You wouldn't want to build it perfect, would 'ya? Having cracks, buckles, collapses, and continuous repairs and upgrades keeps those union boys in beer!

Any freshman college student studying architecture or construction will tell you that ALL CONCRETE CRACKS. It's a matter of how that cracking is controlled and whether it's cosmetic or not.

This is a complete non-surprise, both that it happened and that it's in an area of the stadium not seen on TV. Frankly, if this is the worst example of a contractor cutting corners, the Yankees and the city should congratulate themselves.

However, it's not something that happens just in New York. The last time I was at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati (named for an insurance company, not because of the Reds' overinflated opinion of themselves), I sat in the first row down the 3B line and had exposed rebar in the concrete in front of me. Nice.

What school is that? Gotti University?

Buddy,
Show some respect. Those Union Boys (and Girls) fought for and won the 40-hour week and the weekend, paid time off, medical plans, etc. You wouldn't be sitting back surfing the interneet today if it weren't for unions.

Yeah show em respect for taking advantage because they have earned the right to push non-union people around and the right not to be criticized. Wouldnt be surfing internet? Did they create the internet too? Damn them union boys and girls must be good huh.

@Bert Schultz

Nor would we have cars and planes today without first having the horse-drawn carriage.

However, you don't see many of those around anymore either.

That is very true Bert. But what good are unions doing today? They bicker and argue while the company also bicker and argues which just leads to little work being done, especially with strikes.

The ready mixed concrete company I work for, guarantees our concrete against fire & theft, and to eventually get hard & then crack!

I worked for a Union for about 6 months. I was harassed and threatened and shunned because i worked too fast! What a lazy bunch of uneducated slobs!

I could not have said it better, Buddy! I live in Boston and it was the same story when the "Big Dig" was under construction...kick-backs galore!!!

Is'nt everyone allowed to have a decent job with decent wages and benifits. Or is that just for you white collared people.

Yea your right kickbacks only happen with union labor. Not the Wyeth CEO who made a 58 million dollar bonus befor his stock options when he sold to pfiszer thats not a kickback???

While unions were originally designed to protect the workers (40-hour week and the weekend, paid time off, medical plans, etc.) now it's all about perks and bonuses and kickbacks. Just pass the cost along to the consumers. The unions finally won, now they don't have to worry about non-union workers taking there jobs, there aren't any jobs here anymore you drove them all overseas!!

When the revolution comes, all of those contractors will be taken out back and shot. By then Steinbrenner will be gone, so that's one bullet we won't have to waste in the courtyard. All of The People's money will be returned to them and the stadium will be turned into a massive clinic under the national health program, where people who have eaten Philly cheese steaks will have the inalienable human right to have their stomachs pumped and the contents deep-well injected for the duration of the thousand-year half-life of the grease from the sandwiches. And the Borg can move back across the river to their old stadium and gagg on their own tradition.

NO, the reason I am sitting in front on my pc on the internet is because I went to school and got a job. Not because of union member getting paid much more than his education should allow.

I've also heard about the two kinds of concrete, that which has cracked and that which is going to crack.

most trade unions have a 5 year training program that htier members go through so your not the only one with a education, who are you to determine who gets paid what compared to thier education

What a sophisticated grasp of macroeconomics you have. Contemplate, in your liesure hours of course, the earthshaking notion that jobs developed in other countries as those countries developed themselves, and now there's an enormous worldwide push to guarantee the rights of workers in other countries as well. You want to equalize things? Make sure to buy fair trade certified products, which means the folks whop produced them are getting paid living wages for them. Won't be long before their unions are equalizing the playing field. Of course in more socialized countries, the kind of obscene corporate profiteering that we see here as a pro forma phenomenon doesn't happen nearly as much, so imported consumer products benefit from that too. There's also the small matter of free trade agreements and tariff elimination whereby we've shot ourselves in the foot so many times it's hard to believe that we're even able to crawl. And of course the colossal phony inflation of our economy by war profiteering....ah well. On and on and on. To blame unions for that when we've done so many other stupid, selfish, spineless things to our economy for Buddha knows how many years is simplistic to the point of pain.

Just pass the cost along to the consumers: now that's a radical paradigm shift, isn't it? Keep asking consumers to pay for things and soon there won't be any capitalism left.

