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****

On 09/05/2010 12:41 PM, bpuharic wrote:
On Sun, 09 May 2010 13:50:55 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 9 May 2010 13:34:50 -0400, 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****

Neither their unions, government nor corporations like GM and Citi are
as corrupt.

Simple answer.

--
There is a sucker born every minute, liberals and our politicians are
counting on it.

On Sun, 09 May 2010 14:32:34 -0600, Canuck57
wrote:

On 09/05/2010 12:41 PM, bpuharic wrote:
On Sun, 09 May 2010 13:50:55 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 9 May 2010 13:34:50 -0400, 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****

Neither their unions, government nor corporations like GM and Citi are
as corrupt.

Simple answer.

gee. a society with no corruption. who coulda guessed

and they have strong unions.

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

On 09/05/2010 1:25 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 09 May 2010 14:41:02 -0400, wrote:

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

On Sun, 9 May 2010 13:34:50 -0400, 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.

Quite true. Not just the Germans either, Japan too. There the unions
are expected to and do consider the health of the company and it's products.

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

True again. US is a net debtor society. Totally out of balance. I
used to think mortgage deductability was good, but it causes people to
be 55 and in debt on their home. If you manage your finances at all, by
early 40's you should not be in debt at all.

--
There is a sucker born every minute, liberals and our politicians are
counting on it.

On Sun, 09 May 2010 14:38:02 -0600, Canuck57
wrote:



Quite true. Not just the Germans either, Japan too. There the unions
are expected to and do consider the health of the company and it's products.

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

True again. US is a net debtor society.

and it has no unions. the germans, with their strong unions, have a
net positive current account balance

Totally out of balance. I
used to think mortgage deductability was good, but it causes people to
be 55 and in debt on their home. If you manage your finances at all, by
early 40's you should not be in debt at all.

blah blah blah...right wing bull****.