Going OFF [PrintOwners] FSC and the union bug

[Aloha Print & Copy, LLC]

Unions will NOT be the final death of this country, it will be GREED.  
You look at the auto industry, the US has made the 5 working vehicles  
in my driveway with the oldest one from 1983, oh yes a GM product.  
However, I can't agree more about the presidential candidates not  
being a choice, but we can't really expect an intelligent person  
wanting the position of President, since the country is so messed up.  
As far as the lawyers are concerned, as long as they keep getting  
into politics that arena will remain corrupted with the motto  
"GREED", hello can you say lobbyist. Funny when I worked for  
McDonnell Douglas that type of activity was called kick-backs and not  
allowed. The government does it and suddenly it becomes legal.

Nancy Denney
Aloha Print & Copy, LLC
www.aloha4print.com

On Aug 7, 2008, at 8:47 PM, Eric Mance wrote:


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> As if we need another reason but Unions will be the final death of  
> this
> country. Look at the auto industry, GM is in horrible shape. The US  
> can not
> make a decent auto, to many lawyers and not enough people that give  
> a dam.
> This country will be in rough shape in the next 5 to 10 years. The  
> US needs
> to understand that it doesn't control the world...A major change is  
> needed
> in the outlook that Americans have with their place in this world.  
> War is
> not he way to a peaceful resolve. The looming elections bring on a  
> time of
> contiplation. I can't say that I'm for either of the canidates but,  
> our
> choices are limited to the people that spend the most to play the  
> current
> game. Neither one of them have a clear plan to help most of us. Our  
> taxes
> will go up. The current defficit is rediculous. Someone needs to  
> bring a
> little bit of reality back to the running of our country. It's been  
> a long
> time since we've seen a positive reaction from our (leaders.)
>
> Eric Mance
> Priority Press
> (413) 525-6111
> (413) 525-2681 fax
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>
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> Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:59:30 -0500
> Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] FSC and the union bug
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> Mike is so very right. We are a Union Print Shop and we have to have
> a license to be able to even print the bug assigned to us. The bug
> will tell you where it was printed and by what shop. Our bug is
> legible even when at its smallest size you can loop it and see that
> information. We've been told by our union: "Illegal use,
> infringement, limitation and counterfeiting of registered trademarks
> or labels is a criminal offense throughout the U.S. and Canada."
> This is as serious as copyright and just like copyright the customer
> will be gone while you hold the bag. The purpose of being Union is to
> take care of the employees Health, Welfare and Retirement. Many
> politicians seek Union printed material to show support for the
> American way of life. If our current legislation thought more Union-
> wise, we wouldn't have so many imported products. For example, how do
> you (union shop or not) like losing prints jobs to the "over-the-
> seas" internet printers. Usually we lose the job once and they get it
> from where ever, and then they come back complaining about lack of
> quality from the internet printer, as if we have control over a
> company half way around the world. But even one job lost is bad.
> Before we became Union we always honored the bug and never ran it
> even when the customer said it was "OK" for he does not have the
> authority.
> Nancy Denney
> Aloha Print & Copy, LLC