Most of these comments seem to be directed at Unions being greedy and corrupt, which I would have to ommit is is not entirely untrue. But people in glass house should not through stone, just at our Banking idustry and our Fianical instutions!!!

Where does the concrete come from? I hope not China.

ROFL - right to the point, Olivia.

Can't wait for the girders to start to sag.

I dunno Mike, since when does having a decent job with benefits require a blue collar or a union? We used to have black slaves, women who did not work out of the homes and 1 of every 4 babies died in their first year. Times change. You get the job that you train and educate yourself to receive, together with drive and ambition you have for yourself. I did not drink, smoke and party hearty in high school. I graduated with good grades, sure, went to college and got one of them white collar jobs. Others I knew in HS were lazy and lived to party. Our lifestyles reflect our choices.

You know what ladies and gentlemen, have no pity for the Yankees including the owners, the Steinbrenner's! For all the money this family has, the City of New York NEVER should have put in one dime for this stadium. Being an out-of-stater, and knowing people living in the "Big Apple", we have no clue as to why this agreement ever took place! So, as far as any ongoing problems, such as this concrete issue, who cares? Let good ol' George and his son pay for it! Contract with decent companies that do good work, if you can find them, and let's move on to something really "concrete"!

there will be plenty of time to repair these cracks next week, because the stadium will be empty after the angels take this series!! go angels!!

There are no good unions.

No Mike, its not. A kickback is where someone requires that you give them a part of their pay in order to keep their job. What that payment was - was good negotiating by the CEO of Wyeth. You see, union dues used to be illegal - as a kickback - and thats the reason why the right to work states have their rules as they do. Those states think that job should not require that you kickback part of your pay to someone else for the right to work . . .

They built the OLD stadium without union labor, computers or modern techniques and it lasted 50 years in a hostile damp climate until it was renovated in the 1970's - that 1970's renovation was like this one - fraught with fraud, kickbacks and poor workmanship and shoddy materials for ten times the inflation adjusted cost of the first one. That one lasted 30 years and truly needed to be torn down because it was falling apart. Thems facts - not my opinion.

USA-Unions should require all members drive/buy American. Nothing worse than complaining about jobs/$$$, then buying import everything.

I have noticed it, it is one the ramp off gate 6. It is the only place I have seen it but does stand out. I agree it is more cosmetic.

Nothing like a bunch of fat mobsters getting paid to sit around and eat.

Hey Joe I graduated highschool and a 2 year degree that did'nt work for me then I joined a union a did another 5 years of school there so I don't understand your point

HOW MANY UNION GUYS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB?

12, YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT?!?!?!?!?

Mike, before you point fingers to someone regarding "education", will you kindly read what you wrote in those two lines today, #18 at 2:45pm?

Your English, sorry to say is horrible, and it doesn't deserve being published as a blog here. Kindly think before you write something like you did. It simply made no sense, and it was embarassing to read, period! Kindly bone up on your English, grammar and whatever it takes for you to write decently. THANK YOU!

Unions were a necessity at one time in this country but they have now outlived their usefulness. There is more legislation to protect the worker than any union can provide. Unions are in existence for one reason, to provide jobs for the union leadership and nothing more.

As to the concrete, the Phillies park doesn't seem to have those problems. THere are no cracks in our concrete or in our team, which will defeat either the Yankees or the Angels, whichever one represents the American League.

GO PHILLIES !!!!

And why are they going overseas? Because they haven't unionized over there, so the workers are treated the way they are always treated when they haven't unionized, like dirt. If you want to see the US be a third world country, go ahead, bust up all the unions, and continue to treat corporations like some mystical royalty.

Hey Steve I'm not claiming to be a english major how about commenting on the topic of discussion

union is horse and buggy that ran out in fornt of car and caused huge financial wreck........BUDDY........hell with the union

HA! That's a good one. Here's one that I have: A union boss' bedtime story to kis kids-"Once upon a freakin' time and a half, this scab crossed the picket line, so me and my two friends named Vito got our baseball bats broke that guy's legs. And the moral of this story is KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT!!!!!"

