Happy Thanksgiving: Unions shut down traffic to LAX

Happy Thanksgiving: Unions shut down traffic to LAX. “Obama’s favorite union, the Service Employees International Union, is spearheading the obnoxious effort; it’s supposed to last from 11 a.m to 4 p.m., virtually the entire day.” This is what you voted for, folks. Enjoy.

This post was last modified on January 26, 2021

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  • This isn't a STRIKE strike. They simply want a few hours off to be with their families, eat turkey ans watch a game. Oh and screw the people who are also trying to get home to THEIR families for the same thing.

  • LAX is a terrible airport even when the workers are not on strike. To get on a plane there, you have to wait in long lines that often end far outside the terminal doors. It takes much longer than it does at O'Hare in Chicago, even though O'Hare has more passenger traffic.

  • Better get ready for a strike every time anyone dares to tell a SEIU employee to get back to work.

  • Get used to it, we're on the road to European style leftist unionism where they always shut down the airports and the railroads during the holiday season.

  • I am surprised they are not naked to show their solidarity with the naked lard butts in San Francisco. Wonder when SEIU is gonna start the UNWWAVE? (The United Naked Weiney Wagers and Vagina Exposers Local 1)

  • That is what the lines for bread and soup will look like when the EBT cards become worthless along with the currency. They will be a lot longer though.

  • Gloom and doom. I didn't want it this way, I voted for Romney. Things are getting better for the middle class only if middle class means union workers.

  • It's not enough being thankful for a job, something many don't have. This administration and union leaders have taken greed to a new level.
    FORWARD means greed and covetousness?

  • Oh, well, it's SEIU doing the protest, nothing to see here, move along (if you can), Obama has it well in hand.