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BOSTON--An study to be released next week in the New England Journal of Workplace Medicine finds that workers belonging to labor unions show significantly lower cognitive develpoment than those who do not.
The study, which examined eleven thousand working Americans over a twelve year period, found that union workers showed marked decreases in reasoning ability and coping skills, and a much greater propensity to whine.
"We call it the 'Mommy, mommy syndrome,'" said Dr. Mark Conroy, the study's lead author. "Union workers tend to see the union as a maternal surrogate, something which makes them feel safe and protected and all cuddly and warm when they go to bed at night."
In contrast, Conroy said, non-union workers tended to view the world in more realistic terms.
"[Non-union workers] tend to spend less time whining to mommy and blaming other people for their problems," Conroy said. "On the whole, they deal with change better and show a greater tendency to take responsibility."
The study is not without its share of critics. Lou Gotti, spokesman for the International Brotherhood of Fractional Pilots, called it "bullsh*t."
"And I tell you's guys somethin' else," Gotti said. "That Conroy's nothing but a great big f***ot. It's people like him that are trying to bring the working man down. Now if you'll excuse me, I got a flight to catch."
Gotti was then seen to board a fractional jet, bound for the Bahamas, where he keeps a second home.
BOSTON--An study to be released next week in the New England Journal of Workplace Medicine finds that workers belonging to labor unions show significantly lower cognitive develpoment than those who do not.
The study, which examined eleven thousand working Americans over a twelve year period, found that union workers showed marked decreases in reasoning ability and coping skills, and a much greater propensity to whine.
"We call it the 'Mommy, mommy syndrome,'" said Dr. Mark Conroy, the study's lead author. "Union workers tend to see the union as a maternal surrogate, something which makes them feel safe and protected and all cuddly and warm when they go to bed at night."
In contrast, Conroy said, non-union workers tended to view the world in more realistic terms.
"[Non-union workers] tend to spend less time whining to mommy and blaming other people for their problems," Conroy said. "On the whole, they deal with change better and show a greater tendency to take responsibility."
The study is not without its share of critics. Lou Gotti, spokesman for the International Brotherhood of Fractional Pilots, called it "bullsh*t."
"And I tell you's guys somethin' else," Gotti said. "That Conroy's nothing but a great big f***ot. It's people like him that are trying to bring the working man down. Now if you'll excuse me, I got a flight to catch."
Gotti was then seen to board a fractional jet, bound for the Bahamas, where he keeps a second home.
