On 11/3/2012 10:52 AM, sf wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Nov 2012 23:41:06 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> If they are worth even a tenth of what they're paid to protect
> workers, it's money well spent.
>

Tell that to say the former employees of say the large local
manufacturer that used to be nearby. The place was famous for
uncooperative employees carrying everything to an extreme "its not my
job" working behind the shield of the union. There is such a thing as
knowing when enough is enough and not to make a pig of yourself buy
union thugs don't know that concept.