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Unions may have had a place in society at one time, but they are not
counterproductive. All they do is breed nepotism and interfere with free
competition. How is it that someone who moves boxes around on a dock can
make as much as I make with two degrees and state licensure as a
Forensic
Engineer? Granted, cost of living has some factor, but explain to me how
the two jobs are of equal worth. Unskilled labor vs. technical and legal
analysis.


Huh? What happened to

free
competition. ?


If the box movers can convince society that their services are worth more than
Forensic Engineers, more power to them.
Naturally, jealous Forensic Engineers will disagree.

By the way, some of those guys "moving boxes" (longshore work is far more
technical and dangerous than that, btw) probably have more education than many
engineers. Some of them used to have white collar jobs, before "free
competition" prevailed and the guys working for $2/hour US in Russia or India
won the engineering and accounting jobs.



Where I live, you can't do random drug testing at the fire dept. because the
union won't allow it. Some stoned jackass is going to kill somebody one of
these days as a direct result of union policy.


When that happens, the jackass and his two immediate supervisors should be
fired- or maybe jailed. You can't sit around the firehouse and get stoned
without somebody knowing about it. You might find it surprising, but pee tests
are almost TOTALLY defeatable. There's an OTC product called "Clean Pee" that
works almost 100 percent of the time. (It's probably even sold in drug stores
that require their new hires to take a pee test). For $10 bucks, a clean and
sober buddy will pee in the cup for you, or pee into a test tube you cap and
take into the restroom. Why would this be news to a guy working in forensics?

Why do unions cry every time
someone wants to put a job out for competitive bid? Because they can't
compete. They are a burden to society, and anyone who is in a union is
supporting the ideals, making them leftist by association.


Who hires Forensic Engineers? Sounds like a civil service job to me. If so,
good thing *you* are required to submit a competitive bid every time an
opportunity to ply your trade arises. That should keep your income suitably
suppressed. We wouldn't want some government agency to guarantee you a certain
annual income and benefits (all at taxpayers expense) along with some measure
of protection against unjust or politically motivated firing... those things
might discourage free competition for *your* job, and make you a leftist by
association.

Seen on a bumper sticker: "Unions, The people who brought you the weekend."


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Unions may have had a place in society at one time, but they are not
counterproductive. All they do is breed nepotism and interfere with free
competition. How is it that someone who moves boxes around on a dock can
make as much as I make with two degrees and state licensure as a
Forensic
Engineer? Granted, cost of living has some factor, but explain to me how
the two jobs are of equal worth. Unskilled labor vs. technical and legal
analysis.


Huh? What happened to

free
competition. ?


If the box movers can convince society that their services are worth more than
Forensic Engineers, more power to them.
Naturally, jealous Forensic Engineers will disagree.

By the way, some of those guys "moving boxes" (longshore work is far more
technical and dangerous than that, btw) probably have more education than many
engineers. Some of them used to have white collar jobs, before "free
competition" prevailed and the guys working for $2/hour US in Russia or India
won the engineering and accounting jobs.



Where I live, you can't do random drug testing at the fire dept. because the
union won't allow it. Some stoned jackass is going to kill somebody one of
these days as a direct result of union policy.


When that happens, the jackass and his two immediate supervisors should be
fired- or maybe jailed. You can't sit around the firehouse and get stoned
without somebody knowing about it. You might find it surprising, but pee tests
are almost TOTALLY defeatable. There's an OTC product called "Clean Pee" that
works almost 100 percent of the time. (It's probably even sold in drug stores
that require their new hires to take a pee test). For $10 bucks, a clean and
sober buddy will pee in the cup for you, or pee into a test tube you cap and
take into the restroom. Why would this be news to a guy working in forensics?

Why do unions cry every time
someone wants to put a job out for competitive bid? Because they can't
compete. They are a burden to society, and anyone who is in a union is
supporting the ideals, making them leftist by association.


