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Wed Apr 18, 2012, 06:01 PM

Logical (8,465 posts)

29. There is no union employment in my field. And I have been at same company 25 years. And love it.

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96 replies	Author	Time	Post
If Everyone Knew This Astonishing Fact About Unions, We'd All Be In One [View all]	Playinghardball	Apr 2012	OP
I belonged to a Union for most of my working life, and it is a fact that Unions help	teddy51	Apr 2012	#1
K&R for the truth.	Brickbat	Apr 2012	#2
Isn't that just because union members' jobs require more skills?	Bruce Wayne	Apr 2012	#3
Strength in numbers. Collective bargaining gives power to workers that they lack individually.	Doremus	Apr 2012	#4
not at all	tk2kewl	Apr 2012	#5
Oh, of course. But in aggregate, aren't skilled workers more likely	Bruce Wayne	Apr 2012	#8
No, it actually works the opposite	jeff47	Apr 2012	#23
skilled workers not only ones that should unionize	brush	Apr 2012	#32
Scoff?	Bruce Wayne	Apr 2012	#94
Nope	quakerboy	Apr 2012	#42
Unions are for anyone who needs to have clear and documented working conditions	pasto76	Apr 2012	#47
I appologize	quakerboy	Apr 2012	#55
I have a BA in accounting and have always been exploited by employers.	xtraxritical	Apr 2012	#79
That's why IT jobs never get sent overseas, amirite? nt	Starry Messenger	Apr 2012	#54
No, IT jobs don't get sent overseas	JayhawkSD	Apr 2012	#67
That's why it's changing in IT	jeff47	Apr 2012	#71
I agree, I've seen it happen among my friends in Silicon Valley in 20 years.	Starry Messenger	Apr 2012	#96
Try to remember the time when bartenders, waitresses/waiters...........	mrmpa	Apr 2012	#50
The time when a mother could stay home and raise kids while pop worked! 1950's / 60's	xtraxritical	Apr 2012	#81
And still are, in other countries	obamanut2012	Apr 2012	#87
Safeway has- or at least had- a union	WhoIsNumberNone	Apr 2012	#10
We don't have Safeways in Gotham. In any sense of the word.	Bruce Wayne	Apr 2012	#13
The more that a worker is skilled the more likely they consider	LiberalFighter	Apr 2012	#22
I have that UnionYes jpg but I don't know how to get into my posts.	xtraxritical	Apr 2012	#82
No, it is the collective bargaining.	TBF	Apr 2012	#58
Most unions have a training program	INdemo	Apr 2012	#84
No, you think processing your mail	nadinbrzezinski	Apr 2012	#85
Unions prevent workplaces being run like dictatorships	felix_numinous	Apr 2012	#6
I do not like unions saying people working in non-union shops are stupid or scabs.....	Logical	Apr 2012	#7
Those companies "treat employees good" to keep the union out.	Brickbat	Apr 2012	#15
So non-union workers are stupid. I get it. And that is why many hate unions.	Logical	Apr 2012	#19
Uh....no, there's nothing in that post saying non-union workers are stupid.	jeff47	Apr 2012	#27
Which is...exactly not what I said.	Brickbat	Apr 2012	#44
Exactly.. Back in the day, I was doing temp office work in the HR dept. of an Ivy League University	whathehell	Apr 2012	#33
Without a doubt, yes, but . . .	caseymoz	Apr 2012	#16
My BIL has worked at the Honda Plant for 20 years and LOVES his job....	Logical	Apr 2012	#18
That sounds like something a union buster would tell the employees.	LiberalFighter	Apr 2012	#26
So you think my BIL is making it up?	Logical	Apr 2012	#30
I think he was told that by someone with an axe to grind.	LiberalFighter	Apr 2012	#36
Have you seen what the Rethugs have tried to do to unions in Wisconsin, Ohio, and Indiana?	Bake	Apr 2012	#64
Agree - I am so sick of the labor busting on this site. nt	TBF	Apr 2012	#69
Absollutly and I don't think it will get any better ...	bayareaboy	Apr 2012	#76