IF THEIR WERE NO UNIONS YOU WOULD BE A SLAVE

If there were no unions, things would go back to being, well, China pretty fast. If unions were SO passe' and ineffectual, you wouldn't see the largest retailer in the entire world (Wal Mart) fighting so hard to keep them out. Are there lazy union workers? Of course. Just like there are a bunch of lazy non-union workers. The difference is that a union worker WILL be able to retire from a non-college job they worked hard at for 30 years with enough money to enjoy their remaining days. How many of you taking shots at unions either have college-level jobs or have less than 20k in your 401k's? Unions aren't bad. They are as good as the people in them. Many good Americans belong to unions.

whats with all the anti union crap? lets all go back in time and due away eith the union, then you will see where you are at today, no overtime, no medical, no fmla, no vacation, maybe $5.00 / hour, no saftey minded companys, oh and i really dont like what you are wareing today go home and don t bother comeing back. Unions have gotten all of these rights plus many many more. You complain about the auto workers maken big$$$ but the owners are maken more big$$ and still can aford the wages. I would thank anybody in the AFLICO for protecting me and my rights i have .

CONSIDER THIS: Amatuers built the Ark; professionals built the Titanic

Mike - when communicating a thought, you need to make it clear exactly what you are saying. Your comment contained incorrect use of your and you're, misspellings, poor grammar, was hard to read. If you want to convince someone of your opinion, they need to understand a) what are saying and b) that you are someone whose opinion is meaningful. Your post made you look like a midwest high school graduate who works for manufacturing company who never paid attention in 8th grade English and Grammar and who works for the post office. I have the image in my mind, and most folks in that profession are not people I would look to for a cognent discourse on the benefits and burdens of union membership . . .

Consider this: The Ark never existed.

As to my education comment, all I have to do is look arounf where I live (NYC) where corrupt unions (MTA, anyone) can hold the city hostage. I also know that, since I have a graduate degree with more years of training than most union workers, whil still making significantly less than many of these workers, I am allowed to complain as much as I want. In this country, only certain workforces are seen as entitled to worker protection, pensions, etc.

Just wait this the bodies start popping up through the cracks!

hey dlp- up yours! The union that supports me kicks asssss! maybe you like being underpaid, or maybe you're an employer who likes to underpay his employees, but I'll be union til the day I die. and the Yankees WILL beat the angels. mark my words

As I replied to steve I'm not a english major but I believe my point is clear. What I do is work hard to support myself and my family and being a union member has given me the oppoturnity to do so and I'm proud of that.

This is what the Yanks get for building a stadium under the name of a partially government-owned, bailed-out bank.

Adam,
The fact that you "have a graduate degree and more years of training than union workers but still make significantly less money" DOES NOT give you the right to complain. You have nobody to blame but yourself for your misfortunes. If you were worth more than 20k to an employer, you'd be paid more than 20k. The problem with this country are people like YOU who think they are ENTITLED to a certain job because their parents were able to afford to send them to college. Eventually you'll realize your business degree means nothing and you actually need to provide VALUE if you want to be paid well. Leave unions out of it. And this is coming from a fellow white collar citizen.

Why has no one gotten the point that this stadium was built with tax dollars. Isn't it amazing that no one here is complaining about spending tax dollars to provide corporate welfare and yet we argue tooth and nail about providing decent health care for all citizens calling that socialism. Remember capitalism works until it doesn't then the government has to step in to clean up the mess. Isn't democracy great!

Well played sir, well played. Quite accurate.

Give me a break. ALL unions eventually get corrupt. Union workers get lazy, do crap work and feel entitled. And the statement "all concrete cracks" is moronic. 1" cracks are NOT normal. Unplanned cracks in any concrete are a sign of poor engineering, materials or construction. My guess is you stupid NY union slugs were too busy giving each other reach arounds and the mob paid off the concrete testers.

yeah- you sound like a real people person. did it ever occur to you it might not have worked out cause you're a d*ckhead and no one wants to be around you? btw, I'm union AND college educated, not that it takes a college degree to realize it's better for the money to be spread around the working class than for corporations to hoard it all for themselves. any more generalizations you want to toss around?

btw, I GUARANTEE all you union-bashers would NEVER EVER have the balls to go to a union job site and say anything that you're saying on your computers. it's pretty easy to sit back, hide, and talk smack, isn't it? and, oh yeah- Yankees rule!

Hmm... too many long balls, now large cracks in the concrete. You can dig up David Ortiz's jersey, but the curse remains. I wonder what else is burried down there?

