A question

So in New York, you sometimes see these ugly giant inflatable rats around. They’re brought in by the unions whenever there’s a strike. Here’s my question: if the workers at the factory where they make giant inflatable rats go on … Continued

by Matthew Belinkie
November 8th, 2008

So in New York, you sometimes see these ugly giant inflatable rats around. They’re brought in by the unions whenever there’s a strike.

Here’s my question: if the workers at the factory where they make giant inflatable rats go on strike, do they put up one of those things?

I say no. That’s free advertising for their employers.

lee OTI Staff Nov 8th 2008 1:05 pm #

Wow. According to this 2003 article

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/77/artifact.html

the major purveyor of these balloons is a non-union workplace. So I guess they need to unionize first.

http://www.bigskyballoons.com/ratpack.html

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Pianodan Nov 9th 2008 10:12 am #

That’s sort of reminiscent of something I’ve always wondered about. Who fills out the death certificate when the coroner dies?

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Rhysesmum Nov 11th 2008 6:26 am #

The age old question… If the axe-man displeases the king.. who cuts his head off? I suppose the honourable axe-man would cut his own off which leads me to the Guillotine. The inventors head was cut off by his own invention. Is a law maker immune to his own laws? Live by the sword, and so die by the sword and all that.
Back to the rat. Is a non union worker called a ‘rat’ cause I always thought a ‘rat’ colloquially was a betrayer of wrongdoers. If so does that mean the unionists are admitting to doing wrong? Is the rat clean or dirty?

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