On 27/04/2015 11:13 AM, W. Lohman wrote:
> On 4/27/2015 7:26 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2015-04-26 10:31 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>>>> Tell me that isn't slavery, being forced to join an organization
>>>> just to
>>>> take a job.
>>>
>>> I worked in places that had unions but I'd never join one. The members
>>> got nothing worth while for their dues. They were good in 1930, but now
>>> they are just blood sucking parasites. I would have earned less as a
>>> member.
>>
>>
>> I worked in places without unions and I worked in places with unions.
>> Working conditions in union shops were much better, and so was the
>> money. I suppose we should all be happy that so much of our
>> manufacturing is now being done off shore where workers toil for peanuts
>> in order for CEOs to justify their multimillion dollar salaries.
>
> Union shops did such a wonderful job with the American auto industry
> that it almost went tits up.
>
> Bravo!
Surely most of the blame, if not all of it belongs with the management
that insisted on producing lousy, unreliable vehicles!
Graham

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