Daily Dose of Dumb
The Teamsters in Oakland, California filed a grievance against Mills College, complaining that the school had violated its collective bargaining agreement by hiring non-union workers to clear brush.
The Teamsters demanded that the college either (1) award backpay to the union members who lost out on the work or (2) require the 500 non-union workers to join the union.
The only problem? The 500 non-union workers were — and we’re not making this up — goats.
“If the college opts to have the goats become members,” said a Teamsters spokesperson, “we intend to represent them in the same aggressive manner as we do every member.”
(Source: Education Intelligence Agency)
March 21st, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Is it sad that these things don’t even shock me anymore?
Its hard to be a union supporter when they’re so hard up for members they’re accepting goats now.