Actually told a group of union hacks what I thought and got my ass kicked by 5 of them. 2 jumped me from behind. I would have taken any one on one and made them cry like babies. But union pussies need to gang up otherwise they are useless losers. I grew up in Detroit and watched unions trash the auto industry. Yankees suck! Gonna be fun to watch a team from LaLa land creak pee stains on the pin stripes.

We are a 3rd world country at best.

Everyone worth their weight in salt knows that concrete cracks. I've been to the stadium several times this year, and I've noticed no expansion materials or control joints in any of the walkways, which is a practice that the engineer should have enforced. Structurally the building is sound, cosmetically, the concrete is amateurish at best. Poor finish all around.
As far as Union talk goes, they're no more or less corrupt than every other private business out there... Has anyone paid any attention to the wall street mess??? Get with the program people...
And for the record, I am not a Union worker. Not that I am against Unions, but everybody likes to think they know what they are talking about because once upon a time some Unions had mafia interests controlling them. What is the difference between the mafia controlling a Union and greedy, lying fat-cat bankers like Bernard Madoff running investment companies? At the core, nothing. Stop whining like little bitches...
Corruption is everywhere. Let the workers work...

Hey it is concrete and there are 3 things that you can be sure of when dealing with that building material.

1. It gets hard.
2. Once installed no one is likely to steal it.
3. It cracks.

Not a union worker, but don't have to be for my job. Which pisses off the union everywhere I go, especially the states that are not right to work states. Every job i've been on the union craft...if you can call them that...take their time, play hide and seek for 1500 a week(as they call it) and do every thing that they can to slow things down to make the job last longer. Everything is a safety issue, which just so happens to shutdown whatever your trying to get done for at least the rest of the day while there is a meeting to see if it really is one or not. That's not just one job site...that's every single one. In my opinion unions were useful at one point, but they have since outlived their usefulness in this country especially since most of the benefits are now required by law.

If you sleep with the dogs, you will wake up with the fleas.

Well said. I am a union member. I know many workers (IBM, HP) who sweat by their mail boxes to see what benefits are being axed next with no recourse other than a class action lawsuit. How many union bashers have never complained about their employers taking advantage of them? These companies need you as much as you need a job with decent pay and benefits but it's all about the bottom line. Even non union shops can't compete with slave labor overseas.

You wouldn't want to build it perfect, would 'ya? Having cracks, buckles, collapses, and continuous repairs and upgrades keeps those union boys in beer.

This is just once more way of saying that we build them bad so we can keep our people working. Maybe if you built it perfect your companies would get more jobs instead of being left out in the cold because of poor quality and craftsmanship. No designer plans for continuous repairs and does not expect the builder to build it that way.

What you are espousing is planned theft of city and taxpayer funds just to support your union buddies who can't do the job properly.

Hey that's just the union's finest doing their work. Don't be surprised if during a dramatic bottom of the 9th walk off homerun, the walls don't start falling down.

From Wall Street to the Bronx, White Collar to Blue, NYC is as corrupt and dirty as Washington D.C.

I totally agree about unions. I am a former union worker now retired....They were a godsent years ago but now they are mostly corrupt and cause nothing but problems if they don't get their way....and their way is not a fair day's work for a fair day's pay....it's truly sad because that is not what it was meant to be but now unions have their workers believing that the less you do, the better of you will be....that's not good for business and for the USA....the pendulum has swung completely to the union side and it has crippled our economy....do you hear me DETROIT!

Nothing good ever came out of New York in recent times including Hillary and Schumer. The phrase "too New Yorkish" comes to mind. You guys deserved Madoff and much, much more because of the politicians you elect. Honestly, how could an area become so corrupt, so pagan, and so worthless? I think the place should be razed and covered with salt.

Well, when the mob uses their contractors to build a stadium...

I'm not shocked to read about this. When I went to Yankee Stadium this year, I cut my finger on the jagged edge of metal that lined the edge of the wall in front of Jonny Rockets in the out field. I am sure they are unrelated, but both are examples of corner cutting and shoddy workmanship.

No, the reason some people can sit in front of their computers IS the unions and their fights. You went to college, good for you, but for many who don't have the ways and means or the timing (need to support or help support families, need for insurance, etc) taking so-called blue collar union jobs are their only option. I would be willing to bet that somehow you or many members of your family have benefited from changes brought about by unions. Everyone in your family went to college and became the boss?

