Unions are the Mafia
I have never been particularly pro or con regarding unions, until recently. After this I think it's time to take them out of politics completely.
I've worked in union shops. My grandfather was a fierce union member working for the railroad when workers were maimed and killed often and forced to work in near slavery. Unions serve the public interest when they protect workers from predatory employers who treat their employees like crap.
The past 10 years I've had the misfortune to supervise many union employees who often made more money than me and would do as little work as possible in between complaining about their human rights. Imagine supervising a dozen 14 year olds and you will have a good feel for what goes on in a union shop.
Unions destroyed GM and Chrysler with a little help from the poor management of both companies. I've actually had to sit through a meeting where a HR VP charged with negotiating contracts with the UAW, complained about shop rules that required a painter, a carpenter, an electrician and a millwright to get his office painted WHILE THE COMPANY WAS IN BANKRUPTCY. My brain almost exploded. Who negotiated the shop rules? Why are you getting your office painted? What were you thinking?
But the nail in union's coffin, as far as I'm concerned, is the political power that unions wield to buy politicians that will give these pampered marxists a free ride on paying their fair share of the medical cost burdens that everyone else who works must pay. The unions go on and on about social justice. The unions want somebody else to pay for social justice, they will just decide what favored group somebody else should pay.
There is no difference between the mafia or the union. Both shake down the weak with threats of violence unless protection money is paid. Both bribe politicians keep the system going. Everybody else pays or gets hurt. This is 21st century American politics unless the people say enough.
Union political contributions and political activities must be stopped now.
I've worked in union shops. My grandfather was a fierce union member working for the railroad when workers were maimed and killed often and forced to work in near slavery. Unions serve the public interest when they protect workers from predatory employers who treat their employees like crap.
The past 10 years I've had the misfortune to supervise many union employees who often made more money than me and would do as little work as possible in between complaining about their human rights. Imagine supervising a dozen 14 year olds and you will have a good feel for what goes on in a union shop.
Unions destroyed GM and Chrysler with a little help from the poor management of both companies. I've actually had to sit through a meeting where a HR VP charged with negotiating contracts with the UAW, complained about shop rules that required a painter, a carpenter, an electrician and a millwright to get his office painted WHILE THE COMPANY WAS IN BANKRUPTCY. My brain almost exploded. Who negotiated the shop rules? Why are you getting your office painted? What were you thinking?
But the nail in union's coffin, as far as I'm concerned, is the political power that unions wield to buy politicians that will give these pampered marxists a free ride on paying their fair share of the medical cost burdens that everyone else who works must pay. The unions go on and on about social justice. The unions want somebody else to pay for social justice, they will just decide what favored group somebody else should pay.
There is no difference between the mafia or the union. Both shake down the weak with threats of violence unless protection money is paid. Both bribe politicians keep the system going. Everybody else pays or gets hurt. This is 21st century American politics unless the people say enough.
Union political contributions and political activities must be stopped now.
posted by lugh lampfhota at 12:51 PM
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