"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 02 Nov 2012 23:41:06 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
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>> 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.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> 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.

electrician friend pays $250 in union dues-- a month! Bus driver union was
$50 and I thought that high. But my friend says it's worth it. The
electrician union is very strong and takes care of their members he says.
He says non-union people make much less; and even with the dues he pays, he
comes out quite a bit ahead of what they make. And he has the protection of
the union and it's members.