On 2021-04-28 9:31 a.m., Graham wrote:
> On 2021-04-28 5:49 a.m., Gary wrote:
>> Â*Â*Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> Yep. Unions were a good thing at first but they overstayed their use
>> and became greedy.
>
> So who is greedy now? The effing CEOs who have pushed zero-hours
> contracts and gig working wherever possible.
>
> They were responsible, years later, for putting American
>> industries either out of business or sending them overseas.
>>
> There was a helluva lot of really bad management involved too.

What it boils down to is that I'm not against unions but the NEED for
unions.