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On Sat, 12 Oct 2013 12:52:22 -0400, iBoaterer wrote:

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On Sat, 12 Oct 2013 09:09:48 -0400, iBoaterer wrote:

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On Fri, 11 Oct 2013 19:48:04 -0700 (PDT), True North
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If anyone doubts the value of unions protecting workers rights, they should try to watch the CBC's Fifth Estate documentary on 'Made in Bangladesh'
This talks about the working conditions leading up to the collapse of a factory killing over a thousand people... most making twenty five cents an hour producing cheap fashion clothing for North American market.
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/


What does this have to do with unions today, particularly in North
America?

A lot. If it weren't for unions, kids would be still working in unsafe
conditions for slave wages. Have you not read historical accounts of the
conditions that people had to work in in the factories of the northeast?

That was before OSHA, labor laws and TV lawyers.

Which came about because of organized unions.

Like most things, they ran out of things to make better so they
started making things worse and now they are done.

Things are worse now because we don't have kids 10 years old getting
hands severed, working 15 hour days in unsafe factories with no safety
equipment, if you get hurt you are just out of a job, bosses that beat
them to get more production, and on and on? Really?

When I was 10 years old we were riding bikes off of our home build ramps and breaking some
part of our bodies every couple of days. We were blowing stuff up with firecrackers and
burning our hands when we held a Black Cat (firecracker) in our hands while it exploded.
Those were the days when kids got to be kids and explore things and learn the harsh lessons
of life.