"JimH" wrote in message
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"Don White" wrote in message
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"JimH" wrote in message
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Why should the company be forced to accept union labor? They have every
right to close up shop and move if it is being forced on them.

Thank's for agreeing...they should be moved right back to the US.



We are happy to have Walmart Don. It is indeed an American Company.

Do you know that unions now make up less than 10% of the US workforce,
with that figure shrinking every year?

Unions were indeed once needed. They played a very important part in
making work places safe and raising the income standards for workers. But
that was 75 to 100 years ago.

Their time has passed however. Their high wage and benefits demands,
combined with their keeping unfit and incompetent workers has led to their
demise.

People now want to determine their own worth on the job and not be tied
into a large collective bargaining group when it comes to pay incentives
and increases. They also want the money once going to union fat cats
(dues) to stay in their pocket.



I should also add:

The unions have done a bang up job with the construction industry apprentice
programs, resulting in a highly skilled labor force in some.specific fields,
most specifically heavy equipment operators, sheet metal workers,
electricians and masons.