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Old 06-03-2011, 07:59 PM
 
Location: Hoboken
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Apparently the new devil is workers unions, some folks are just a little too obtuse to know the difference between those kind of unions, and government unions.
I don't think the 90% of non union workers would find your attacks very persuasive.
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Old 06-03-2011, 08:00 PM
 
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Tell that to the taxi cab drivers in Miami.
I don't need to. I get my information from objective studies/reports and newspapers of record.

You can go by some anecdotal story from somebody you met one day.

Dwell in ignorance if you wish.
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Old 06-03-2011, 08:04 PM
 
Location: Silver Springs, FL
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I don't think the 90% of non union workers would find your attacks very persuasive.
My husband works for the Boeing competition, he belongs to the United Aerospace Workers.....how safe do you think that job would be if there were no union intervention, no insurance etc?
My grandfather pioneered for the unions in the 20s and 30s after witnessing men get killed, and nothing done about it.
You dont like unions?
Fine by me, but dont bag on me and mine because we are pro-union.
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Old 06-03-2011, 08:06 PM
 
Location: Staten Island, NY
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My husband works for the Boeing competition, he belongs to the United Aerospace Workers.....how safe do you think that job would be if there were no union intervention, no insurance etc?
My grandfather pioneered for the unions in the 20s and 30s after witnessing men get killed, and nothing done about it.
You dont like unions?
Fine by me, but dont bag on me and mine because we are pro-union.
Fine. But don't whine to me when the unions kill the goose that laid the golden egg.
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Old 06-03-2011, 08:08 PM
 
Location: Hoboken
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My husband works for the Boeing competition, he belongs to the United Aerospace Workers.....how safe do you think that job would be if there were no union intervention, no insurance etc?
My grandfather pioneered for the unions in the 20s and 30s after witnessing men get killed, and nothing done about it.
You dont like unions?
Fine by me, but dont bag on me and mine because we are pro-union.
The majority of Americans who do not belong to unions are doing just fine.

As one who has negotiated with unions up close and personal I can tell you, their agenda and that of the rank and file are not aligned.
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Old 06-03-2011, 08:09 PM
 
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. I get my information from objective studies/reports and newspapers of record.

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ha! Ha! Ha! :d:d:d
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Old 06-03-2011, 08:11 PM
 
Location: On Top
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<snip>As one who has negotiated with unions up close and personal I can tell you, their agenda and that of the rank and file are not aligned.
Nonsense
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Old 06-03-2011, 08:12 PM
 
Location: Silver Springs, FL
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The majority of Americans who do not belong to unions are doing just fine.

As one who has negotiated with unions up close and personal I can tell you, their agenda and that of the rank and file are not aligned.
The local UAW that my husband belongs to just voted all those types of people out last month, they have been planning on cleaning house for quite a while.
72% of she shop floor belongs to the local, and are quite happy.
So, that being said, your personal anecdotes do not necessarily represent what goes on in every shop.
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Old 06-03-2011, 08:14 PM
 
Location: Silver Springs, FL
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Fine. But don't whine to me when the unions kill the goose that laid the golden egg.
And your knowledge of unions is, what, exactly?
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Old 06-03-2011, 08:15 PM
 
Location: Hoboken
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The local UAW that my husband belongs to just voted all those types of people out last month, they have been planning on cleaning house for quite a while.
72% of she shop floor belongs to the local, and are quite happy.
So, that being said, your personal anecdotes do not necessarily represent what goes on in every shop.
Neither does yours. I think the fact the the majority of Americans have no interest in being organized speaks volumes.
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