So the cracks are the fault of union workers? They aren't part of the normal, safety cracks in all concrete construction? The contractors who make the biggest profits didn't cut corners, it was just the workers? Grow up people. When you pour any large are of concrete cracks are expected and wanted to provide for expansion and extreme conditions. The only people who it profits to cut corners and use sub-standard products and practices are the money people - contractors, finance people, etc. Quit blaming the unions, without them most of you would be working your six day in a row today, for about 10 hours, without sick leave, insurance, breaks or security. Hurt on the job? You'd have been fired, no compensation. Complain about conditions? Bye, bye. Instead of whining, you should be thanking.

Unions = Low Class Citizens. They should be banished.

Sounds like these contractors had a lot of experience with concrete, but most of it was making concrete shoes !

Dey took oar jooobs! DEE TUUK ER JOOOOOBBBBSSS!

6 day work week?....benefits?....they came into play forty years ago.....the grievance procedure that is in play with most unions now chokes business.....it will eventually run its course and unions will go down....just a matter of time....big mouths with no brains and full pockets...those are the union leaders who will fight to the death to keep their cushy jobs...the workers are just props...

Steve you're an idiot. The city will get a better return on their investment in both Yankee Stadium and CitiField than most of us will ever see in a lifetime. Increased spending on construction boosts tax revenues. Not only are there new stadiums built, but new parking garages and Metro North station. The Yankees historically have the best attendance in the majors. Good investment, even if your tiny little mind won't allow you to look at the big picture

I have an education, a career that requires said education, AND I'm in a union. 40 hour work week? The fight started to gain a 10 hour workday, 40 hour weeks came MUCH later. Surely unions can be greedy in their negotiations, are employers any more altruistic? You can't blame one or the other for much, it all boils down to good old fashion human selfishness. And we're all guilty of that to some degree, so stop pontificating on how unions are destroying this country, because your ignorance to the complexity of the actual issues that ARE destroying this country is an embarrassment.

Your calling me low class? I'm a union Ironworker and have been for almost 25 years. I helped New Yorkers clean up after 9/11. I quit a job at a steel mill in Ashland KY and drove there. I did it because a call went out for men experienced in demolition work; as most union ironworkers are. Was it union labor that knocked them down, no. Were you there helping? Were any of you who are knocking union labor there? The people lined the sidewalks clapping for the firefighters and ironworkers that came and went; and came back again. I didn't get paid. I didn't want to get paid. The next time you have a fire ask the firemen if they're union. Tell them you don't want union labor saving your house. Ask the cop not to catch the criminal that steals your car or kills your daughter because they're union. Tell the teacher not to teach your kids, they're union.

Joe, truly hilarious how many grammatical and spelling errors are in your criticism of someone else's grammar and spelling. LOL

My experience as a union officer differs with your take sir. I have seen first hand the time wasting practices and the frivolous grievances that were started just to break balls and waste money. Don't tell me that doesn't destroy a business and, if done by most unions, destroy our country. It has happened already. Detroit's greedy union workers strong armed the auto industry years ago. Have you been seeing the results in the last 10 years or more. Buy American??? We lost that war to Japan....

You wont be surfing the web? Last time I checked those who support the operation of the web weren't union...Maybe that is why it runs so smooth.............

It's only for us WHITE collar workers dude

reading these "misives" is quite interesting. unions were established to prevent companies from taking advantage of its workers. poor working conditions caused health issues, lost limbs, death. if the seamstress didn't throw a little "love" to the manager, she was out. if a supervisor didn't like you, you were gone. if you lost your arm, grab a cup and pencils and stand on the corner. over time, the middle class fought back. have there been issues where the unions got too greedy? heck ya. after they were infiltrated by organized crime, by men who only had their own profit in mind...sound like everything else in this world? Politicians? guys and gals, in an urbanized environment, there are going to always be issues that exploit others. the purpose of unions and government is to minimize that exploitation. for the group of you that complain about uions, you keep listening to glenn beck, rush and sean...complainers with no solutions...oh wait, they do have solutions; glenn said slavery was a good thing, rush says that obama is a nazi and sean, just beats on combs. those are certainly people worth idolizing. talk about education, read the history of teddy roosevelt, read about the robber barons, read sinclair lewis' "the jungle", get off your arse and read and get active. you want to eliminate unions, start at the top...not the bottom. yeesh, you people are dolts.

