Posted on 10/07/2006 9:13:02 PM PDT by SmithL
Hate to hear that...NOT.
In a world where the lowest-paid supermarket workers earn a living (albeit modest) wage, the need for union membership is near nil.
I guess the current economic boom is a figment of my imagination
traditional pensions are nearly gone
Nobody's stopping workers from investing in 401(k)s and IRAs. The sooner Social Security and other funds paid for by taxpayers are gone, the better.
employer-paid health insurance is disappearing
Companies aren't supposed to be providing health insurance anyway.
the minimum wage is not a living wage
You damn skippy it ain't!
and workers have fewer options in disputes with management.
More good news.
L
Actually that doesn't really make me sad at all.....because those who don't vote are usually the LEAST informed....IMHO.
ping for later
Right, except to have freedom to choose whether to belong to a union. If they don't want to join, have thugs make them join. Ann probably also thinks that all the workers of Cuba love Fidel. The Israelites who waxed nostalgic for the fleshpots of Egypt were Democrats.
Ms. McFeatters is simply lamenting the fact that her beloved unions won't be contributing as much to Dem coffers. Her concern for voter-turnout is a ruse . . . she wouldn't give a whit if the $ was still flowing in.
This agency of government ought to be abolished, I'd think. Workers should be able to join unions if they please and employers should feel free to fire them if they do, as they should. Currently they cannot fire them, at least openly. I'll be happy to see the parasitic unions go:
http://www.neoperspectives.com/unions.htm
there was never a need for it.
Oh, cry me a river.
Unions have served their purpose in the past, but I don't think we're in danger of reverting to 19th century working conditions if the Unions disappear. Far from protecting the average worker, the unions have become nothing more than a legal wing of organized crime. My brother, a union electrician, tells me the horror stories from the union hall, where the well-connected cronies of the bosses are taken good care of while the average working stiff gets the crumbs. The cost of doing business in the city is almost double that of the sunurbs, mostly due to the unions (and the Lib/Dem fetish for taxing and regulating everything).
I don't begrudge a guild of professionals trying to get what they can for thier work, but the current setup is just a disgrace.
If the workforce is cowed and unmotivated I think the author should look at the union activities rather than those of the Bush administration. Any any worker who cannot compete in this economy doesn't deserve a job.
The economy is strong, unemployment is low, and unions are losing membership... sounds like Bush is doing something right.
The pubbies control the SCOTUS? Really? When did that happen?
Yikes....I just re-read it.....she's a sympathizer!
Our Little Miss Writer above should hardly be surprised to see the GOP treat unions as their enemy, as the AFL-CIO alone has donated over $900 Million more to Democrats than to the GOP over the past decade.
She also lies about "stagnant" salaries (they are increasing even faster than inflation) and omits our booming economy, booming stock market, and full national employment (unemployment down to just 4.6%).
Over the long term, she can't win with lies and omissions, either. Her factual arguments must stand on their own or else she will lose regardless.
It is not only "big business," whoever that is, that wanted a major change in the membership and the culture of the NLRB. Even ordinary citizens, such as I, tired of the NLRB behaving as a shill for the capos of Big Labor.
No institution in recent decades has been more contemptuous or destructive of the civil rights of American workers than labor unions, and the NLRB has been a passive observer, if not an active supporter of these decades of trashing workers' rights. Even the Reagan administration failed to take corrective action, vis-a-vis the NLRB.
Unions have served their purpose in the past, but I don't think we're in danger of reverting to 19th century working conditions if the Unions disappear.
Except that in the past they did a good job of keeping illegals off work sites. With the demise of the unions in construction trades in many parts of the country well....
the unions have out lived their usefulness. The last market strike on the west coast, the workers lost big time. The unions are trying to gather immigrant help to boost membership.
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