Teamster Union Thugs Crowd out Citizens at Obamacare Townhall then Obama Arrives

[johnnyckrock]

All due respect - seriously - but if that guy is your idea of a "thug" then you have led a very fortunate life so far. I hope it keeps fine for ye, as we say.

/peace

[BeantownJim]

I was local 25 I left! This unionism is pure greed!

[texas9085]

Never meet a Teamster that got a manicure.Real men dont get manicures.

[getalife67]

Yea America is going down the shitter fast lol.

[StevesLens]

What a BS video. As soon as the guy making the video loses his cool over the school question and right before he curses, he cuts the video (edits) and ends it. Wanted the Teamsters to look bad but didn't want himself to be seen cursing, especially when the union guys remained calm. What a fake!

[MrHypeandChange]

@StevesLens

People like you are the ones who voted for this joke of a president Obama. These unions are just thugs that put us in the debt situation we are in now by pushing through Obamacare. Wake up man!

[lsl70]

Barry really is Hitler. He's setting up a TSA Gestapo police state and invading nations with warnings from Russia and China to stop the aggression. Russia and China are going to be the new allied forces going up against the mad war mongering Nobel Peace Prize winning dictator Barry Hitler.

[paddyboyobrien]

AMERICA!!!......DONT BLAME THE UNIONS ....PUBLIC OR PRIVATE.... FOR GOING OUT AND FIGHTING FOR BETTER WAGES AND BENEFITS, JUST GET UP OFF YOUR LAZY ASSES AND FIGHT FOR YOUR FAMILY LIKE WE FIGHT FOR OURS!!!....ARE THERE THUGS IN SOME UNIONS ..THE ANSWER IS YES....BUT THERE ARE FAR LESS UNION THUGS THEN THERE ARE NON UNION SCAB THUGS!!!!

[Anonywriter]

@paddyboyobrien I think your post says it all. Denial, denial, denial, denial, defend the coercive extortionists who take a big chunk out of your check for "dues" (read protection money: labornotes. org ' node ' 908), flat out lie. If the unions truly gave a shit about workers why are they so opposed to Right to Work?

[bimini121663]

Jeferson said as a founder that a nation with healthcare is a nation better off...just kidding.

Jeferson would be sick watching this stuff

[Zyworski]

Don't go crying about someone showing up early, if it bothers you that much then show up earlier than them. Then the guy behind the camera complains that working people can't get in because they have to work, well what do you think Teamsters do? The union members made the sacrifice of their time to be there and be heard. It is a free country, get used to it.

[jtflush]

Let's face it......95% of union jobs don't require you to have any brains at all. You're either driving trucks, collecting garbage or doing some similar type of work. That's why all of these unions resort to using thug tactics....because if they all had to make it on their own without intimidation they would have a tough time doing it. And that's why all of these union members sound like imbeciles when you talk to them at these rally's.

[patsow]

I've been a member since '87. Those that don't know shouldn't be making comments! Our union is the best! 10,000+ in my local and growing! be brave be strong, be a teamster! call today!!

[cykoaudio777]

AND THIS IS ABOUT EVIL BUT BUDDY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UNION LEADERS AND DEMS WHO DISH OUT TAXPAYER MONEY TO THEM IN RETURN FOR VOTES..AND.DEMS FAMOUS FOR BUSSING IN PROFESSIONAL PROTESTORS TO EVENTS(LIKE THE 10/02 RALLY)WHO HAVE NOTHING TO DO W/CAUSE AND KNOW NO FACTS,I COULD GIVE DOZEN LINKS OFF TOP OF MY HEAD WHERE THIS HAPPENS AND TEA PARTIERS DESTROY THE PROTESTORS ARGUMENTS AND MAKE THEM LOOK FOOLISH,CUZ THEY CAME FROM OUT OF STATE.OBVIOUSLY ITS OKAY FOR SEIU MEMBERS TO BEAT UP ON BLACK MEN

[Grlypants]

The little guy is so trying to contain his anger lol

[vambo13257]

These union idiots are clueless!!

[patsow]

2 things I am proud of; I'm a Teamster and, I'm Canadian.

