It is curious how so many people are against unions yet all of the things
> they enjoy in the workplace today all came about when coal miners and auto
> workers, who were being used and abused by employers, finally banded
> together in unions. When I was young my dad and other members of my
> family worked for 12 hours a day six days a week in a steel mill and
> earned just enough to get by. Steel workers did not unionize until the
> early forties.
> Even today union plants are the safest place to work. Today most
> employers offer just enough to keep their workers from joining unions. Me
> thinks they think unions are no good because that is what they hear from
> their employers. ;)
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Yes, years ago the unions helped make American a great place for the worker. They were needed. They brought about much needed reform.
Then things changed. Unions started to worry more about themselves than the workers they represented. I've seen this firsthand in negotiations and in meetings before the negotiations. I've seen the dealings and then the big show for the workers. The workers did not know the contract was "settled" at lunch weeks before and they were just used as sources of income from dues.
I've seen dues collected every month for years and not one penny paid out. I'd not give them a penny.