Who hires Forensic Engineers? Sounds like a civil service job to me. If so,
good thing *you* are required to submit a competitive bid every time an
opportunity to ply your trade arises. That should keep your income suitably
suppressed. We wouldn't want some government agency to guarantee you a certain
annual income and benefits (all at taxpayers expense) along with some measure
of protection against unjust or politically motivated firing... those things
might discourage free competition for *your* job, and make you a leftist by
association.

Seen on a bumper sticker: "Unions, The people who brought you the weekend."




I have yet to see a lib who is anti union. Coincidence?

So exactly why are you such a strong union supporter Chuck? Because you are a lib?

And just how have the unions improved the lives of workers in the 21st century?

Why should all union workers get the same pay increases despite their contributions to
the company? Why should slackers get the same as the go-getters?

What do the unions do with all those dues that members blindly pay every week?

Just a few of my questions. Take you time in answering them.

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I have yet to see a lib who is anti union. Coincidence?

So exactly why are you such a strong union supporter Chuck? Because you are
a lib?


Because I believe stongly in reaching agreement through negotiation.
Negotiation is only meaningful between two parties with equal power. If the
average worker were sent to report,, individually, to a comittee of suits and
explain why he thought he deserved a certain income, there would be no equity
in power. The management would be in a position to influence the worker far
more than an individual worker could ever influence the management.

And just how have the unions improved the lives of workers in the 21st
century?


Puhleeze. The 21st century is two years old already. Let's look at the 20th,
and compare the average worker's workweek, health benefits, standard of living,
etc in 1900 vs. 1999. If you see no difference, you will never see any benefit
that was provided by unions. The changes were not brought about by the
magnificent generosity of employers. Unions haven't
"held back" improved conditions that employers have been desperate to provide.

Why should all union workers get the same pay increases despite their
contributions to
the company? Why should slackers get the same as the go-getters?


It's called the principle of collective bargaining. All the workers, together,
negotiate more powerfully. The majority of workers voluntarily agree to accept
a common pay rate. The go-getters are rewarded more than the slackers. The
go-getters are more likely to be promoted into management, (where they will be
free of the union influence.) :-)

Management has done the same thing for
decades, with "Associations." A group of steel mills, mining companies,
shipping companies, etc. band together to try to keep wages suppressed. When
all the employers in an industry make a common wage offer to the employees, is
that "leftism", or just "good business"?

Why should the companies with lousy working environments get by with paying as
little as companies with more progressive management?

What do the unions do with all those dues that members blindly pay every
week?


Run the union business office. Fund a union retirement plan for union workers.
Pay union death and disability benefits to the families of workers killed or
injured on the job. Lobby for pro-labor legislation, just as management lobbies
for anti-labor laws.
Any union member is free to ask for an accounting of union income and expense.

Just a few of my questions. Take you time in answering them.


No time needed. Next time, try to think up some tough ones. :-)
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I don't discredit it because I disagree with it, I discredit it because more
and more, the left is defined by special interest groups and extremists.


The jackals who blew up the federal office building in Oklahoma City,
who crashed the planes into the WTC and the Pentagon, in fact, almost
every perpetrator of terror and horror on citizens of the US today
....are right wing extremists, fella. Where have you been?




Take a look at the 2004 candidates - all but Lieberman are trying to
"out-left" each other, thinking that this is the only way to stand apart
from the crowd, and hoping to get the vote. In my opinion, any program that
takes my money and rewards someone for doing nothing, or misuses it, is
repulsive.



Then you must really truly hate the Bush-shippers.

I think it boils down to this...call someone a leftist, and they deny it and
act insulted


Nah. You're delusional.


....call be a right wing conservative and I proudly, openly
acknowledge it. I will openly discuss my goals and motives, while the left
claims impartiality and swears they are not biased.


As soon as you get a little education and reading under your belt and
learn how to articulate ideas that are yours, not Rush's, come back for
a debate.

No, but anyone who is a member of a union automatically IS a leftist.


