I am a proud union member of SPFPA who worked with Maritas for many years. Steve is indeed one of the prodigal sons of the labor movement, and organizing workers is a natural talent of his. I have heard him associate the work of labor leaders with the deadly tasks of our servicemen overseas, whenever greedy Employers like MGM unleash a team of union-busters to undercut his efforts to organize workers for better wages, or interfere with his audacious attempts to set the premise for discussions pertaining to fair wages, respect and dignity and the end of corporate greed. These exploitive business methods perpetrated by MGM and other antiunion corporations have taken away the decent retirement programs our grandparents relied on, comprehensive family heath plans, and for the most part kept wages stagnant, while the cost of goods and services continued to rise. They have contributed to failed economies as much as the fundamentalist Islamic terrorists have taken part in the peril of the many Americans on September 11, 2001.

The other dilemma in America is low paying jobs, where employees are oppressed and unable to support their families. Steve Maritas gives a voice to these hard working people, but MGM of course, will try to paint him with the wrong brush, and confuse the brilliance of his work with an attack against Iraq war veterans. Maritas is soldier at heart, and his insurmountable strategies earned him the best organizing record by any labor organization in the United States in 2006, 2007, and 2008 with Eighty eight percent (80% to 88%) success level , as Organizing Director for the International Union, Security Police and Fire Professionals Of America, SPFPA. His commitment to the cause of American workers, is what members like myself see in him, not his arrest record, nor the comments made by dishonest Employers who would do anything to interfere with the progress of workers - they are willing to spend a fortune to stop Maritas from spreading the truth.

On June 13, (FRIDAY THE 13th) I am confident the MGM workers will come out in great numbers to vote for Americas largest 9 (b)(3) security union, SPFPA. They will join Maritas on the path to workers' freedom.

In solidarity

A proud union member
I support of Steve Maritas for what he is trying to achieve and The 300 Mandalay Bay Spartans

As to Larry Lilly comments - Get REAL The Gangsters of the Old Days. are Gone....Your Watching To Many Late Night Movies!

However I will agree with your comment on what's been happening at Mandalay Bay

We've already won. There is no doubt about it. Can't you see it yet? More overtime is back to full-timers. All the executives are listening. There is new equipment and money finally being spent on things complained about for years. Our listed grievances have been heard-- louder, quicker, and with more active response because of a potential union than anything I've ever seen (or, yes, that would have ever been even listened to before). You say they're only doing it now? You're absolutely right.

THE UNIONS JOB IS TO UNITE A UNION-BUSTERS JOB IS TO DIVIDE!

PS: Larry Lilly You Signed a Membership Card For The Union What Changed ? Did Management BUY YOU OFF WITH PROMISES?

You Sound Like a High Priced Union-Buster fj-Cram

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Military strategy is a collective name for planning the conduct of warfare. Derived from the Greek strategos, strategy was seen as the "art of the general". Military strategy deals with the planning and conduct of campaigns, the movement and disposition of forces, and the deception of the enemy. The father of modern strategic study, Carl von Clausewitz, defined military strategy as "the employment of battles to gain the end of war." Liddell Hart's definition put less emphasis on battles, defining strategy as "the art of distributing and applying military means to fulfill the ends of policy" Hence, both gave the preeminence to political aims over military goals, ensuring civilian control of the military.

UNION YES!

In the Battle of Thermopylae which occurred in 480 BC, an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian Empire at the pass of Thermopylae in central Greece. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the Persians for three days in one of history's most famous last stands. A small force led by King Leonidas I of Sparta blocked the only road through which the massive army of Xerxes I of Persia could pass. After three days of battle, a local resident named Ephialtes is believed to have betrayed the Greeks by revealing a mountain path that led behind the Greek lines. Dismissing the rest of the army, King Leonidas stayed behind with 300 Spartans, 700 Thespian volunteers, 400 Thebans that had been pressed into service, and 900 Helots.

The Persians succeeded in taking the pass but sustained losses disproportionate to those of the Greeks. The fierce resistance of the Spartan-led army offered Athens the invaluable time to prepare for a decisive naval battle that would come to determine the outcome of the war.

The subsequent Greek victory at the Battle of Salamis left much of the Persian Empire's navy destroyed and Xerxes retreated to Asia, leaving a force in Greece under Mardonius, who was to meet the Greeks in battle one last time. The Spartans assembled at full strength and led a pan-Greek army that defeated the Persians decisively at the Battle of Plataea, ending the Greco-Persian War and with it, the expansion of the Persian Empire into Europe.

The performance of the defenders at the battle of Thermopylae is often used as an example of the advantages of training, equipment, and good use of terrain as force multipliers, and has become a symbol of courage against overwhelming odds.

We Are The Proud 300 Mandalay Bay Spartans Who are Going To Prevail on FRIDAY 13th

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