[xbristles13x]

i love how the union worker gets slammed in the media all the time. anyone ever think that maybe its the fat cat on wall street gambling our money away? how about the deadbeat on welfare with 5 kids and another on the way? why is it the guy who gets up at 5 everyday and actually works for a living gets singled out and these other people get a free pass?

[astrofrk]

@xbristles13x For every dollar spent on welfare to the poor, we spent five dollars on corporate welfare to send our jobs overseas... that was BEFORE the bailouts starting in 2008. You never hear the CORPORATE media talk about that, do you? I would rather give my money to the poor, lazy slob, at least he/she wants me to work my job. At least I'm not paying to out source my job. Take away the unions and we are all screwed.

[bgdomino]

@astrofrk How about you keep more of your own money to do whatever you want to do with it, fight to make a change to make your own decisions.

[astrofrk]

@bgdomino Self representation is about the same has droping your pants and bending over. I have far better treatment as a union member than I ever had working non-union. I do keep more of my own money because I make more money. I got into the Teamsters by organizing a movement and its in my blood three generations. If you are depending on those big corporate hearts, your going to get your feelings hurt soon. Get ready for minimum wage until it gets abolished, then you make $1:00 an hour.

[cykoaudio777]

@astrofrk I WORK FOR CARPENTERS UNION AND GET NO TAX DOLLARS,SO HAVE NO LEASH TIED 2 DEMS,YOU MIGHT FIND PPL MORE SYMPATHETIC TO THE UNION CAUSE IF YOU WEREN'T TIED IN W/TH DEMS "BUY YOUR VOTE" SCHEME. I MADE SAME MONEY AT PRIVATE WRKSHOPS,AND EVIL CORPORATIONS LIKE WALMART PROVIDE 100'SK JOBS TO PPL WHO KNOW WHAT TERMS ARE B4 THEY APPLY,IF U KNOW ITS $12/HR,NO ONE FORCING U 2 TAKE JOB..HME DEPOT/STARBUX GIVE GREAT BENEFT PKGS 4 PRT.TIME WORK,U WANT WALMART DUMJOB 2GET $35.00/HR?LOL.INSANE

[astrofrk]

@cykoaudio777 Yea, I was in the Carpenters Local #50 in the late 90's, but I'm talking about UNIONS. I don't believe in either party but if you are all pro-Republican, I would like to know what they have done for your wages. No one is forcing me to take a job but it looks like someone is trying to force me to lose the one I have and no, I don't make $35 an hour. If you do so much better on your own, why don't you get out of the Carpenters Union, you obviously hate them.

[astrofrk]

@bgdomino Yea! You can go up to your boss and tell him you want to make your own decisions and see where that gets you! I make better pay with representation and have a safer job. I pay my hourly times 2.5 per month and I hope my dues go up ten times over, I would be making ten times as much! I worked in Oak Ridge, where profiet mattered more to companies than crapping up a worker. YOU go play in the rad because the companies only carew about profiet.

[cykoaudio777]

@astrofrk TOTALLY WRONG..I WORK IN CARPENTERS UNION IN NYC...ZERO TAXPAYER DOLLARS,WE PAY 100% INTO OUR PENSION/HEALTHCARE...WHY CAN'T ALL UNIONS DO SAME OR CLOSE?..AND I MAKE MORE WORKING FOR MYSELF,JUST GET A BIZ LIC.AND TAX I.D..ANYONE CAN DO IT...OWN YOUR OWN BIZ,BE UR OWN BOSS,AND TAKE NO LIES FROM UNION LEADERSHIP...AND AT PRIVATE FLOORING CO.'S I MADE SIMILAR MONEY,ALMOST 300$/DAY...SO LETS NOT EXAGGERATE...THIS IS ABOUT UNIONS DONATING TO DEMS CAMPAIGN AND GETTING OBSCENE TAX DOLLARS4PAY

[tommiedepew1]

@bgdomino better stay on the computer with your double talk.ever show up in public,the big fist of justice will meet your face.stay home where you belong,help your mom in the kitchen.

[bgdomino]

@tommiedepew1 Wow thanks for the advice loser. When you pull your head out of your ass maybe you can learn how to have a debate instead of talking BS. LOL idiot!!

