The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 32, July 24, 2005, Article 6

UNION 1, BOOKDEALER 0

Numismatic literature dealer John H. Burns writes: "Due to the
avarice of whatever union inhabits the docks of the Moscone
convention center I won't be having a table at this year's
American Numismatic Association convention in San Francisco.
I was informed that it was MANDATORY for the union to
unload me at a cost of $117 per hundredweight. Considering
that I bring approximately 4,000 pounds of books, I'll let you
do the math. I think it's an absolute obscenity that something
that I do dozens of times a year (unload my van by myself taking
maybe 90 minutes total, or pay somebody $20 to get it done in
45 minutes) would have cost me more than I was likely to gross
for the entire show. Unfortunately, there was nothing the ANA's
convention manager Brenda Bishop could do. She tried everything
in the book (and a few things that aren't!). She's a great lady and
an indispensable asset to the ANA. Oh well, maybe next year in
Denver. Forget selling books; I'm joining the UNION!"

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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