On Fri, 02 Nov 2012 23:41:06 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

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

If they are worth even a tenth of what they're paid to protect
workers, it's money well spent.

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