Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> On 4/27/2021 9:26 PM, Dr. Bruce wrote:
> > Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >
> > > On 4/27/2021 6:37 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > >
> > > > He shit in the hat of organized labor. Unions aren't perfect by
> > > > any reckoning, but they helped build a middle income economy,
> > > > and balanced the power differential between the ownership and
> > > > working classes, ushering in what is now another gilded age.
> > > > >
> > > > --Bryan
> > > >
> > >
> > > True that organized labor was a big help to the working class and
> > > improved wages, safety, working conditions. Unfortunately, some of
> > > the unions became infested with criminals and went too far. There
> > > were more interested in collecting dues.
> > >
> > > If I was born into the 1930s working class I'd be a union
> > > organizer but when I hit the workforce I'd never join one and pay
> > > the thugs. I had a front row seat dealing with them for about 17
> > > years.
> >
> > Without unions, everybody who's not rich would be fu... fu...
> > stuffed.
> >
>
> Yes, but their time has passed and the unions are as big a thief
> today as the company was back then. They have steadily been losing
> ground. I've been at the negotiating table.

It's like the police. Some of them are corrupt, some of them are
racist. Get rid of those, but you can't get rid of the entire police.
They're indispensable.

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