On 2021-04-28 7:49 a.m., Gary wrote:
> Â*Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> True that organized labor was a big help to the working class and
>> improved wages, safety, working conditions. Unfortunately, some of the
>> unions became infested with criminals and went too far. There were more
>> interested in collecting dues.
>>
>> If I was born into the 1930s working class I'd be a union organizer but
>> when I hit the workforce I'd never join one and pay the thugs. I had a
>> front row seat dealing with them for about 17 years.
>
> Yep. Unions were a good thing at first but they overstayed their use and
> became greedy.Â* They were responsible, years later, for putting American
> industries either out of business or sending them overseas.
>

They raised the standard of living a lot. The people in those well paid
manufacturing jobs had money to spend. They bought houses, cars and
other goods, and they ate in restaurants and went on vacations and
spread the money around. Manufacturers moved their plants to places
where people worked for peanuts and the companies can get what they want
by paying off politicians. It is a race to the bottom.