On Apr 4, 1:43*pm, "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:
> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
>
> >> We don't differ as much as you're probably assuming. *I'm a union
> >> member. *So are two of my siblings. *My dad was a union welder for
> >> International Harvester in the 50's. *He still carries a card with a
> >> different union. *I've also been in two unions myself. *That doesn't
> >> mean I think everything about unions is right.
>
> >> Lou
>
> > nope, not everything. *but i think the pendulum has swung way too far in
> > the other direction. *old-time union members would be appalled at some of
> > the shit pulled by, say, wall-mart (and many others).
>
> > your pal,
> > blake
>
> I have no use for present unions and have seen what they do and have
> "negotiated" with them also. I put negotiated in quotes because the deal was
> made before the alleged negotiation charade took place. *BUT, I'm also
> thankful for what unions did many years ago. *Without them, we'd still be
> working 6 day weeks, ten hours a day. *The pendulum swung too far and is
> maybe now correcting.

One problem with modern unions is this:

When stores like Target opened as non-union, instead of plumbers and
auto workers sabotaging them, they shopped there. Union wages are
only exorbitant when you have two tiers of wages, one union, one not.

--Bryan