moldyoldy

They have good wages and benefits, they do not need a union. American business screws the workers first. Management does not earn 1000 times what a worker makes in japanese plants.

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

I believe we can add, also, the work force is better educated then when unions originated. Though our education system is abysmal, older workers, since union origination, have been going further in school. They have learned how to negotiate for themselves. They spend time learning ways to talk with management. Why would an individual give their hard earned money to someone to do something they can manage on their own? Why would any rational thinking individual give money away to see their union leaders in expensive suits and cars and making more annually then they do?

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

It is my understanding, in fact, some may be making more then their union counterparts. :D

faithistheword

I don't know about the union steward--in my experience, the stewards are just another union member, with a slight hike in pay, and a lot of power over his co-workers. But the union officials---THAT'S another story! They get high salaries AND a lot of power over the workers. They don't really give a damn about those workers, either, until contract time, or e******ns for union heads. Unions are the biggest racket in the country.

archie bunker Loc: Texas

On the flip side though: Non-union workers may face disciplinary action for not properly performing thier duties!! :shock: :shock:
How awful is that?

moldyoldy

One person has no power, united there is power.

watchout

According to Jim Hightower, labor unions contributed $177 million to candidates in the 2012 e******n; corporate executives spent $2.6 billion. For some reason it pleases many people to accuse unions of corrupting the nation - and Democrats and Barack Obama. Gotta have someone to h**e, maybe, and to feel smarter than. Unions have less wealth and power than ever, thanks to Republicans and corporations. Democrats are regularly pushed aside in Congress. Republicans control Congress (and pretty much have for eight of the last ten Congresses. Their religion is to prevent Obama from accomplishing anything. They corrupted the White House and the U.S., as well, for eight years, with wars on the national credit card, the Second Big Republican Deficit, privatizing public tasks to unaccountable corporations, et cetera.
Yet people love to blame unions, Democrats, and President Obama for practically everything that's happened for the last twenty years. Washington is a sick place, but it's because of Democrats and unions and not because of Barack Obama. If people could remember something of what's been happening for the last three decades, not just the last month of F**es News creative reporting, we'd have less B.S. to hear and read, and perhaps more effective politicians in Washington. Why is it more pleasing to Americans to have scapegoats than it is to have honest politicians who care about all American citizens? Is the need for scapegoats that much stronger?

faithistheword

Guess what? Those evil corporations gave more to democrat candidates and incumbents than they gave to Republicans ! No matter how you libbies denigrate Fox News, more people watch and listen to FOX than any other network or cable station

watchout

P.S. Our education system is not abysmal. When you subtract the test scores of students in schools where twenty to twenty-five percent of the students are on free lunch, our test scores are quite comparable to the scores of students in other countries - even in the those countries where people and their children believe learning is an important task for the improvement of ones life. Learning begins at home and few students are "corrupted" in public schools because they have good family foundations.
Scapegoats again. Gotta have someone to blame. If you want to blame someone for our schools, blame the people who control them and reserve the right to "reform" them: school bureaucrats, education professors, and state representatives. Virtually school changes is designed to help these people preserve their authority over teachers and parents.

moldyoldy

Not even a teabagger could believe that, republicans are owned by corporations.

joe1941

If you believe that then you'll believe just about anything!

joe1941

I'm pretty sure that those LOW information v**ers won't believe that but you are correct! Look at the breaks that GE got from the dems.

Kevyn

Actualy there is no such thing as a union boss union leaders are elected and the e******ns supervised by the NLRB. In every field unionized workers earn higher wages and benefits than similar non union shops. Dues money can not be used for campaign contributions the money used for campaign contributions comes from voluntary donations to registered PACS for exactly that purpose. And finally the reason union PACS spend more money endorsing democrat candidates over republicans is that most republicans work to enact legeslation to screw working family's while more democrats are interested in protecting working family's.

Kevyn

Or get canned when they get old or sick and can't work as fast as they used to, or when they blow the whistle on unsafe or illegal behavior by management.

moldyoldy

The citizens united ruling by the supreme i***ts allows billionairs like the kochs to donate to pacs without using thier names, they give millions to republicans to fight unions, and anything else that is good for ordinary people.