Jack Goff wrote:
On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:12:52 -0400, HK wrote:
Don White wrote:
"JimH" ask wrote in message
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"Don White" wrote in message
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"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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The unions were good to me. Except for those 2 pricks I never had
problems with management either. *Guys like them are the reason
there's unions*. They'll lie and steal you blind, and get you killed
for a buck.
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--Vic
Bingo!
If everyone was treated fairly & with respect why would they willingly
pay those union dues year after year.
(not counting a few cases where a particular union may hold a business
hostage to enrich it's members above their fair value)
Stop living in the 1920s Don.
Unions cause mediocrity...........everyone receives the same pay increase,
despite their abilities and contributions.
The same 'minimal' increase. Nothing stops a corp from rewarding
exceptional workers.
That's right. The union rate in most contracts is the minimal rate.
There is nothing to prevent an employer from rewarding exceptional
workers more expansively.
Unfortunately, the basic union rate is already excessive in most
cases. The cost of employment of American union workers has initiated
the move to outsourcing. It certainly is sinking Chrysler and the
rest of the American auto industry, huh?
Sorry, Jackoff, but bad management and pursuit of short-term profit is
what sunk American manufacturing, that and the cost of providing health
care insurance to workers, which U.S. car manufacturers pay for but
Japanese car manufacturers do not.