unions are a major contributor to the down fall of this
country.


"Maxprop" wrote in message
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"Dave" wrote in message
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On Tue, 15 May 2007 19:28:28 -0400, katy
said:


Hey...not fair! We're from Michigan and no one paid us
to stay there and
not work!

Guess you didn't belong to the right union.

Amen to that. A Michigan friend, who shall remain
nameless, is employed by
GM. He spends his days in what he and others in his union
refer to as
"Daddy Daycare." His job has been phased out by robotic
machinery, but his
employment is protected by the UAW contract with GM. He
therefore whiles
his long days watching TV, reading, sleeping, eating,
etc., but always on
the factory property in a provided facility. There are
about 150 others in
Daddy Daycare with him, and he refers to it as man-made
Hell. He hates it,
and would rather work. Despite his protestation, he
maintains his nearly
$40 per hour (wages plus benefits, perks, etc.). In
railroad parlance, this
was called "featherbedding." It, in all likelihood, is
also why GM and
other American carmakers are failing to compete
effectively, at least in
part, with Toyota and the other offshore car companies.

Max