[HughieGphiladelphia]

Single payer health care now!!!!!!!!!

[032490mf]

Today I punched a union organizer in the mouth. Laid him out on the floor. Told him if he ever comes around my shop again he will end up six feet under. Dam I feel good

[paulooca67]

@032490mf Good. I hope he does come around again & we can eliminate another threat to our freedom. Keep up the good work.

[astrofrk]

@032490mf I joined the Teamsters by starting a movement.  Give me your best shot, asswhole! You won't feel good when I am done.

[seikogoldwatch2009]

@astrofrk "Asswhole?" Bring it, prick. You'll be torn a new one.

[wolfattack402000]

Unions represent the Socialist Facism that once was embraced by Nazi Germany. It's ok, according to the Union Thugs, to control labor and embezzle dues for their political gain. These morons are greedy bastards who should be held accountable for their intimidating tactics and theivery. They don't care about America. Their main goal is controlling good paying jobs for their friends and family members. They should be charged and punished for treason!!

[xbristles13x]

@wolfattack402000 boy, if that isn't an outright lie. hahaha you need to open a book. unions were outlawed in nazi germany. so your comparison is a joke.

[wolfgang74115]

Oklahoma has passed "Anti-Union" reform. It is illegal to make a person to join a union in order to go to work. Any attempt by a union member to intimidate a person to join a union or to fly union colors near a voting station is an automatic jail sentence. Second offense is a felony.....

[asstomouth1000]

@wolfgang74115 but its "A-OK" to intimidate, threaten, fire, coerce and harass anyone who supports a union because....well....business men are on the working man's side - and THEY know how to drain your fucking life savings...errr... I mean, they know what's best for you!!

[ASentinel2]

"union proud" ?

Reeeeeally?

More like, "Union sad" or "Union stupid" and eventually "Union out of business" LOL!!

[ninuxy]

Mr. big bad Teanuts things he is the only one who deserves a voice in this country. Anyone else is called thug because they dared to express their views. Questioning why people are coming to these townhalls is idiotic as claiming no one from outside of their districts should be able to donate. Oh, how well we know this is untrue when it comes to TeaNazis. So thug around because people have "opinions."

[bugg255]

that little sawed off bastard needs to have his ass kicked

[prnkstr222000]

I was SOLD OUT by my union 

[Jameswilliampatrck]

How the hell do you think you are to tell a teamster their not the working "man" of America and you are as hole. Because you are a peace of shit that thanks your to good to pay an union due, don't act like your being crowded out of the discussion. Go fart in a show box and enjoy your own arrogance.

[A1sausie]

0:47 - 0:51 creepy leprechaun smile!

[A1sausie]

Give the little shit a fucking step ladder!

[A1sausie]

FUCKING DISGUSTING!

[Chadstravels]

Republican = Profit over People

Democrate = People over Profit

You call people thugs for protecting American workers and there jobs? You are a very confused. You seemed frustrated because these "thugs" knew how to handle a SCAB like you...

[braposo23]

union losers are goin to run down our cities into 3rd world countries!!!!!!!

[smithbrass]

i dint see no big crowd of teamsters.

[whywontthebritishdie]

Unions are obviously all criminals. Negotiate for yourselves people. It isn't that difficult. They are lowering your wages on behalf of the corporation, promising you a life time of work, telling you where to deposit your money and acting as if they do work. The working class are going to realize they are not in the position to be giving shit away to mobsters because they feel frightened. Man up, throw out these ginzos who are too good to work.

[omfg4000]

@whywontthebritishdie Don't listen to this fool. There's a reason the corporations always wanted to strike hard on unions. You are weak alone. Remember, they own the means of production, all you have is your time. As if anyone cares how much "expertise" you have in cooking burgers, standing in a bank or mining coal. Stand united in solidarity to your working brethren and you shall stand victorious at the end.

[whywontthebritishdie]

@omfg4000  You sound like a hopeless. Unions are violent to those who oppose unions. Face it, where there is productivity and dollars, there is greed and seedy dealings. It's already KNOWN that these people are thugs. Why paint a rosy picture on something that is failing?

