Posted on 05/07/2012 12:24:07 PM PDT by robowombat
Edited on 05/07/2012 1:00:52 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
JOLIET, Ill. (AP)
(Excerpt) Read more at manufacturing.net ...
“That’s a whole other issue.”
It is not at all; Americans are breeding like Europeans now because we now face the same economic uncertainties they’ve had for decades. If people are afraid they won’t have a job in six months, how can they commit to a lifetime of children?
“Dude, based on your post to me I think you are on the wrong website.”
Maybe you are; you aren’t facing some basic realities.
I despise unions. In fact, I loathe them.
When a person negotiates with a company for wages and benefits, chances are the terms will be beneficial to both. When a mob (backed by the power of government) coerces a contract through the threat of destroying the business, the terms may be unrealistic or (in the words of the left) unsustainable.
That's what I don't want in America.
I agree completely. There was a time and a place when unions were needed but that is in the past. All we have now is greedy workers who feel they are owed something. I moved from the north because so many jobs were closing down and a lot were union shops. I have scabbed a few lines being a machinist. I had no remorse about it at all. The way I looked at it was if I wasn’t there running production while these fools were on strike, the shop would relocate or hire others in their place or possibly even go bankrupt. I have even been contacted to scab this very picket line we are talking about but presently have a good job. Though it is less money then I would make there, it is permanent. I am not greedy as these workers are. The economy is rough and is going to get worse. Be thankful you have a job and get your lazy butts back in there.
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