Why do people who dislike unions get lumped in with right wing conservatives? Oh, because the liberal, socialist, elitist above said so....what you described above happened nearly 100 years ago...the rank and file do not suffer anymore....they have too much....turn on your lights and look around....the unions will go down kicking and screaming to keep their now ill-gotten gains...Obama will keep them afloat for another 4 years but the strain will be too much....within 10 years many unions will fall....the economy cannot carry them anymore...

what a dumb ss i hope u dont shop at wall mart

Watsa matta sh.t head, Baston loozin hert ya haaht?

LFMAO! It's funny 'cuz it's true! More sudsidies for all.

What I find odd about this whole conversation is that nobody seems ready to think openly and listen to contrary points of view. It's another sign of the times, like the way Republicans and Democrats talk about each other.

In my youth I was a union worker for around 5 years. After that I ran a union commercial painting company for 5 years. I've seen both sides.

Unions are a good idea, The problem is that they have gained too much power in certain sectors.

Why should a union be able to tell a business how many people it should employ, or which ones? It makes no sense. Employers should be able to hire who they want.

Unions should be concerned with wages, work conditions, and wages.

Nothing else should be allowed.

Detroit ran into problems because, for so many years, money flowed in giant rivers and it was not in their interest to negotiate forcefully with the unions. The management made poor decisions about what they offered the unions. The unions got to expect that they would.

Sorry for the typo above.

I meant to say that unions should be concerned with wages, work conditions, and safety.

Seriously, blame the designers.. not the workers.. What's up with all the union bashing? Do you have a problem with a working man having a decent paycheck/benefits/life or could you just not get into a union and you're jealous?

So concrete is supposed to crack. Is it normal for it to crack after 6 months?

well said steve. compare hourly pay of walmart to hourly pay of unionized employees, e.g. teachers, cops, firemen, etc.....

as the unions fail, wages across the board will CONTINUE to fall. since 70% of the economy is consumer driven, say goodbye to the u.s. economy and the american dream.

btw, go yankees!

No Doug unions didn't drive OUR jobs overseas. We did it, when the Unions were all warning us to buy Amercian we were all busy looking to save a buck. Then one by one the jobs began to move over to those places where workers were still being exploited. Do you remember when shoes, textiles, automobiles were made in this country? Now go look for a pair of sneakers and see if any are made here any longer. Oh and those cheap prices not so cheap anymore. So not only did WE let the jobs go now we are paying for it in more ways then one.

hairline cracking in concrete is almost impossible to control. I have had concrete crack 2 inches from a control joint for no apparent reason. I poured a basement slab last year, was going to cut it the next morning, and by noon (2 hours after we finished it) the slab had already cracked. Every pour I do I worry about it, but it is the nature of the beast. It's gonna crack, hopefully in a control joint. But a 1 inch wide crack in an elevated structure is a seroius problem that needs to be looked at. That isn't a hairline crack, that is structural failure.

some people arent smart enough to understand that paying walmart wages will not sustain an economy that is 70% consumer driven. this has become a service economy that pays sh&t.

some people arent smart enough to understand either that companies pay $1/hour to chinese workers using crap material, then charge prices here as if they had paid an american worker a livable wage using quality materials. so you get ripped off by corporations twice.

corporations will come back when americans accept the pay that they offer to chinese workers. until then, the jobs will continue to leave.

you are right chris. detroit was making tons of money with unionized labor for many, many years. workers received good pay, benefits and were able to afford to purchase the products they made and that other american manufacturers made. the introduction of toyota, honda and the rest and the lack of innovation by the white collar engineers of the big 3 and their ceo's are what did in the auto industry.

morons here would rather blame the worker than big business. obviously, not many are understanding of history. during the industrial revolution, pre-union, wages, working conditions and standards of living were horrible. corporations will always pay as little as possible and treat people like cattle, look at walmart.

Does anybody know where Hoffa is buried?

they should check carefully,probably a red sox coffin,or david ortiz is interred down there,,buena suerte....

Did you guys make this big of a deal when there was flooding in the OWNER's box in Citifield? No you didn't, but since this involves the Yankees, it's a big deal to you.

