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Skeeter Barnes

(994 posts)
3. Union workers don't just "get".
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 10:45 AM
Aug 2013

They fight for it. Many of them risked everything and sacrificed for months and even years on strike fighting for a good contract. Some of their Brothers and Sisters that came before them even died. There is not a single hard won provision in their contracts that is "unfair" for them to have. They did what it took to earn it through solidarity and collective bargaining.

As for them "sitting idly by", that's just not true. The UAW has held votes twice at the Nissan plant in Smyrna, TN and those bootlickers working there voted it down twice. They are in the middle of a big organizing push at the VW plant in Chattanooga and other plants in Mississippi as well. It's only been five years since the Teamsters organized Overnite, now UPS Freight, adding thousands to their membership. Some of the service industry Unions have gained a notable increase in membership by organizing immigrants out in CA.

Now they can always do more organizing but they are making an effort.

As for "unfair", it's the owners that are unfair, not the Unions or their members.

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