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In the discussion thread: If Everyone Knew This Astonishing Fact About Unions, We'd All Be In One [View all]

Wed Apr 18, 2012, 10:55 PM

pasto76 (1,348 posts)

47. Unions are for anyone who needs to have clear and documented working conditions

"less specialized"? Way to denigrate everyone. You mean "non technical" or non computer oriented jobs? maybe something in business? baloney.

Having known PLENTY of middle management and "project managers" my trade as an Ironworker is much more specialized than those jobs.

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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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