I have read many of the comments here whether Pro or Non- Union. I will not get nasty, only ask those of you who are Non what do YOU really KNOW about Unions that make you spout all these venemous hateful words?
Non Union contractors are dishonest(kick-back)also.
I ask you If you had to do a job task that you knew was not CORRECT but your boss said and the architects prints showed this is the correct installation what are you going to do.
Union or Non the worker has no choice of design or materials, he only has his skills to rely on. Shoddy is not the product of the qualified worker it is the product of greed of the Contractor and the Arch. Whether we are Union oe Non I would hope we all want what is best for the costomer.

Im pretty sure no bank has no-show gigs. In theory, unions are good. In practice, they lead to inefficiency and ultimately lower wages and higher prices for the populace. The fact that unions are the employers for contractors illustrates just how corrupt they have gotten. Unions are supposed to be company employees banded together for one voice, not a conglomerate of unions with forced membership, forced dues, open ballots so you can be chastised for voting against them. Unions are an extra layer of management for each company. They eliminate competition (with many documented cases being through violent means) by mandating union membership and protesting/picketing businesses that have the gall to not use union labor.

Why are Boston, Providence, New York, Newark, and Chicago all extremely corrupt cities? Is it any coincidence they are all liberal and highly unionized?

who the hell cares. its built, done and those idiots in nyc have paid for it. Show me some concrete that isnt cracked and it will be tomorrow. it happens get the F over it.

All major city governments are corrupt. Why do you think those yeah whos run for office, it aint to serve the general public, its to line their pockets.

You should come to Kansas Shitty and see the shoddy work being done at Camerohead stadium. Water lines run in unprotected and unheated areas, waste lines that run up hill with chinese cast iron pipe. Chinese made faucets that will not last the season, toilets that dont clear the bowl, and this is just the plumbing that I saw when doing an inspection of the facility.

Sad Sad Sad. Oh yeah all installed by union contractors and kick backs made to reps for the product lines and to the contractors as well. Jackson County funded job and not one Jackson county manufacturer of product or any Missouri manufacturer of product used.

Cant agree more with the poor union quality. A nonunion contractor is held to the highest standard but if a union contractor does a bad job its ok and everybody is afraid to say something. When are people in this country going to realize that the unions today have nothing to offer. This is another great example of a turner construcion project.

How much of this concrete was not usable?

Once the concrete is preparted it has to be
used in a certain period of time.

Well said Kevin - no game so the news hounds are looking to get their nobel some other way.

If there was no union pay scale, employers would pay minimum wage! Get over it.

Just Joe needs to take a flying leap. You are an arrogant POS. How's my grammar?

I have stood in front of the my wifes local president and told him and everyone in the office that they are nothing but a bunch of moeny sucking leaches. They have no problem taking my wifes monthily dues but when comes to givings us a hand with our insurance that I must add keeps costing more every year they do nothing and say there is not anything they can do.The thing is that the insurance hand book states that is it covered but for the 5 yrs we have had to pay for the tests out of our pocket.
Thank You very little United Food & Commercial Workers Union

How very typical of New York where unions control all the labor contracts.

It is so amusing to me how many people worry about Obama moving the country toward socialism. We are there! We have many institutions in this country that are intended to "spread the wealth." Public schools, public libraries, public highways, and yes, unions.

You pointed out a specific issue concerning you and your familys medical problems. An issue SPECIFIC to you, therefore all unions every where are corrupt, lazy, good for nothing, uneducated, beer swilling slobs; unlike the companies we may work for. Of course all business owners and CEO's treat their help with dignity and honesty. I say again, where were you when your country needed help. Were you there in DC or New York? Have you ever helped your community; let alone your country. Men and women in uniform fight our wars and stand watch to protect all of us. Is it because they're union or non-union? It's not. It's because they're trained for the job. I and many like me are trained for the job with 4 years of apprenticeship and a lifetime of work experience. Your wife may be a cracker jack member of her local but monthly dues come from us all, healthy or ill. Are their instances of malfeasance, corruption, denial of care in any unions benefits package, of course there is. These things are run by people; just like the big banks that have taken bailout money. Just like the big insurance companies and a hundred other examples. Unions are crooked but big business flys to Congressional hearing in private jets to ask for money. Big Wall St. firms continue to give bonuses for work that is subsidized by all of us through our tax dollars but that's OK. That's just business; the big boys know that they're doing. Of course your wifes denial of service doesn't happen to any one else in this country; whether union or non-union.
I'm sorry for your situation. I hope those jerks at her hall will come through for you guys. Stay after'em. Don't blame everyone else for it though.

