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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Walker is not anti-Union; he’s neutral. He has allowed individuals to freely choose whether or not to join unions on the merits of those unions, and of course most people have chosen not to.

I am anti-Union based on personal experience. When I was a teenager, skinny and not yet fully-grown, two huge union thugs threatened me indirectly. Being far to naive to understand an indirect threat, I misunderstood, so they clarified - they said they would break both of my arms if I didn’t do what the union wanted. I have hated unions passionately ever since, and from what I have personally seen, they richly deserve the hatred and contempt of all decent people.


10 posted on 02/23/2015 1:40:47 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: Pollster1
I am anti-Union based on personal experience.

Same here and I want them all -- every last one -- crushed out of existence. One of the more joyous events in my long lifetime was busting a long-entrenched union and then watching the featherbedding "workers", some of whom had worked at the facility for three decades or more, get fired. These lazy, unproductive lowlifes with their precious seniority no longer had the protection of the local union goons and were rightly dismissed. The company then became much more prosperous since the deadwood was eliminated along with the archaic workrules imposed by the union thugs. And we anti-union employees who remained after the long-overdue downsizing were amply rewarded in that prosperity.

Before my successful campaign to get the vile union decertified, the ridiculous work rules prevented me from working when both the boss and I wanted to. Union thuggery enforced a certain amount of downtime in spite of the fact that I was willing and able to work.

Once the union was busted, I started making money hand over fist since the stupid downtime rule was gone. My colleagues also benefited as well since we gained liberty. Moreover, no longer having to pay the blood money to a union mobster (union dues) meant a bigger paycheck for everyone. Unions are just another branch of communism.

Also gone was the antagonism of "us against them" that unions foster through their class-driven labor vs. management philosophy. In short, our company became more profitable when the union was kicked out and we employees all became happier (even those who had voted to keep the union).

11 posted on 02/23/2015 1:51:28 AM PST by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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