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Question: What is your opinion of unions?
#1
FO
 
#2
HO
 
#3
Private sector unions are OK, but not public sector
 
#4
Other (please explain)
 
#5
Dunno
 
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opebo
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« on: December 09, 2012, 02:14:49 PM »

Dues paying member of a Teamsters local here, and if you don't like unions I'll crack your head open with a stillson wrench Wink

That's the spirit!
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opebo
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« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2012, 04:30:22 PM »

Mega-FOs.  I have 6 family members that work for the USPS and I'd hate to think of what their jobs and lives would be like without their unions.  You would not believe what management tries to get away with and how they treat their employees like garbage every chance they get. 

And I'm quite sure it is a million times as rapacious in private companies!
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opebo
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« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2012, 01:24:24 PM »

Massive FOs in theory and in practice. The shortcomings of unions, both private and public, tend to deal with the fact that they're operating in environments hostile to their existence 99.9% of the time, at least in the United States. And even so, the worst of the worst in terms of corruption or lawbreaking (which, it should be noted are both very rare) are nothing compared to the organized money power that corrupts and controls American political and economic life.

Beautifully said sir!  So much so it prompted me to go read your posting history.  I'm ashamed to confess I didn't know you prior to this revelatory post.

Without unions, the American worker would still be living in a company town and being paid with company scrip after their fifteen hour shift.
While I'm sure you believe it, is this something most pro-union people believe to be true?

obviously any non-ignorant believes this, dead0man.  Don't you understand anything about capitalism, or China, or the profit motive, or law, or 'private property'?
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opebo
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« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2012, 06:00:26 PM »

It was not so long ago that this forum was staunchly anti-union....

Belief in progress only leads to heartbreak, Hank.  Though I suppose that wouldn't really be 'progress' in context.
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