Really? Can you prove that?


Unions may have had a place in society at one time, but they are not
counterproductive.


Really? Unions help raise the wages of workers, improve their working
conditions, help them get medical insurance and pension programs, and a
say in what happens at the workplace.


How is it that someone who moves boxes around on a dock can
make as much as I make with two degrees and state licensure as a Forensic
Engineer?


Perhaps it is because the package handlers have someone competent to
represent them at the bargaining table and you do not. Perhaps you
should join a union and improve your pay and benefits.




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On 08 Aug 2003 00:28:19 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

I have yet to see a lib who is anti union. Coincidence?

So exactly why are you such a strong union supporter Chuck? Because you are
a lib?


Because I believe stongly in reaching agreement through negotiation.
Negotiation is only meaningful between two parties with equal power. If the
average worker were sent to report,, individually, to a comittee of suits and
explain why he thought he deserved a certain income, there would be no equity
in power. The management would be in a position to influence the worker far
more than an individual worker could ever influence the management.

And just how have the unions improved the lives of workers in the 21st
century?


Puhleeze. The 21st century is two years old already. Let's look at the 20th,
and compare the average worker's workweek, health benefits, standard of living,
etc in 1900 vs. 1999. If you see no difference, you will never see any benefit
that was provided by unions. The changes were not brought about by the
magnificent generosity of employers. Unions haven't
"held back" improved conditions that employers have been desperate to provide.

Why should all union workers get the same pay increases despite their
contributions to
the company? Why should slackers get the same as the go-getters?


It's called the principle of collective bargaining. All the workers, together,
negotiate more powerfully. The majority of workers voluntarily agree to accept
a common pay rate. The go-getters are rewarded more than the slackers. The
go-getters are more likely to be promoted into management, (where they will be
free of the union influence.) :-)

Management has done the same thing for
decades, with "Associations." A group of steel mills, mining companies,
shipping companies, etc. band together to try to keep wages suppressed. When
all the employers in an industry make a common wage offer to the employees, is
that "leftism", or just "good business"?

Why should the companies with lousy working environments get by with paying as
little as companies with more progressive management?

What do the unions do with all those dues that members blindly pay every
week?


Run the union business office. Fund a union retirement plan for union workers.
Pay union death and disability benefits to the families of workers killed or
injured on the job. Lobby for pro-labor legislation, just as management lobbies
for anti-labor laws.
Any union member is free to ask for an accounting of union income and expense.

Just a few of my questions. Take you time in answering them.


No time needed. Next time, try to think up some tough ones. :-)


When you're good, you're damned good. )

My previous job (14 years) was management. I was laid off, and took a
temporary job in a construction crew in my field. It has been a long
time since I went home that tired.

Any management or professional jackass that thinks that blue collar
workers "push boxes around", doesn't have a clue.

Most "professionals" (in my experience) are far removed from the
reality of hard work. Egotism and stupidity set in, and the "whine"
is heard from coast to coast.

I know it's cliche, but every "anti-union whiner" should slip on a
pair of steel-toed mocassins and try to keep up. They couldn't.

It's interesting to me that you don't hear union or labor workers
begrudging the life-style of management or professionals, but the
reverse is not true. They don't have a clue, and don't want one.
It would upset their lifestyle.

The next time your toilet doesn't flush, your car won't start, or you
want to build an office building- call your proctologist. Maybe he
can help, but he's not cheap.

noah


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"noah" wrote in message
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On 08 Aug 2003 00:28:19 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

I have yet to see a lib who is anti union. Coincidence?

So exactly why are you such a strong union supporter Chuck? Because you are
a lib?


Because I believe stongly in reaching agreement through negotiation.
Negotiation is only meaningful between two parties with equal power. If the
average worker were sent to report,, individually, to a comittee of suits and
explain why he thought he deserved a certain income, there would be no equity
in power. The management would be in a position to influence the worker far
more than an individual worker could ever influence the management.

