maybe it depends on the union? I have never belonged to one personally -- historically I have worked either for myself or for fairly small businesses -- but I think they have gained important protections for workers in many ways. I like having weekends, for example.
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 8:38 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I speak from experience. My father was in a union his whole life...and it > sucked. All they cared about was that he paid his dues. > > I watched as a company I spent 14 years at get decimated after the employees > voted in a union. I also hear a lot of people who voted for the union now > complain that they made a mistake. > > I have seen how difficult it is to fire a union cardholder even if they are > grossly incompetent at their job. > > You are painting with just as much of a broad brush, you are just using a > different color. > > When you join a union, you don't gain any rights, you give them up. You > have to do what the union tells you. > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Ian Skinner <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 6:06 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Unions don't care about anything else except having more members and >> taking >> >> in more dues to make the guys at the top richer. All while preaching >> they >> >> are making things better for the American worker. Its bullshit, they >> are no >> >> differetn than the companies they are claiming to 'protect' its members >> >> from. I think at one time in our history unions were needed, but that >> time >> >> has long since past. >> >> Black and white broad brush much! >> >> Thank you very much, but I think I *WILL KEEP* my union that just >> finished negotiating a deal that gives me and my fellow SEIU Local 1000 >> members back 1/2 of the income we would have lost for the next eighteen >> months. It is amazing how significant a difference between a 5% pay cut >> versus the 10% pay cut the Governerator of California imposed on us. >> >> I agree there are union abuses that must be watched out for just as much >> as corporate abuses. I do not believe that they can just be done away >> with. >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:292860 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
