Thugs torch construction site for legally choosing nonunion contractor

[asterism]

Four days before Christmas, the Friends' world was rocked by the sort of violence they have devoted their lives to stamping out.

Vandals with an acetylene torch crept onto the project's muddy construction site in the middle of the night. Working out of view in the meetinghouse's freshly cemented basement, they sliced off dozens of bolts securing the bare steel columns and set fire to the building crane, causing $500,000 in damage.

Police detectives deemed the attack arson because of a series of confrontational visits from union officials days before the incident. They say the torch could only have been operated by a trained professional, and believe it was almost certainly the work of disgruntled union members. The city has assigned extra investigators to the case and is working with federal forensic experts to track down the vandals, said Michael Resnick, the city's public safety commissioner.

Changing Skyline: Quakers' decision to use nonunion labor causes strife in Chestnut Hill - Philly.com

Assholes

 

[theHawk]

Good to know they are actually looking to find the thugs, instead of just ignoring it.

 

[Jarlaxle]

Unions are domestic terrorist groups, no more and no less. They need to be dealt with as such.

 

[chikenwing]

I have experienced the humanity of a union bone head spiting and swearing in in my face,how I was taking food from his kids ,like I shouldn't be able to feed mine,a real asshole. The non union plumbers on the job had their work sabotaged costing thousands to fix.They think they are better than everyone else,when in fact they are not.

 

[RoadVirus]

Unions hate the idea of sharing.

 

[daveman]

Obviously, it was the Quakers themselves who did the vandalism to make the union look bad. Obviously.

/union drone

 

[S.J.]

Unions are a plague on society. It's organized crime.

 

[blastoff]

Too bad the union stooges who "sliced off dozens of bolts securing the bare steel columns" didn't become Darwin Award candidates as a result.

 

[Jarlaxle]

They were clearly experts...they knew EXACTLY how many bolts to cut so nothing would collapse.

 

[Desperado]

Did you expect anything less from a Union?

 

[Ernie S.]

Where are the Libs here?