[omfg4000]

@whywontthebritishdie

Wait, so greed and seedy dealings are good if corporatiosn profit from them? But not if workers unite for their personal interests?

[TheKahliff]

@omfg4000 If the workers are so great, then let them leave the corporation and form their own companies. Let me school you on something, there Socialist, The corporation provides: The realization of the need for the product; The means of fabricating the product; the shipping of the product; as well as all relevant market research, and marketing.  The worker merely supplies the labor. CONT.

[mumzdcp]

@omfg4000 Unfortunately, it is not workers uniting...it is union leaders 'telling" them what their personal interests are. What if you are a union worker and do not agree? They cannot disagree...period! My father works as a chairman for the retirees in a union. If he says anything that the union heads do not agree with; he gets REPRIMANDED. Needless to say, he can no longer talk about anything other than what the Union heads want him to talk about. Now THAT is sad! Sadder? He does it.

[omfg4000]

@mumzdcp Someone campaigning for a side that has made vigorous attempts at destroying union power and unity and even criticizing the union as an entity deserves no pity. But if what you say is true then it is ofcourse a tragedy. Unions are supposed to be true democratic entities exercising the will of their members on society.

There needs to be change in the unions if that is the case. But that's no reason to say that kicking this asshole out is a bad thing.

[HughieGphiladelphia]

@whywontthebritishdie

WHAT........ "negotiate for you self"? Are you stupid! Federal law makes you a slave to your employer and the only group that fights and can change that is the union. It cracks me up how you minimum wage workers and high school drop outs speak about things you know nothing about.

If it was not for the unions...you would be in the factory, working 60 hours a week for ten dollars a week.

Cant stand you idiots.

UNION YES!

[Flap999]

Smug little runt wasn't he? Union thugs make me puke. The age of the Progressive is OVER.

[wordhurler]

I like how whoever posted this video cut it off right before the "patriot" with the camera said "Yeah, I did go to college, you f*ck."

What was this video supposed to prove, exactly? That the photographer was a douche to three teamsters, and the teamsters didn't take the bait?

[totallyunderpowered]

@wordhurler That's exactly the same thing I saw. A smug, "educated", yet woefully ill-informed cameraman being dismantled in spontaneous debate by teamster "thugs". Funny how the "uneducated" union guys presented their side cogently, respectfully, and with facts, where the "college educated" cameraman responded with nothing but supposition, obvious falsehoods, and best of all, cussing out the teamsters after his argument was completely owned. Delicious. I'm glad this tool had a camera too.

[XXXXXpimptaddyone]

teabaggers and insurance companies will be destroyed sunday....rich elitist doctors will have their salaries cut in half. sunday america will once again become a great nation and affordable healthcare will become a right to all...tired of spending teabagger idiots? what about reagan and bush jr spending us into debt with their tax cuts for the rich? vote for healthcare vote for obama.....these rich, racist, pieces of white trash are going down..hillbilly teabaggers burn in hell

[timbosforporn]

@XXXXXpimptaddyone Its to bad you guys can't recognize that its someone's natural right to conduct their lives as they wish. Getting rich, providing or not providing service is a part of that. I know you brag about cutting doctor's salaries in half but didn't they do that in CUBA?

[axe863]

@XXXXXpimptaddyone XXXXX stupidity

[rubbercheck72]

Union commies, responsible for the loss of manufacturing in this country

[irishsean2]

Hey I beat the shit out of this short guy at a bar!!

[1kel40b]

obama wants to tax the shit out of the teamsters health insurance

[rwalden2007]

This country would be a lot better off if unions were completely and permanently outlawed.

[rickbar123]

you smoke crack

[rwalden2007]

lol. And that's the best you can do? The days of the union are over. There was a time in this country when unions were a good thing. Clearly they had a lot of positive influences with respect to fair wages, safety, overtime, etc., etc. But in recent times they have proven themselves to be nothing more than a political partner of the DNC , not an independent advocate for workers' rights. We really need to get rid of these neanderthals.

