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Showing Original Post only (View all)Should all jobs be union jobs? [View all]
Yes. Yes they should.
If you think the Koch Brothers don't have their "unions" you'd be wrong.
They organize and collectively decide workers' fate.
All workers should collectively bargain.
There is no reason to do otherwise.
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Well hell, if my plan actually was enacted, we'd be talking several generations
Taverner
Aug 2013
#183
i prefer the german model where corporate governance occurs in a more democratic way
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#4
Premise is every job is Union, that means go to Alabama, the Union is there too....
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#49
yeah but jobs can ship overseas too. i think unions are great but they don't solve
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2013
#201
But what do you DO for a living again? Seriously here is a link to IWEB, apprenticeship
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#50
Then "everyone" better be ready to go on strike until the employer signs a contract with the Union.
Skeeter Barnes
Aug 2013
#85
You think you just join and the money starts rolling in? There has to be a contract.
Skeeter Barnes
Aug 2013
#123
Why resent the Unions? They don't set the production schedules. Management does.
Skeeter Barnes
Aug 2013
#142
Is your brother being skipped over in seniority? Junior men are being put to work before him?
Skeeter Barnes
Aug 2013
#147
i would say the option should be there, but its up to the individual if they want to join
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#20
to devide if they want to he a member of a union or not or just pay an agency fee
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#26
okay heres my example, i am not in the union due to not liking their politics
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#30
If one does not like the union one is free to seek employment someplace else
ThirdWayCowplop
Aug 2013
#34
Why would one want to be a member of an organization who does not want you?
ThirdWayCowplop
Aug 2013
#45
i dont pay dues as i am not a member, i pay an agency fee for the negotiation etc
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#87
everything is the same, only difference is i pay a nominal fee that covers the cost of negotiations
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#137
You are paying an agency when you are getting all the benefits of a Union contract?
Skeeter Barnes
Aug 2013
#143
no, the agency fee means you pay the union an agency fee to represent you in negotiations
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#149
or you dont understand the concept. which is the more plausible possibility.
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#151
you need to go learn some labor laws before you start to try to lecture people on them
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#193
I'm not lecturing anyone and I'm not the only one that was unclear on what you meant.
Skeeter Barnes
Aug 2013
#195
Do you not have any of the benefits that the Union negotiated in the CBA at your workplace?
Skeeter Barnes
Aug 2013
#125
regardless of the politician or issue, if one does not agree with it or them one should not be
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#141
well, i dont agree with some of their endorsements, or their stand on the 2nd amendment
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#190
I don't agree with everything my Union does either but I still pay dues.
Skeeter Barnes
Aug 2013
#192
well if your happy paying for endorsements and donations you dont agree with
loli phabay
Aug 2013
#194
If every job is a union job as the original poster suggest, you can eigther join a union you disagee
grattsl
Aug 2013
#168
If you want the "freedom" of working more hours for less money, nobody is keeping you from it.
Skeeter Barnes
Aug 2013
#170
Flat out GOP position, that subthread was like walking through a meeting with Mitt
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#53
Forcing people to be in a union to work is far more evil than right to work laws.
grattsl
Aug 2013
#161
Being in a Union is best for them. They will make more money and spend less time doing it.
Skeeter Barnes
Aug 2013
#164
People that enjoy Union paychecks and benefits but don't pay dues are lowlifes.
Skeeter Barnes
Aug 2013
#81
Union workers do not usually make decision about what will be produced nor do they decide the
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#52
Not necessarily, but I DO think that the mass of "SPC Joe Snuffy".......
socialist_n_TN
Aug 2013
#61
Any military run that way wouldn't be involved in bullshit wars..........
socialist_n_TN
Aug 2013
#64
And do you really think that soldiers who put their lives on the line.........
socialist_n_TN
Aug 2013
#117
There's nothing "neo" about my views, and nothing liberal about yours.
Donald Ian Rankin
Aug 2013
#76
That can change fast. And tax policy as it stands certainly ain't helping.
Hassin Bin Sober
Aug 2013
#131
These people get all Ayn Randian when McDonald's workers ask for a tiny raise.
Kingofalldems
Aug 2013
#202
I think we need more relevant ideas. We don't live in the 19th century any more and we need
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#106
A better idea would be a guaranteed minimum income, whether one works or not!
reformist2
Aug 2013
#185
I fully support unions, I am a member of one (not active, I retain membership to support them).
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#200
I'm not telling anyone not to join a union. Don't make me take a pay cut to join yours.
grattsl
Aug 2013
#179