1315 Picket’s Union

A corner may have been turned in the labor movement, and I’m not sure it’s a good one. Unions are doing what they’ve done for a long time—keeping people in jobs. In this case, they’re actually hiring thousands of people daily to stage protests outside business and government buildings.
Except these jobs have one very interesting feature. They are non-union.
Seems union pay is too high, even for unions. At least when it comes to paying pickets. Still, it’s sort of good news for people who can walk in circles and yell. Certainly an accessible entry-level skill set. And really, I suppose it’s no different than pro-business associations hiring paid signature gatherers for pro-business voter initiatives.
But it seems a little odd. Unions hiring non-union people to picket for union causes. Is it because the union members themselves would rather stay home? No word on if there are seniority rules with non-union picketers, or flextime, or if a picketer can work himself up from journeyman to master status. Not to mention medical and retirement benefits. And how about career advancement? How’d you like to walk in circles for 30 years? Talk about jobs that go nowhere...
These guys need to get a picketers union.
Union officials point out that the non-union picketers are being paid to raise issues common to all workers. Yeah, like working long hours, for low pay, in inhumane conditions. Like, say, outside in the humidity in Atlanta.
Where non-union picketers were recently hired for 8.50 an hour to picket for the Carpenters Union. A lot less than what you’d pay a carpenter. I wonder if they at least paid a carpenter to make the wooden picket signs.
Or maybe they out-sourced those overseas¾to save even more money...
America, ya gotta love it.