[rickbar123]

The days of the Unions are just starting. CEOs earn 453 times what the worker earns. The Scum on Wall Street skim the lost wages of the American worker via cheap labor in China. All this will give us class warfare. The largest class wins. Chile, Argentina, Brazil- in the end its the people standing together, that win. The DNC is nothing and your nothing but a repeater station for Beck and Rush. This Freedman 'Play' will end for all the powers in charge. The Unions will win, the worker will win.

[rwalden2007]

Well, at least you have a sense of humor. LoL. Just keep believing that nonsense and see how far it gets you.

[tlafountains]

Man, well its obvious you are a teamster! Lets not forget that it is part (probably more than part) the unions fault everything has to move over seas! the unions raise the price of everything.. with your forever pensions healthcare (the Cadillac ones obama loves to beat down) Japan can produce cars cheaper because they dont have the extra thousands the unions tack on here.. Steel? you guys raise the prices of everything... also your overseas jobs.. lets not forget NAFTA!!

[rickbar123]

I have never belonged to a Union. Allow me;

An American worker makes a TV for 300 bucks and it sells on the shelf for 500. The worker has health care and makes a living. The same TV is made in some shit hole part of the world (no environment laws) for 75 bucks. It sells on the same shelf for 500. The worker made .25 cents/hr and slept on the factory floor. Wal Mart tells you what a great deal your getting. NAFTA lets the importers (Wal Mart) skip the import tax.

[tlafountains]

no argument! but how many Unions are out making TVs??? Unions.. Steel... Auto....

we both agree on NAFTA... but no CEO created that law.. no one on wall street! it was Clinton... a democrat... you know the guys UNIONS LOVE!

[rickbar123]

The CEOs did create that law. American CEOs are all for NAFTA and poor trade policy with China. Rham Emanuel was the push man on NAFTA with Clinton, now he is 2nd with Obama. Obama refused to change NAFTA and will do little with China. I think Unions have little choice at election time. Its not a matter of love.

[tlafountains]

im pretty sure congress creates laws!?

they have no choice? why.. how it that? Because the unions tell their members who to vote for?

[rickbar123]

Congress does what the CEOs tell them to do. Private Union members are about 7.5 % of the working pop. 11-12% if you count Gov workers. Unions are about dead in America for now. It took more than Union members to put Obama in office.

[rickbar123]

I am no fan of Obama or the Dems.

The Right Wing, Neo/Libs, Rush, Beck and the rest of them are much worse for the worker. Talking smack about Unions only helps those that are screwing the people.

[rickbar123]

You take the job of an American worker that makes 68 grand a year and you ship it to China. You pay the worker 68 bucks a month. You dump any waste you want into the local river, that saves another 2 grand a year. Goldman Sachs gets a cut of the 68/ year, the CEO gets his cut, you toss a few dimes at the share holder to shut him up. You give a nice cut to the bond holders and a slice to the people in Gov that sell out the worker. Then you sell your product in America for full price.

[tlafountains]

i can tell you have an economics degree!

So all in all you are just a Beck.. Rush hater? Maybe you should be in the market like everyone else and take a piece! Shit isnt gonna change for the better! My point is... Unions do more harm than good... Auto.. Steel.. look at the states with Unions vs Right to work state.. case and point!

and until Obama makes it clear where we are headed... i would look at shorting stocks! look luck!

[rickbar123]

I am a RN (male). Obama will not make anything clear, he is full of BS. Things will continue to become harder for the worker.

We may go the route some South American countrys have gone. That will be bad, since many have died. My broker just put my 401k in an overseas market.

I think ML just wants to dump the crap stock they own on the little guy. Last month I made 1.62 . Thats some home page you got LOLOLOLOL.

What do you do?

[tlafountains]

well we agree obama is full of BS.. .most of my IRA is over seas as well... been there for a while! I do play around on my own... made a nice chunk since the down turn in Oct... I am a consultant for oil and gas companies part owner in a firm since 2003......

[rickbar123]

We must part friends, good luck to you sir.

[tlafountains]

OH.. dont agree with oil and gas>? bet that car you drive... that house you heat uses BOTH,.. so.. you are welcome!!!  ill keep doing my job... you keep buying my product! :)

[rickbar123]

I drive a Yaris, I would have had a Smart car but it took too long to get here. My Brother in Law owns 29 wells (has a ton of money). Look up Solar Can Heater on YT, I am making my own. I do have a Harley Fat Boy, that thing drinks gas. Just read -Crude World-, great book, laughed at every page. I had no problem with the Oil people. I want to read some more about the Oil industry- Whats good?

