Unions Are Outsourcing Picketers
August 1st, 2007Here at Chad’s News, we don’t give out the “Absurd” label for just anything. No—you have to work hard to get it. And this story definitely fits the bill. Locals of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America union are having a difficult time finding members to perform picketing duties, so they’re hiring homeless people to do it instead.
Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/…
(via Stephen Colbert)