New York Transit strike http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1543903/posts
1000's at Delphi retire early ar GM's expense
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1512485/posts
Boing Halt's production after strike
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1475833/posts
GM Presses UAW for Health-Care Deal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1502308/posts
Big Dig crane and backhoe operators caught snoozing, reading and joy riding are paid about $102,000 a year, according to prevailing wage rates. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1496226/posts
Longshoremen accused of slowdown in west. Average $100,000-120,000/yr
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/775773/posts
Unions work hard to create a divisive atomosphere between employee/employer. You should read my roommates TWU newsletter, and then tell me I should be all for Unions.
Unions and Politics- most Unions give to democrats and support the worst of liberal aggendas.
The NEA gives 65 Million to liberal cuases http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550951/posts
NEA Annual meeting.
Consider the first 10 agenda items from the NEA’s recent national meeting (brought to my attention courtesy of blogger Captain’s Quarters):
1) [No description] — defeated
2) Participate in a union-funded anti-Wal-Mart publicity campaign — adopted
3) Investigate financial firms that support private Social Security accounts — adopted
4) Add "other" and "multi-ethnic" to all forms asking about ethnicity — adopted
5) Commemorate a 1966 NEA merger — adopted
6) Form a coalition to preserve the status quo on Social Security policy — adopted
7) Inform members about the niceties of different pension plans — adopted
8) Publish an article on the purported ill effects of perfume — adopted
9) Provide funds for air quality seminars — adopted
10) Form a work group on health care issues — adopted
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1442338/posts
AFL-CIO spending on politcal advertising and PACs
http://www.nrtw.org/d/political_spending.htm
Unions are not the only problem causing off shoring/out sourcing. Here is a post I made from a Ford topic.
"Well, this is a multifaceted problem, our labor costs overall are too high. Base wages + medical beni's + OSHA + EPA + legal, etc. all add up to a major expense per employee. It is difficult to keep pace with China and Mexico, but we can if we stop artificial wage increases, implement massive tort reform and privatize Medicare/aid to lower medical costs, and encourage our citizens to get a good education we can tie off this bleeding, but at the current rate, we will be a service only economy."