Some people are easily brainwashed....
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I guess it's good I just re-upped my MCA membership. maybe that 23 isn't coming after all......
Yes and slavery benefitted the enslaved. Not to mention the share croppers who gained valuable farming knowledge. The labor movement in the US built and maintained a middle class until politicians were bought out by big business starting with Regan who himself was a union president. Greedy politicians and business executives who add no long term value are a plague.
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Yes, Like Delta airlines vs American airlines
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You my friend are way out of line. Unions built this country. I am a proud retired union ironworker and we build skyscrapers and bridges. This country would not be what it is without unions!
There is not a person in the USA that has not benefited from the unions. You would not have a vacation, health care, your salary and a good chance that you would still have your job because of the unions. When unionized hourly get a bump up that salaried folks get some form that matches.
Even company presidents benefit from the unions.
The unions have made mistakes but so have companies.
As a manager when I had to make some changes I had the Union president standing next to me to help me make the medicine go down and help me get the people to help me rearrange jobs to get the work done with less people. Thanks to union participation this happened. I was able to reduce the head count and still get the work done. I got the employees to unhappily buy in and their input to rearrange jobs and still the work done. That would never have happened without the union president standing next to me to help explain.
By the way is this the appropriate forum for this type of posting?
We are supposed be talking about our Mavericks or the lack of Mavericks not discussing politics.
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We are supposed be talking about our Mavericks or the lack of Mavericks not discussing politics.
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Do you guys really think that employers would give you paid holidays, insurance, paid vacations etc. with out Unions? If so you live in LALA land. With robots doing the work labor isn't the factor it use to be. It is also cheaper land, taxes, and vendor parts.
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Blind adherence to a union is as foolish as blind support for management. Historically, there have been abuses on both sides.
Like many things, unions are like a pendulum. Before unions existed there was little regulation and employers were free to abuse workers. Most of what unions originally were formed for and fought for are now law - arguably making them outdated and unnecessary, and too often as bloated and greedy as the management they rail against, exploiting their own members for political power and profit.
As unions weaken, however, employers are more likely to abuse workers again. As unions are strong, they're more likely to protect unproductive, useless members and lower the standards for work, ultimately harming the company that's paying their salary, sometimes fatally. It's a pendulum - neither unions nor business are fully good or fully bad, the best place is often where there's some tension.
Now, what does this mean for my Maverick, which is supposed to go on the line at the end of this month? Hopefully, nothing. We'll see. But it makes me a little nervous.
Like many things, unions are like a pendulum. Before unions existed there was little regulation and employers were free to abuse workers. Most of what unions originally were formed for and fought for are now law - arguably making them outdated and unnecessary, and too often as bloated and greedy as the management they rail against, exploiting their own members for political power and profit.
As unions weaken, however, employers are more likely to abuse workers again. As unions are strong, they're more likely to protect unproductive, useless members and lower the standards for work, ultimately harming the company that's paying their salary, sometimes fatally. It's a pendulum - neither unions nor business are fully good or fully bad, the best place is often where there's some tension.
Now, what does this mean for my Maverick, which is supposed to go on the line at the end of this month? Hopefully, nothing. We'll see. But it makes me a little nervous.
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Unions certainly have had a positive impact on this countries economy. However many times they have now gone way overboard and created a lot of inefficiencies.
Except we shouldn't call it greed to want a pay raise that at least matches inflation. If it doesn't, your basically losing money year by year.
I was a union member for over 30 years.I retired when I was 53 and have a great healthcare plan and pension
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