well... stupid, but considering the way a beuaracry works, might not be malicious).
whoops. time to check the sarcasm detector's batteries.
