"Mark Browne" wrote in message
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"Jim -" wrote in message
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"Mark Browne" wrote in message
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The unions leach off the capitalists. Why should they change?

BTW: What is union membership down to, about 13% of the total US
workforce? Take
away the teachers union and the government workers and you are left
with
unions
representing a small percentage of the total US workforce. The trend
for
union
membership has been on a downward slide as most workers realize they
can
earn better
pay and better benefits without having to pay thousands each year to
union
fatcats.

I was just chatting with a fellow today - he said that the union
organizers
were snooping around the place he works (a printed circuit board house)
and
the management suddenly felt the need to raise his pay 3 bucks an hour.
Would they have done this without the union?

Perhaps the union is just a tool in the hand of the worker. They pull it
out
and club companies that loose touch with reality. Like any tool, it
*can* be
miss-used. We all know that there are bunches of people that want to get
rid
of certain tools just because they can be mis-used. Examples include
firearms, jet skis, private aircraft, encryption software, file sharing
software. Unions are something like that.

I used to live Waterloo Iowa. The only big employers are IBP and John
Deere.
Deere has done some pretty scummy things to the town over the years. I
can
tell you that the union is about the only force keeping John Deere in
line.
There *are* still situations in the USA were the union is useful.

Please note that compensation and mission are separate issues. Just like
government leadership jobs, I would like to see union leadership get the
median wage of the workers. That might address the "fatcat" issue. Or
not.
It would still go a long ways towards addressing issues of fairness.

Mark Browne



Why does an average quality family car like a Chevy Impala cost close to
$20k today?

Because the price has risen with inflation.
Have you checked out the price of a loaf of bread or a gallon of milk
lately?
Next question.

Mark Browne
P.S. I suspect that Jim secretly longs for the good old days of slave
labor - think how cheap his car would be then!




Yep, I am sure most of you highly trained prison guard workers yearn for those good old
days. You had more people you could keep in line and abuse.

How many inmates did you beat up, sexually abuse and extort today Mark?