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Yeah, I still have a job and am graduating with my Ph.D. this year. I should've been a laid off Goodyear union person, then I wouldn't be such a loser.
Yeah, I still have a job and am graduating with my Ph.D. this year. I should've been a laid off Goodyear union person, then I wouldn't be such a loser.
Even in those areas, I'm sure, you will find your way.
While stationed in groton ct, used to go to a little mom and pop grocery store. Not a big place, nice veggies/fruits/meats.
At one point, the people in the meat dept banded up and joining the meatpackers union or something like that.. Then they went on strike demanding higher wages.
A week later, they owners sold out to a larger chain, who promptly hired only the workers not on strike. No one else was kept.
I wonder if any of the anti union critics have the skills to be a journeyman in the United Steelworkers Union.
Pshaw.
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I think the government should place a tariff on any tires made overseas to replace this production as well as fine the management for anti American economic activities.
I can totally get behind this!
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The management should share the pain of losing the jobs.
Look at the responses from the conservative anti-union crowd in here. These people are actually CHEERLEADING the sight of their fellow Americans holding pink slips and standing in unemployment lines. That's what this country has come to....working class people actually wanting to see fellow working class people lose their jobs. Why? Because God forbid that someone else gets a better deal than what they get at their job.
Name another country in the world where working class people behave this way. Sorry, but the robber barons have successfully pitted the proletariat against each other, and of course, it's been COMPLETELY to the robber barons benefit!
Lemme just ask, what do you get personally from seeing a union guy lose his job, home, car, source of tuition for his kid, etc? What's in it for you?
All i can say is that these attitudes are astounding to say the least. These posters (who i won't name) are the lowest of the low. Unpatriotic, un-American, anti-worker, anti-everything that is good for America, etc, etc. They won't be happy until all of us work for Walmart, Home Depot, or K-Mart. That's their vision of America. SMH...sad.
I don't see them cheering so much as saying, "I told you so".
Unions used to be a good thing, till they started to use their collective bargaining ability to strongarm employers into job/benefit packages that keep companies from either being profitable, or from being able to compete in the global marketplace.
I literally watched a group of people join a union, and attempt to strongarm the owners into a wage package that they could not afford. And yess, when all was said and done, I laughed and cheered when this group of people lost their jobs.
Actually, I'm likely going to make less than my fiancee's friend who's a salesperson. One shouldn't brag about getting a Ph. D., considering how much time and money is required to go through the program, living on a pauper's budget and unable to effectively save for retirement.
Even in those areas, I'm sure, you will find your way.
Maybe if I majored in Psychology or History, yes.
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