On 4/28/2021 11:31 AM, Graham wrote:
> On 2021-04-28 5:49 a.m., Gary wrote:
>> Â*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.
>
> So who is greedy now? The effing CEOs who have pushed zero-hours
> contracts and gig working wherever possible.

Aside from desperation I don't see why people take some of those jobs.

I don't begrudge a CEO making big buck but not at the expense of the
workers making poor wages