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No all, but a good percentage of union haters are just jealous and bitter that they weren't smart enough or talented enough to get into a good union with good pay and benefits.
IBEW Member 25+ years.
I would be union, but I'd rather be in a job with more room for compromise so it doesn't go to China.
Unions are dinosaurs. Few people naturally hate unions. It's just that unions have become so disconnected with reality. They have only themselves to blame.
A lot of us are multi-millionaires. My pension fund lump sum will be well over a million when I retire at 59 1/2. That's not even including my 401K
And only about 65% of it is funded...
Mix that up with someone like Krugman's assessment that the dollar needs to be about 65% of the value it was in 2005 and you'll be getting $.43 on the dollar...
So would it bring tears of joy to your eyes if government workers could be paid as close to the minimum wage as possible with no pensions allowed?
no just pay for own health care and pension like the rest of us do leaches.the public union forced taxes on poor home owners is over .how about you pay our health care and pensions smoke that pipe for a minute
The union toads still spew their nonsense. Walker wiped the floor. Folks are tired of seeing their tax dollars go to these folks with their cush jobs and then on top of it whine constantly about wanting more.
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