• Wertheimer [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    23·
    3 months ago

    Kim Kelly had a labor column with them, too. I’ve been reminded of this quote recently:

    “A friend once put it to me very succinctly: ‘A building trades guy is someone who will look you in the eye, shake your hand, call you a brother, and build you a concentration camp if you asked him to,’” says one former researcher for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters. “Solidarity meant being in a fight until our union got an agreement to build that new condo complex or prison.”

    • LeninWeave [none/use name, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      17·
      3 months ago

      “A friend once put it to me very succinctly: ‘A building trades guy is someone who will look you in the eye, shake your hand, call you a brother, and build you a concentration camp if you asked him to,’” says one former researcher for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters. “Solidarity meant being in a fight until our union got an agreement to build that new condo complex or prison.”

      Screaming “read settlers” as I light myself on fire in front of the Arby’s drive through window.