Bull...an employer doesn't "owe" me a job. If I don't like the way my employer treats me then I leave his employment for someone who will treat me with the respect I require.
Remember, the only thing worse than a union is management that is bad enough for the workers to want to be represented by a union.
Again Bull...I don't need a union thug with a club to negotiate my value to a company for me.
BTW, that lawsuit you reference is from 2000. Since there are no follow-ups listed on the AK web site, I guess it was thrown out of court?
Working its way through the courts, I'd imagine.
Also, I'm sure you know, anyone can file a lawsuit about anything. Just because a lawsuit has been filed, that isn't proff that any laws were broken
Right....Unions are upstanding institutions closely tied to our nations survival and freedoms...ya dupe.
Many times, workers may feel they have few options and stay with a company that abuses them. For example, my grandfather worked in a steel mill. At that time, the steel industry was the only industry in town and the only indistry that he knew. Indeed, at that point in history, most employers treated their workers with contempt.
You may not feel you need a union to negotiate for you, but others feel differently. Do they have no right to ask for help in negotiating their wages and benefits? You seem to forget that negotiatins are a two-way street. The company has the right to deny the requested wages and benefits.
It also seems to be no conincidence that the rise of the middle and the rise of unionism in this country occured at the same time.
Most unions are upstanding institutions. To paint them with your broad brush would be as unfair as someone painting all management as crooks based on what occured at Enron.