And just how have the unions improved the lives of workers in the 21st
century?


Puhleeze. The 21st century is two years old already. Let's look at the 20th,
and compare the average worker's workweek, health benefits, standard of living,
etc in 1900 vs. 1999. If you see no difference, you will never see any benefit
that was provided by unions. The changes were not brought about by the
magnificent generosity of employers. Unions haven't
"held back" improved conditions that employers have been desperate to provide.

Why should all union workers get the same pay increases despite their
contributions to
the company? Why should slackers get the same as the go-getters?


It's called the principle of collective bargaining. All the workers, together,
negotiate more powerfully. The majority of workers voluntarily agree to accept
a common pay rate. The go-getters are rewarded more than the slackers. The
go-getters are more likely to be promoted into management, (where they will be
free of the union influence.) :-)

Management has done the same thing for
decades, with "Associations." A group of steel mills, mining companies,
shipping companies, etc. band together to try to keep wages suppressed. When
all the employers in an industry make a common wage offer to the employees, is
that "leftism", or just "good business"?

Why should the companies with lousy working environments get by with paying as
little as companies with more progressive management?

What do the unions do with all those dues that members blindly pay every
week?


Run the union business office. Fund a union retirement plan for union workers.
Pay union death and disability benefits to the families of workers killed or
injured on the job. Lobby for pro-labor legislation, just as management lobbies
for anti-labor laws.
Any union member is free to ask for an accounting of union income and expense.

Just a few of my questions. Take you time in answering them.


No time needed. Next time, try to think up some tough ones. :-)


When you're good, you're damned good. )

My previous job (14 years) was management. I was laid off, and took a
temporary job in a construction crew in my field. It has been a long
time since I went home that tired.

Any management or professional jackass that thinks that blue collar
workers "push boxes around", doesn't have a clue.

Most "professionals" (in my experience) are far removed from the
reality of hard work. Egotism and stupidity set in, and the "whine"
is heard from coast to coast.

I know it's cliche, but every "anti-union whiner" should slip on a
pair of steel-toed mocassins and try to keep up. They couldn't.



What the heck does being able to do a hard days work have to do with unions?

I worked as a garbage collector for 2 summers and as a factory worker for 3 summers in
high school and college. Hard work. Long days. No union.

Imagine that. But I can tell you countless stories of auto workers (union) sleeping on
the job. But we won't get into that, OK?




It's interesting to me that you don't hear union or labor workers
begrudging the life-style of management or professionals, but the
reverse is not true. They don't have a clue, and don't want one.
It would upset their lifestyle.


Exactly where did anyone begrudge the lifestyles of union workers?




The next time your toilet doesn't flush, your car won't start, or you
want to build an office building- call your proctologist. Maybe he
can help, but he's not cheap.


Actually I will call a non union plumber, mechanic or GC. I will get good work at a
fair price.

Are you a union worker Noah? Did I strike a nerve?

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"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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I have yet to see a lib who is anti union. Coincidence?

So exactly why are you such a strong union supporter Chuck? Because you are
a lib?


Because I believe stongly in reaching agreement through negotiation.
Negotiation is only meaningful between two parties with equal power. If the
average worker were sent to report,, individually, to a comittee of suits and
explain why he thought he deserved a certain income, there would be no equity
in power. The management would be in a position to influence the worker far
more than an individual worker could ever influence the management.



I guess you don't have too much faith in your abilities or you are just a poor
performer.

I have never had a problem negotiating pay increases based on my contributions. Most
hard workers who contribute to the bottom line do not have problems either. They
negotiate one on one based on their skills and contributions.

Unions lead to mediocrity. Why work hard or perform over and beyond? You will get the
same pay increase no matter what.


And just how have the unions improved the lives of workers in the 21st
century?


Puhleeze. The 21st century is two years old already.


So how have they improved the lives of the workers in the 21st century? And Chuck,
don't tell anyone but it is actually 2.5 years old.

