[fatnotlazy]

I don't understand the need for unions. I worked 35 years without one. I made a decent salary commensurate with my education and experience. Wasn't overpaid or underpaid. Wasn't enslaved, discriminated against or any of the other whines from unions. Had a simple arrangement with my employers: if I did the job well, I was paid. If I didn't, I would be fired. What else would anyone want or need?

[onevoter]

The need for unions boils down to extorting money at this point in time. The money is used to pad their pockets and the pockets of Dem candidates. Time and again I would receive phone calls and mailings from AFCSME advising me who to vote for in each election. Imagine how surprising it was to find that the BEST candidate for “my interest” was ALWAYS the Dem candidate. The Union magazine was a complete propaganda flyer and, much like an earlier poster claimed - the people in the pictures were frequently obese, hardly an image that made one imagine that hard work was their priority.

[Springfield Reformer]

I’ve been on both sides. Definitely prefer non-union employment. The union I worked for decades ago used to deliberately slow down work to maximize overtime. The factory was eventually moved to Mexico. Brilliant. Simply brilliant. /s