Comments on: Brinksmanship at the Strib: Union threatens shutdown

By: RJL

RJL — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:00:31 +0000

Why is the “Red” Star trying to balance their books and pad their golden parachutes on the back of the little guy?

A left on left war, grab a soda, popcorn and enjoy!

By: Newspapers: “We’re not dead yet.” « Always Jason

Newspapers: “We’re not dead yet.” « Always Jason — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:17:19 +0000

[...] Just found this via HotAir: Teamsters threaten to shut down Star [...]

By: njcommuter

njcommuter — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:59:17 +0000

It’s long past time to convert union pension and benefit plans to defined contribution, with the company’s contributions completed no later than two years after retirement. The money can be managed by insurance companies or investment companies and invested in the larger markets, giving the unions an incentive to keep the markets running properly instead of an incentive to bleed to death the goose that lays the golden eggs.

By: HotWeaver

HotWeaver — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:39:46 +0000

I’m torn between waiting for their reporters and editors to chase away all their customers, or enjoying a quick death by truck.

By: College Prof

College Prof — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:57:57 +0000

Won’t the drivers be cutting off their nose to spite their face? If they walk out and the paper folds after a couple of days, they’re out of jobs anyway. There won’t be a company for them to strike, and they may have to get other jobs. Yeah, good luck with that.

By: Lonetown

Lonetown — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:32:03 +0000

The fact is that whether its the loss of ad revenues or a shrinking liberal readership, the model does not work and it should fail.

If there is a market there some entrepreneur will exploit it… if the government can stay the hell out of way long enough for it to happen.

By: crosspatch

crosspatch — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:15:57 +0000

Wonder how long before the Teamsters union takes over “the internet”.

By: DrW

DrW — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:56:18 +0000

The NYT editorial today re: Obama’s foreclosure rescue plan failing miserably also featured a call for the President to encourage more union membership.

More union membership.

Isn’t that like encouraging your wife to get the clap?

By: TexasDan

TexasDan — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:45:22 +0000

Can we have Lileks on HA if the Strib goes kaput?

By: KS Rex

KS Rex — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:31:45 +0000

They’re mad that their benefits or salaries might get reduced, so they take an action that will almost certainly result in the complete elimination of their jobs. Brilliant.

By: try again later

try again later — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:28:16 +0000

Screw these liberal assholes!…….Let them crash and burn!

By: Old Country Boy

Old Country Boy — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:18:42 +0000

All you pundits and commenters are very wrong about one thing – the union and their members will never learn from this. They will spend the rest of their miserable lives bemoaning how they were shafted out of their jobs by the company. Meanwhile, the union bosses and goons will still have their jobs with the union. I understand that history shows that there is a sucker born every minute….. and most of them join unions. Adios, teamsters rank and file, DLTDHYITA!

By: connertown

connertown — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:58:34 +0000

Ed –
Change is not easy. Not to single out the Strib, but I want them to fail. Fold up shop. Bankrupt. No paper tomorrow.

That is the only way that these parasites can learn the hard lesson of working with a free market.

On the plus side, I think you underestimate how long it will take the free market to fill that vacuum.

Let it go. Let it bleed.

By: Diane C. Russell

Diane C. Russell — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:54:26 +0000

I delivered both the Star and the Tribune when they were two separate newspapers with real journalists who reported the NEWS.

I find it very difficult to reconcile the current, much smaller STrib, and its biased reports by liberal propagandists, with the former excellent newspapers it replaced.

While the Twin Cities population and business and the amount of news generated in the area have all grown, both remaining newspapers keep getting smaller and smaller.

There was a long strike in the early 1960s that produced a short-lived replacement (Daily Herald, I think it was). As far as I’m concerned, the teamsters ought to strike and let the paper fold. The union members and officers will get what they deserve and they will will make room for a real newspaper if anyone wants to step up and take advantage of the opportunity. And if not, the resulting reduction in news availability will still be far less than the amount the STrib has already cut back.

By: mojo

mojo — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:40:40 +0000

Go ahead, punk. Make my day.

By: Limerick

Limerick — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:32:44 +0000

Love is never having to say share the pain.

By: GarandFan

GarandFan — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:31:58 +0000

Sometimes Karma is a bitch. Would be just like the fucking Teamsters to shoot themselves. The bosses will ‘feel the pain’ of the union members when they join the unemployment line. Yeah, sure they will.

By: Vince

Vince — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:31:11 +0000

Oh man! I wish the St. Louis Post-Dispatch would go down in flames. We have a lot of county papers and small town papers that pick up the local and regional news. The liberal rag known as “The Post” would not be missed!

By: Mason

Mason — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:30:02 +0000

Stick it to The Man…shut it down now!

By: Vashta.Nerada

Vashta.Nerada — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:27:48 +0000

Bye

By: flyoverland

flyoverland — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:26:45 +0000

Where’s Jimmy Hoffa when we need him? Where is Jimmy Hoffa, really?

By: karenhasfreedom

karenhasfreedom — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:24:57 +0000

What city does it operate in? How can people be so boneheaded to not understand that newspapers are a dying dinosaur? Idiots, if they force a strike, they will lose their jobs forever.

By: Asher

Asher — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:18:52 +0000

Stupid is as stupid does.

By: MarkTheGreat

MarkTheGreat — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:18:10 +0000

Sounds like the Pilots Union at the now defunct Eastern Airlines.

By: Harry Schell

Harry Schell — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:07:27 +0000

The editors are getting mugged by the reality they have urged on others, without accounting for what happens to others can happen to you.

Do the strike, take it down.

Like the kid who just had to touch the stove to see what “too hot” means, this is the only way some people can learn.