Let's look at the 20th,
and compare the average worker's workweek, health benefits, standard of living,
etc in 1900 vs. 1999. If you see no difference, you will never see any benefit
that was provided by unions. The changes were not brought about by the
magnificent generosity of employers. Unions haven't
"held back" improved conditions that employers have been desperate to provide.


Continue living in the past Chuck. Not me though.

But if you want to, provide some facts on how the unions have improved the lives of
workers in the late 20th century, say from 1985 on.



Why should all union workers get the same pay increases despite their
contributions to
the company? Why should slackers get the same as the go-getters?


It's called the principle of collective bargaining. All the workers, together,
negotiate more powerfully. The majority of workers voluntarily agree to accept
a common pay rate. The go-getters are rewarded more than the slackers. The
go-getters are more likely to be promoted into management, (where they will be
free of the union influence.) :-)


And the collective bargaining leads to lower productivity and mediocrity. If you need
it, fine. Most people with skills and talent don't need a group to bargain for them.


Management has done the same thing for
decades, with "Associations." A group of steel mills, mining companies,
shipping companies, etc. band together to try to keep wages suppressed. When
all the employers in an industry make a common wage offer to the employees, is
that "leftism", or just "good business"?

Why should the companies with lousy working environments get by with paying as
little as companies with more progressive management?

What do the unions do with all those dues that members blindly pay every
week?


Run the union business office. Fund a union retirement plan for union workers.
Pay union death and disability benefits to the families of workers killed or
injured on the job. Lobby for pro-labor legislation, just as management lobbies
for anti-labor laws.
Any union member is free to ask for an accounting of union income and expense.


You forgot the part about padding their pockets. That is where most of the money goes.


Just a few of my questions. Take you time in answering them.


No time needed. Next time, try to think up some tough ones. :-)


Perhaps if you took your time you could have provided some better answers.

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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Jim wrote:

"noah" wrote in message
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On 08 Aug 2003 00:28:19 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

I have yet to see a lib who is anti union. Coincidence?

So exactly why are you such a strong union supporter Chuck? Because you are
a lib?

Because I believe stongly in reaching agreement through negotiation.
Negotiation is only meaningful between two parties with equal power. If the
average worker were sent to report,, individually, to a comittee of suits and
explain why he thought he deserved a certain income, there would be no equity
in power. The management would be in a position to influence the worker far
more than an individual worker could ever influence the management.

And just how have the unions improved the lives of workers in the 21st
century?

Puhleeze. The 21st century is two years old already. Let's look at the 20th,
and compare the average worker's workweek, health benefits, standard of living,
etc in 1900 vs. 1999. If you see no difference, you will never see any benefit
that was provided by unions. The changes were not brought about by the
magnificent generosity of employers. Unions haven't
"held back" improved conditions that employers have been desperate to provide.

Why should all union workers get the same pay increases despite their
contributions to
the company? Why should slackers get the same as the go-getters?

It's called the principle of collective bargaining. All the workers, together,
negotiate more powerfully. The majority of workers voluntarily agree to accept
a common pay rate. The go-getters are rewarded more than the slackers. The
go-getters are more likely to be promoted into management, (where they will be
free of the union influence.) :-)

Management has done the same thing for
decades, with "Associations." A group of steel mills, mining companies,
shipping companies, etc. band together to try to keep wages suppressed. When
all the employers in an industry make a common wage offer to the employees, is
that "leftism", or just "good business"?

Why should the companies with lousy working environments get by with paying as
little as companies with more progressive management?

What do the unions do with all those dues that members blindly pay every
week?


Run the union business office. Fund a union retirement plan for union workers.
Pay union death and disability benefits to the families of workers killed or
injured on the job. Lobby for pro-labor legislation, just as management lobbies
for anti-labor laws.
Any union member is free to ask for an accounting of union income and expense.

Just a few of my questions. Take you time in answering them.

