On Fri, 2 Nov 2012 17:37:23 -0400, "Richard K." >
wrote:



>Your stories point out some very stupid things. But there are also a lot of
>anecdotes that could be told of what working conditions in the US were like
>before unions... child labor, sweat shops, no workers comp, low wages,
>getting fired without cause, workers beaten and killed for trying to
>unionize and protect their rights, etc. Before unions, things were pretty
>awful for a lot of workers.
>
>

Very true, but the good the unions did back then does not justify what
some unions do now to exploit the workers for their dues. Look up the
wages of the union bosses too. Higher than the wage earner they
supposedly represent.