Posted by MarkB_MI on April 15, 2014 at 02:31:23 from (198.208.251.24):
In Reply to: Union Workers posted by showcrop on April 14, 2014 at 18:29:08:
I've never had a union job, not for a single day. But as a salaried worker I've had plenty of opportunity to observe how things work in a union shop in different companies. Even had a grievance or two filed against me for carrying a part or package from point to point.
The glory days of the union are long past. Most companies have all but eliminated union jobs by replacing them with subcontractors or moving the work out of the country. The unions are a shadow of what they once were and no longer wield the kind of clout they once did in industry and politics. Twenty years ago it would have been unthinkable for Michigan to pass a right-to-work law, yet one breezed right through a year ago.
The stories of featherbedding are true, if exaggerated, and the unions' excesses are as much to blame for their decline as are union-busting efforts by industry. But the unions deserve much credit for raising the standard of living for workers and improving workplace safety. Life for the average American worker would be much different today were it not for unions. Google "Triangle Shirtwaist Factory" and "Battle of Blair Mountain" if you think otherwise.
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