Gary wrote:

> 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. They were responsible, years later, for putting
> American industries either out of business or sending them overseas.

They prevent exploitation of workers in an unbridled-capitalist
country. If you leave it up to the companies alone, workers will be
paid $1 per hour and get fired if they scratch their head during
working hours.

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