[rickbar123]

Go back to your crack pipe.

[tlafountains]

Rickbar must be the little short guy in the video!

[rickbar123]

I am much better looking.

Taller as well.

[heavenslaw1]

THUGS? THEY SOUND LIKE PATRIOTS TO ME.

[LoryLandskipper]

Obama actually never said he wanted a single payer system for the United States.

[heavenslaw1]

TRUE

[tlafountains]

/watch?v=fpAyan1fXCE

[tlafountains]

never...? you sure!? dont believe your lying ears... retard!

/watch?v=fpAyan1fXCE

[LoryLandskipper]

Yes, it looks as though my statement is false. In 2003 he appeared to be for it, but by 2006 he decided it wasn't the best way to go.

In fact, here's a nice little tidbit: [Baucus and many others, including President Barack Obama, say single-payer is not practical or politically feasible.

"Everything is on the table with the single exception of single-payer," Baucus said.]

Obama may (like many others) see the supremacy of a single payer system, but don't be afraid: It won't become reality.

[tlafountains]

he has said it numerous times... in his book which was published in 2006 he said it! he only switched his tune once he became a candidate

In April 2007, a few months after he declared his candidacy for presidency, the Chicago Tribune reported, "Obama has pledged that, if elected, all Americans would have health care coverage by the end of his first term. (cont)

[tlafountains]

He has said he is reluctant to switch to a 'single-payer' national health insurance system because of the difficulty in making a quick transition from the employer-based private system."

[LoryLandskipper]

BTW, you definitely could have informed me of my error without the name calling.

Don't lose sight of civility when trying to discuss things like this. You'll only make opposition to your point of view. When you're civil, you have the power to change minds.

When was the last time someone called you a retard and you respected them for it?

Seriously, no need to be a jerk.

[tlafountains]

I dont need to change your mind! I was stating the absolute obvious! If you dont want to be called a name.. dont make a public statement without doing a little research! you could have found that on youtube in 10 seconds! retard...to make slow. Seeing that you are slow (at finding facts)... i think you could be called a retard and it would be somewhat true!

[LoryLandskipper]

Well actually, I misspoke is all. Addressing him as "Candidate Obama" would have been a factual statement, as you just showed. So after admitting my error, you continue to call me a retard. Not retarded, but a retard.

It's vulgar, it's uncivil, and it just shows what's wrong with talking about politics with strangers these days: No respect for each other.

You and I are both Americans and want what's best for America. Never forget that. Calling someone a name is not completely unnecessary.

[LoryLandskipper]

Calling someone a name is completely unnecessary*

(was going to say not necessary, went with completely unnecessary instead and forgot to erase "not" LOL)

[tlafountains]

Ok, Lory... get thinker skin.. this is youtube...

im sorry if i hurt your feeling!! But remember do a little due diligence! dont just take Gibbs... Pelosi or Obamas word for it! dont just listen to the New.. whatever channel LOOK... READ! see for yourself...

[LoryLandskipper]

You can call me all the names you want, it just doesn't make sense.

I'm just sick and tired of people thinking this is how politics should be discussed. It's not a matter of having thicker skin.

[tlafountains]

did I call you any more names.. i tried to apologize for hurting your feelings! Lory.. I came here proved my point! it should not matter how it was delivered! you can either take it as truth or keep you head in the sand.. there is nothing to discuss!  you were wrong.. i was pointing it out! was not looking to discuss anything with you! if you would like... bring something else up! like how obama is weak on Iran... as they will soon attempt to shoot a Nuke at someone... SOON! then.. OK!?

[LoryLandskipper]

Keep my head in the sand? Ugh

And no I don't feel like sitting here bitching about Obama. Bye.

[wbradss]

Creep show union

[bailey1183]

Nice edit!..... way to cut this off right before you lose control: " Yeh you wanna judge me; I did go to college you fu-" LOL