Michelle

Look at “AIG”. Those overpaid bastards had a “contract”. A union is simply a group acting together for the betterment of everyone and a “contract”. The stronger the group the better it does. I agree some unions are better than others however, as long as union leaders are elected in fair elections, we should accept and respect the opinions of those voting. The same goes for the strike vote.

Unions in the USA are weaker today because the employers have the political strength. This is because political leaders are more likely to be company owners than workers.

In the USA we have “right to work” states. I believe this is fundamentally wrong and actually promotes the undesirable elements in unions. In politics we vote to change leaders when we don’t like the actions taken. In a right to work state, when something is not right, we simply don’t partispate and the undesirable element continues. Right to work states promote bad unions. The greater the partispatation percentage in the union the better the union works. Bill Dameron

With out the Union it’s up to the employer to provide medical insurance, if he wants (key phrase) or a IRA, 401k. In my experience most of my employers, if they did anything they did as little as possible.

When I was in the Union there were jerk business agents, there was nepotism and it seemed as if the Locals were staffed with kiss asses. It took me a year longer to finish my apprenticeship because I was goofing off. 3.8 grade average, the curriculum was easy.

I’d like to see another kind of Union because I think it helps keep wages up, and I don’t buy that Unions are greedy, I think that’s corporate PR. Or maybe some other kind of system that evens up the clout. I don’t buy the free market is fair to Trades People.

Yeah, times have changed but we can tackle the problems and inequalities.