Big money owns the Republican Party. The Democratic Party has swung too far into the middle, in the mistaken hope that the Republican Party will meet them there, and patriotically help improve things for all Americans.
Despite a few corrupt organizers, the labor movement is a good force standing between the little man and those who would make us all into serfs.
Do your homework. ‘Three percent’ is either a mistake or a misrepresentation.
Sounds like management was not doing a very good job of supervising either. I doubt that goofing off is limited to union workers if oversight is inadequate.
There are good unions and there are bad unions, but to brand them all with the faults of the bad unions would be wrong. Unions have been very necessary for the strengthening of living standards and work standards for the working classes.
Union support in Wisconsin has faded largely because the unions were ineffective. I was not sorry to see them go because they spent all their energy trying to stop out-sourcing rather than fighting for better wages and less reductions in benefits. They cared more about gaining dues paying members than about people falling behind. Then I lost my “permanent” classified job, and was blackballed by the university I worked 17 years for, because I offended my boss by something I said. It’s a damned if you do, damned if you don’t join type of organization.
You may be right about Big Money owning the Democratic party. However, the Republican Party has no agenda to help the average person. The Republican Party is all about making a handful rich, while the rest of us become serfs and servants.
“Disingenuous remark”? No. I believe what I said.
Are some unions bad? Of course. They are human organizations, and therefore by definition fallible. Many, however, are good, and have improved the lives of working men and women, and reduced if not eliminated child labor in America.
Show me an alternative, and I will sign up. I’d be glad to do so. In the mean time, I’ll stay in my union, where the officers are not paid, and where the highest aim of our work force is an improved product.
Wealth inequality and worker exploitation are two of the most serious problems America faces.
ConserveGov over 10 years ago
They still own the Democrats tho.
piobaire over 10 years ago
Big money owns the Republican Party. The Democratic Party has swung too far into the middle, in the mistaken hope that the Republican Party will meet them there, and patriotically help improve things for all Americans.
Despite a few corrupt organizers, the labor movement is a good force standing between the little man and those who would make us all into serfs.
Do your homework. ‘Three percent’ is either a mistake or a misrepresentation.
Gypsy8 over 10 years ago
Sounds like management was not doing a very good job of supervising either. I doubt that goofing off is limited to union workers if oversight is inadequate.
Gypsy8 over 10 years ago
There are good unions and there are bad unions, but to brand them all with the faults of the bad unions would be wrong. Unions have been very necessary for the strengthening of living standards and work standards for the working classes.
Gypsy8 over 10 years ago
Its Christmas, I’m feeling mellow.
Boots at the Boar Premium Member over 10 years ago
Union support in Wisconsin has faded largely because the unions were ineffective. I was not sorry to see them go because they spent all their energy trying to stop out-sourcing rather than fighting for better wages and less reductions in benefits. They cared more about gaining dues paying members than about people falling behind. Then I lost my “permanent” classified job, and was blackballed by the university I worked 17 years for, because I offended my boss by something I said. It’s a damned if you do, damned if you don’t join type of organization.
piobaire over 10 years ago
You may be right about Big Money owning the Democratic party. However, the Republican Party has no agenda to help the average person. The Republican Party is all about making a handful rich, while the rest of us become serfs and servants.
“Disingenuous remark”? No. I believe what I said.
Are some unions bad? Of course. They are human organizations, and therefore by definition fallible. Many, however, are good, and have improved the lives of working men and women, and reduced if not eliminated child labor in America.
Show me an alternative, and I will sign up. I’d be glad to do so. In the mean time, I’ll stay in my union, where the officers are not paid, and where the highest aim of our work force is an improved product.Wealth inequality and worker exploitation are two of the most serious problems America faces.