[Billy_bob_bob]

Do you know what single word you could say to that CEO to make him turn pale? UNION!

I've never liked unions, but I'm starting to understand why they came about in the first place. If EE's want a future in this country, then they are going to have to unionize. Nothing else will work.

[dfwgator]

If engineers unionized, then all engineering jobs will go overseas.

[ex-snook]

Now just think of the future in law enforcement. Jobs are opening up in Iraq and then other lands as mission creep sets in. There is also rebuilding all the war results as we get into nation building and rebuilding.

Don't expect the government to protect citizen's jobs in the border-less one world economy. "When they came to take the factory jobs no one complained, etc. etc. etc. you know how it goes." Good Luck.

[plusone]

Now you begin to think like blue collar folks! Unions are hated here in freeper land, but they served a purpose. It is a shame that their excesses (mob tie-ins etc) destroyed what was a worthwhile form of protection for average working folks.