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re: Carrier to preserve 'more than a 1000 jobs' instead of 'close to a 1000'
Posted on 12/3/16 at 12:45 pm to germandawg
Posted on 12/3/16 at 12:45 pm to germandawg
You like many on the left confuse the "middle class" with "union member"/
I believe strongly the need for unions have long past this country. Their membership numbers and influence bear that out.
Look how the rank and file of unions vote and live versus how the leadership does.
My dad was a teamster and my step father was union his whole life - they both can't stand unions now. The unions failed to adapt.
Steel plant workers making $80+ an hour is what drove steel manufacturing out of this country and that was the unions doing.
Unions can't die fast enough in my opinion.
I believe strongly the need for unions have long past this country. Their membership numbers and influence bear that out.
Look how the rank and file of unions vote and live versus how the leadership does.
My dad was a teamster and my step father was union his whole life - they both can't stand unions now. The unions failed to adapt.
Steel plant workers making $80+ an hour is what drove steel manufacturing out of this country and that was the unions doing.
Unions can't die fast enough in my opinion.
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Posted on 12/3/16 at 12:59 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
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Unions can't die fast enough in my opinion.
You're looking at it from a monetary standpoint. I was private union for 42 years. Unions were a vital tool for safety concerns in jobs where safety was a bargaining chip in negotiations. Can you imagine having to work 16 hour days seven days a week on getting trains over the road? It was part of your job to do just that up until the mid 60s. Because of bargaining power by the union over the years it's now down to 12 hour days.
That was not only to my well-being but yours also.
BTW, in those 42 years not once did I ever pull the lever for a Dem. even though they were heralded as our best friend for job security and pay raises.
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