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bpuharic

On Sun, 09 May 2010 15:25:17 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 09 May 2010 14:41:02 -0400, bpuharic wrote:

On Sun, 09 May 2010 13:50:55 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 9 May 2010 13:34:50 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

7% of american workers are covered by unions. there are no unions in
the US. as the 'economist' magazine pointed out last month, the US has
the most anti-union work environment of 30 industrialized countries

And that is a good thing.

The unions largely just priced themselves out of the market for any
job that could be exported. That is why the only unions that survive
nationally are government unions.

uh no. if that were the case then the germans would be in worse shape
than we are. 80% of their economy is export related, and their level
of unionization is FAR greater than ours.

more right wing bull****

The Germans do not demand the kind of things American unions have
demanded. They are also holding the Greek's feet to the fire for the
stupid things their workers have negotiated for.

the germans have ALOT more vacation time than we do. they have ALOT
better unemployment insurance than we do. and it's a meaningless
statement to say that american unions have 'demanded' something the
germans havent

the fact is that

1. the rich have destroyed labor unions
2. the middle class wants to think of itself as 'professional' so
hates labor unions

THAT'S why there are no unions here

You also have a far more frugal society in Germany. They actually have
private savings, beyond what the pension plans save for them.

which has zip to do with labor unions. and americans have no pensions,
either.

see a pattern here? americans

-no wage increase in 10 years
-no pension
-work harder than any other industrialzed country
-rotten unemployment insurance
-no health insurance if you lose your job

and no labor unions...

gee....wonder if there's a connection