Quote Originally Posted by Chubminnow View Post
I'm like Don in that my paycheck comes from the construction industry...been in this business for 31 years. And I say DOWN with the Unions!

Everyone agree's with this statement except of course those who are in a Union. All that strong arming crap is just that...CRAP!! I'm not saying a guy on an assembly line doesn't work hard, he probably does, day in, day out, going to the same stinking line everyday, lights blinking, obnoxious sounds, life on the assembly line probably stinks...but not EVERY guy on the line works hard so why should EVERY guy on the line get the same pay? Why should job security be based on how many years experience a guy has verses how good he is at the work he does. Total number of years experience does not always equate to excellent work produced so why pay Union Platinum Star-A top pay while also paying the Union Bench Warmer the equal amount? Same goes for teachers, some are excellent, some should not be teaching but yet the union treats them equally.

Why should people get a kickback from the Union when they're laid off so while they're laid off they bring home almost as much pay as when they're working? And why should I have to pay extra dollars to support my american brother's job AND help finance his pension by buying his product? It seems to me that I'm already doing my part by buying his american made product, this keeps him employed, but I sure as heck should NOT be charged an extra dollar to help fund his pension. If he wants a nest egg come retirment day then let him save it on his own. No one helps fund my pension...oops...I forgot...I don't have a pension plan because I'm not in a union.

To heck with Unions! Don't want'em, don't need'em, they are aiding in the down fall of this country!
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Unions have absolutely nothing to do with the downfall of this country ...Greed has everything to do with the downfall of this country ...If you want to live in the country that Rush Limbaugh would like to build then look at the middle eastern countries, they have various names and the folks at the top of the heap wash their hands in gold plated wash basins and drive gold plated BMW's while the people on the bottom end of the scale are trying to live on two biscuits a day ...Let the unions totally collapse and your head will spin at how fast the pay scale will be cut in half in plants like toyota where some people point out as a great place to work where unions aren't needed, The UAW in other auto plants are why those people have a decent job whether or not they are willing to admit it.