No time needed. Next time, try to think up some tough ones. :-)

When you're good, you're damned good. )

My previous job (14 years) was management. I was laid off, and took a
temporary job in a construction crew in my field. It has been a long
time since I went home that tired.

Any management or professional jackass that thinks that blue collar
workers "push boxes around", doesn't have a clue.

Most "professionals" (in my experience) are far removed from the
reality of hard work. Egotism and stupidity set in, and the "whine"
is heard from coast to coast.

I know it's cliche, but every "anti-union whiner" should slip on a
pair of steel-toed mocassins and try to keep up. They couldn't.



What the heck does being able to do a hard days work have to do with unions?

I worked as a garbage collector for 2 summers and as a factory worker for 3 summers

in
high school and college. Hard work. Long days. No union.

Imagine that. But I can tell you countless stories of auto workers (union)

sleeping on
the job. But we won't get into that, OK?




It's interesting to me that you don't hear union or labor workers
begrudging the life-style of management or professionals, but the
reverse is not true. They don't have a clue, and don't want one.
It would upset their lifestyle.


Exactly where did anyone begrudge the lifestyles of union workers?




The next time your toilet doesn't flush, your car won't start, or you
want to build an office building- call your proctologist. Maybe he
can help, but he's not cheap.


Actually I will call a non union plumber, mechanic or GC. I will get good work at

a
fair price.

Are you a union worker Noah? Did I strike a nerve?


I'm a union worker. I'm also a union consultant. I'm also a union
member. In fact, I'm a member of several unions. I hold a journeyman's
card in one of the skilled construction trades.

For part of my living, I consult and provide marketing, advertising and
PR services to organizations that represent unions or provide expert
services to unions.

I have two college degrees, one from a fairly large public university in
the Midwest and one from an Ivy League university. Neither of my degrees
were from trade schools within those universities.

I'm also a yellow-dog Democrat.

I'm moderate fiscally but quite liberal on social issues.

Oh, and I spent some time some years ago working for Saul Alinsky.

Smoke that.



Why should I care what you do or have done?


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I guess you don't have too much faith in your abilities or you are just a
poor
performer.


Wouldn't know. For 90% of my career to date I have been either self employed or
in management. I haven't worked for wages since 1973. My income has always been
from partnership and corporate income, royalties, sales commissions, rents,
etc. How well do I do? Let's just say I routinely make subtantially more than
those folks who "move boxes around."

Very few people can do what I have done, and can do, to earn a living. I
personally don't need a union, but others might. WE should all be aware of what
needs may be present in society beyond our own personal sphere.

Look at your next two paragraphs and consider how they unintentionally
contradict one another:

I have never had a problem negotiating pay increases based on my
contributions. Most
hard workers who contribute to the bottom line do not have problems either.
They
negotiate one on one based on their skills and contributions.


Unions lead to mediocrity. Why work hard or perform over and beyond? You
will get the
same pay increase no matter what.


In one paragraph you detail how you take pride in doing a good job and making a
contribution. In the next, you surmise that
union workers are incapable of being motivated by the same factors.

And the collective bargaining leads to lower productivity and mediocrity. If
you need
it, fine. Most people with skills and talent don't need a group to bargain
for them.


Slave wages lead to low productivity, too.


You forgot the part about padding their pockets. That is where most of the
money goes.


Got a specific example, or just a quick sound byte?

Just a few of my questions. Take you time in answering them.


No time needed. Next time, try to think up some tough ones. :-)


Perhaps if you took your time you could have provided some better answers.



And if Jesus, Buddha, and Vishnu all knocked on your front door and told you
that unions have some useful purposes these days, you'd still remain
unconvinced and take up atheism. :-)
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Jim wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Jim wrote:

"noah" wrote in message
...
On 08 Aug 2003 00:28:19 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

I have yet to see a lib who is anti union. Coincidence?

So exactly why are you such a strong union supporter Chuck? Because you are
a lib?

