On 9 Feb 2005 06:31:57 -0800, "basskisser" wrote:


JimH wrote:
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Marshall Banana wrote:
My position at work requires that I be a union member, which does
not
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union
rep was waking around today after a meeting
handing out some little tchotchkes, including a ballpoint pen with
the
union logo on it. Like everything else the union buys, it is
union
made
and proudly emblazoned with the logo of the union who produced it.
As I
was taking some notes, I noted that the pen would write a few
inches
then
stop, write a few more inches, then stop again. I don't think our
union
rep was too happy when I commented, "This pen is just like the
average
union worker. It only works half the time."

You should quit your job immediately if you don't like unions. You
could go work somewhere else for less money than you are worth.


Only union jobs pay folks a decent wage?

Where did I say that? Learn to read, please.

I guess somewhere close to 90% of
workers in the US are underpaid then.

Hmm, I DO know that there are many, many people underpaid. Ask them.

And why is union membership declining?

The right wing whining makes people believe that unions are bad....
You do realize that before unions, working conditions were horrible,
kids as young as 7 or 8 were forced to work 14 hour days, or more?
There were no safety measures.

Given your expertise with the English language, this will not be a challenge:

What Do You Call Santa's Helpers?

Subordinate Clauses

Mr. Krause can definitely help with that one.


John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes