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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
[QB]I hate how the Democratic party's ties to big labor befoul its existence as a party. Hell, if it weren't for big labor, 50% of my problems with democrats would be gone. Not that there are only 2 problems I see with Democrats, just that fully 1/2 of the list, when weighted for importance, centers around this connection.
Chicago - this weekend. Dominick, owned by Chi-based Safeway, foods workers voted 80% to strike. Dominick had offered what one unioneer said was "fair" contract offers. Dominick said it would fold as a Co. if it couldn't work this out. The union responded, assholes that they are, QB]
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That’s a mean and ill-considered thing to say, My own dear father Was a union official here once, and took part in strikes for better pay for teachers and I have only the utmost respect for what he did.
You’re expressing a very middle class view; professionals and such often have no need for unions. But there are many people who do, for example people working lo-paid jobs, May not earn enough thus not having enough job-protection,
The simple fact is, that without unions the employers can walk all over their employees, They are isolated and vulnerable, but when they band together as a union they can use their collective bargain power to ensure fair treatment.
The fundamental point remains that many workers are underpaid and often treated poorly.
For example in my fathers case, Teachers were getting rubbish pay since the government in order to save money had not given teachers any pay rise or pay rise’s below the rate of inflation, thus decreasing their wages in real terms.
Now thing about it, Teachers are one of the most important jobs in the whole of society, they create the future.
Should they be paid so badly?
Without unions they would have no recourse,
You cannot trust corporations or employers to be just and fair, nor even the government.
The problems arises that many people will enter unions in order to ingratiate themselves with their employers and thus the union can become a cats paw and a foil to the rightful interests of it's members, thus a careful balence is needed, but in the end, unions are good.
Remember, The first act of both the communists and the facists was to break the unions.