[MarkL]

Something that's never discussed in "polite society" is the fact that unions are first and foremost, designed to limit who gets the jobs, and just like the guilds of long ago, they were designed to make sure that "the rabble" is kept out." BTW, how many of big union leaders are minorities? Or are they just a bunch of old, white guys? Or young white guys from the "right" families?

Mark

[Grams A]

I don’t recall every seeing a major player in any union who was anything other than white and fat. My ex belonged to several union groups within the airline industry several years ago and, quite frankly, I don’t recall ever seeing any employees who weren’t white or male. Whenever there was an opening somebody’s brother or cousin was always found to be the most suitable employee.

Took my grandson to a baseball game in San Diego about five years ago. The entire two rows in front of us was filled with longshoremen, all white, fat and very loud. Reminded me of a bunch of thugs.