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"Richard K." > wrote in message ... > "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message > ... >> 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. > > > yeah, some are co-opted or greedy. The bane of any large organization be > it politics, religion or business. > > One officer here for Afscme diddled away a few hundred thousand for > herself. Conveniently let the Treasurer position go unfilled over a year > so there was no oversight. But shouldn't some regional or national > officer noticed there was no Treasurer? On the other hand, I'd probably > still have my old job if I'd been in the union. (Which I tried to get > into for years literally but management just kept delaying and ignoring > the request... When you live in an "at will" state, and have no union > representative you are out there on your own.... "any hiring is presumed > to be "at will"; that is, the employer is free to discharge individuals > "for good cause, or bad cause, or no cause at all," and the employee is > equally free to quit, strike, or otherwise cease work.") Just like in the 19th Century! |
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