oops, sorry. I was talking about in the real world, not some scenario you made up in your mind while you were sitting behind your keyboard while, as you would say, spanking your monkey. But if that's what makes you feel like a man, go for it. obviously we don't agree on unionism. I'll just take my higher rate of pay, safer working conditions, paid holidays, and overtime, and go my way and you go back to your scab labor conditions. Have fun with that.
As far as your comments about the Yankees, I only have one thing to say- How's Detroit doin? You're as stupid about baseball as you are about organized labor. UNION AND PROUD IN NYC AND LOVING IT!

FYI - I am a retired union laborer - 36 years. During that time I worked in 8 different states all over the country - one coast to the other. I wasn't the best, I wasn't the worst. But I did show up every day for work, I did try to do my best every day - I was a good laborer, and I was, and remain, a good union man. Prior to joining the Union I put in 3 years and 4 months in the Navy.

It is a simple fact that in every Local I belonged to there was nepotism. So it was and so it shall be, and for anyone to say that that is unusual is just foolish - it is present in almost any organization.

But - Because I was a UNION laborer I have a good pension these days. I have, in fact, three of them because of the fact that I worked all over the country, and it would be four - but I got a one-time cash settlement from the fourth. Throw in a nice SS check every month and I now make about 13K per year more than I made in my best year.

Needless to say, (but I will!) it couldn't happen to a nicer guy!

Yes, I am blessed - I know that. Yes, the Clinton Administration made a sweetheart deal with LIUNA - they could police their own house - in 1995 in return for campaign funding. Yes I know that. A lot of the other unions are crooked - I know that too.

The screwups at Yankee Stadium - They sure do make the unions look bad and those responsible for them should be ashamed of themselves.

Other famous union screwups, such as the Big Dig in Boston - those responsible for them should be ashamed of themselves.

But I would rather belong to a crooked union than no union at all.

im 12 and never thought they should of built a "new" yankee stadium and i still dont think its better then the old one and concrete doesnt always get cracks the old yankee stadium that got rebuilt in the 70s and there wasnt near as many cracks as there is now and it could be from not enough support or thermal cracks when it drys out and cracks but i think its babe ruth saying somthing

Go Yankees

Dude, THEY are watching YOU, THEY know who YOU are and what YOU do..
be very careful, PLACE A PIECE OF TIN FOIL IN YOUR LEFT POCKET
AND A PIECE IN YOUR RIGHT SHOE, THIS WILL HELP BALANCE EARTH.

I WILL CONTACT YOU IN THREE DAY'S WITH FURTHER INFO.

LIKE THE CONCRETE, YOU ARE CRACKED.......

CONCRETE JUNGLE WHERE DREAMS MADE OF.......

AMEN!

I'm NOT A UNION MAN, BUT I WISH YOU WELL, YOU DESERVE TO GET WHAT YOU WORK FOR.I HAVE NO ENVY FOR YOU, I'M SURE YOU SACRIFICED ALOT.
ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT!!!

Toilets in the ladies rest room in new Yankee Stadium were constantly clogged and overflowing during the regular season this year. It turned out Yankee fan bittchez were flushing their tampons, syringes, and fetuses down the commodes. Disgusting!

A education?....a education?....5 years in training...a education?...com'on man!

Henry Ford actually came up with the 40 hour work week. His first effort at retaining his good workers was to double their salaries to $5 an hour and a 48 hour work week, but management later shortened that to 40 hours in the 1920s. This was done voluntarily and was aimed at retaining good workers and giving them enough wages so that they could actually afford to buy a Ford.

I think they should spend a little more money on there stadium and not there players.

As someone who has dealt with NYC concrete companies, I have NO doubt it was watered down crap pushed by "Tony" I wish people knew how far reaching and much damage this "organization" does to America... which is funny, because many of them claim to be patriotic... yet, that hurt decent hard working American evey chance they get

There are two kinds of concrete.
1. That which is cracked.
2. That which will crack.

yea nice Work :D

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