It will eventually get better but folks are making it hard by	TBF	Apr 2012	#78
What? How often does he encounter this? Really?	caseymoz	Apr 2012	#92
Your BIL	NNN0LHI	Apr 2012	#93
Yes...As my spouse says, "It's the union or the THREAT of the union that keeps companies in line"	whathehell	Apr 2012	#34
Non-union in the USA	Mendocino	Apr 2012	#83
You are exactly right on target..	whathehell	Apr 2012	#86
if not being able to negotiate...	SHRED	Apr 2012	#25
There is no union employment in my field. And I have been at same company 25 years. And love it.	Logical	Apr 2012	#29
Good for you and your BIL.	Moosepoop	Apr 2012	#31
That's great for y'all for now, but if unions are totally banned.........	socialist_n_TN	Apr 2012	#37
You hit the nail on the head.	Scruffy1	Apr 2012	#73
Thank unions for being treated well at your job.	lunatica	Apr 2012	#40
Then you need to realize your position of longtime privilege	Occulus	Apr 2012	#49
Union workers fight hard	meanit	Apr 2012	#46
I have always said: if companies don't want their employees to unionize -	mac56	Apr 2012	#53
This is anti-union nonsense.	TBF	Apr 2012	#59
Du rec. Nt	xchrom	Apr 2012	#9
I only wish	EC	Apr 2012	#11
A lot of people would rather make workers "equal" by killing unions. Doing a good job of it, too.	HiPointDem	Apr 2012	#12
K & R nt	abelenkpe	Apr 2012	#14
k&r	Starry Messenger	Apr 2012	#17
thanks...k and r	SHRED	Apr 2012	#20
I'm more interested in the graphic in the background. What does that signify?	Leopolds Ghost	Apr 2012	#21
k&r...	spanone	Apr 2012	#24
Stats 101: Causation does not equal correlation	Travis_0004	Apr 2012	#28
Working with a union is much safer, also.	Major Hogwash	Apr 2012	#35
One, one, on one-one	Fla_Democrat	Apr 2012	#38
And that's why they hate us.	lunatica	Apr 2012	#39
Plus I get free insurance and NEAP/NEBF (retirement) contributions. It's awesome.	Edweird	Apr 2012	#41
If not for the FEAR of unions, non union wage earners would make a whole lot less	rustydog	Apr 2012	#43
We need a people's union for everyone as well in right to work for less states.	mmonk	Apr 2012	#45
ive been working on Ft Carson for over 2 years now, unions here set the prevailing wages	pasto76	Apr 2012	#48
Americans want to pull down union workers wages and RAISE CEO wages.	Zalatix	Apr 2012	#51
Right and we see how that is working out for folks -	TBF	Apr 2012	#60
Go Unions	lovuian	Apr 2012	#52
Live better. Work Union.	SunSeeker	Apr 2012	#56
But the evidence right here in some of the responses shows it's an uphill battle	Blecht	Apr 2012	#57
It didn't use to be -	TBF	Apr 2012	#61
I'm always amused by people, working people, who rail against Unions.	Javaman	Apr 2012	#62
The OP is wrong. That's exactly why people hate unions	elias7	Apr 2012	#63
huh? Many corporations are seeing record breaking profits	newspeak	Apr 2012	#68
You make a great argument for unions	elias7	Apr 2012	#72
sorry for the misinterpretation	newspeak	Apr 2012	#74
I agree exactly	elias7	Apr 2012	#75
That's complete BS -	TBF	Apr 2012	#80
In todays news American Airlines is gettting rid of non-union employees and cutting non-union	schlagehundenancee	Apr 2012	#65
And the wingers will jump on it ...	Myrina	Apr 2012	#66
But what about my right to work for less?! My right to work more jobs for less?!	MatthewStLouis	Apr 2012	#70
You could move to Idaho	libodem	Apr 2012	#91
As has been said before, if repubs get their way	Kingofalldems	Apr 2012	#77
Unions are find except.......	Old Guy and his pipe	Apr 2012	#88
Unions are fine except.......	Old Guy and his pipe	Apr 2012	#89
Well, now I see why the GOP is so opposed	libodem	Apr 2012	#90
Solidarity Forever	malaise	Apr 2012	#95

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