Because I believe stongly in reaching agreement through negotiation.
Negotiation is only meaningful between two parties with equal power. If the
average worker were sent to report,, individually, to a comittee of suits and
explain why he thought he deserved a certain income, there would be no equity
in power. The management would be in a position to influence the worker far
more than an individual worker could ever influence the management.

And just how have the unions improved the lives of workers in the 21st
century?

Puhleeze. The 21st century is two years old already. Let's look at the 20th,
and compare the average worker's workweek, health benefits, standard of living,
etc in 1900 vs. 1999. If you see no difference, you will never see any benefit
that was provided by unions. The changes were not brought about by the
magnificent generosity of employers. Unions haven't
"held back" improved conditions that employers have been desperate to provide.

Why should all union workers get the same pay increases despite their
contributions to
the company? Why should slackers get the same as the go-getters?

It's called the principle of collective bargaining. All the workers, together,
negotiate more powerfully. The majority of workers voluntarily agree to accept
a common pay rate. The go-getters are rewarded more than the slackers. The
go-getters are more likely to be promoted into management, (where they will be
free of the union influence.) :-)

Management has done the same thing for
decades, with "Associations." A group of steel mills, mining companies,
shipping companies, etc. band together to try to keep wages suppressed. When
all the employers in an industry make a common wage offer to the employees, is
that "leftism", or just "good business"?

Why should the companies with lousy working environments get by with paying as
little as companies with more progressive management?

What do the unions do with all those dues that members blindly pay every
week?


Run the union business office. Fund a union retirement plan for union workers.
Pay union death and disability benefits to the families of workers killed or
injured on the job. Lobby for pro-labor legislation, just as management lobbies
for anti-labor laws.
Any union member is free to ask for an accounting of union income and expense.

Just a few of my questions. Take you time in answering them.

No time needed. Next time, try to think up some tough ones. :-)

When you're good, you're damned good. )

My previous job (14 years) was management. I was laid off, and took a
temporary job in a construction crew in my field. It has been a long
time since I went home that tired.

Any management or professional jackass that thinks that blue collar
workers "push boxes around", doesn't have a clue.

Most "professionals" (in my experience) are far removed from the
reality of hard work. Egotism and stupidity set in, and the "whine"
is heard from coast to coast.

I know it's cliche, but every "anti-union whiner" should slip on a
pair of steel-toed mocassins and try to keep up. They couldn't.


What the heck does being able to do a hard days work have to do with unions?

I worked as a garbage collector for 2 summers and as a factory worker for 3 summers

in
high school and college. Hard work. Long days. No union.

Imagine that. But I can tell you countless stories of auto workers (union)

sleeping on
the job. But we won't get into that, OK?




It's interesting to me that you don't hear union or labor workers
begrudging the life-style of management or professionals, but the
reverse is not true. They don't have a clue, and don't want one.
It would upset their lifestyle.

Exactly where did anyone begrudge the lifestyles of union workers?




The next time your toilet doesn't flush, your car won't start, or you
want to build an office building- call your proctologist. Maybe he
can help, but he's not cheap.

Actually I will call a non union plumber, mechanic or GC. I will get good work at

a
fair price.

Are you a union worker Noah? Did I strike a nerve?


I'm a union worker. I'm also a union consultant. I'm also a union
member. In fact, I'm a member of several unions. I hold a journeyman's
card in one of the skilled construction trades.

For part of my living, I consult and provide marketing, advertising and
PR services to organizations that represent unions or provide expert
services to unions.

I have two college degrees, one from a fairly large public university in
the Midwest and one from an Ivy League university. Neither of my degrees
were from trade schools within those universities.

I'm also a yellow-dog Democrat.

I'm moderate fiscally but quite liberal on social issues.

Oh, and I spent some time some years ago working for Saul Alinsky.

Smoke that.



Why should I care what you do or have done?


Obviously, unions and union members "strike a nerve" with you. Well, I
am a union member personified, fella. I pay my dues with a smile,
because I know that my union is the only organization in my life that is
watching out for me and my interests.

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