Senseless

The last few posts I joked about being out of town for training. In fact, it was labor training for my part-time job. Unions may not be popular and members will be the first to admit how the bad apples in the past have hurt the movement in total. But they have long  performed a vital function to help workers that would be or are otherwise exploited by, let’s be frank, assholes.

It was disturbing to hear of the Connecticut beer warehouse shooting today. That is, of course, for the nine senseless deaths which included the gunman. It also was jarring to hear about the shooter killing his union president and who came to represent him before his employers, in addition to fellow co-workers. Labor has long been and, hopefully will forever be a brotherhood and sisterhood of those who just want to get what they deserve and to help those who are wronged or might be wronged by employers. May our fellow labor members and others killed in this absurd loss of life rest in peace.