Unions?

[BrianR]

I used to be pro-union. Then I learned to read. True. Soon after, I began learning how to do research. I listened to my mother (Bell Tel union) and my father (never union). I watched the news earlier than most of my peers. Then I entered the workforce. I saw firsthand. I learned faster. Now, I would outlaw unions if I could.

The day of the union is past. In the beginning, they were definitely needed. They have given us plenty to be thankful for. Unfortunately, they cannot be removed once installed. And they grow out of control. Eventually, the workers are being paid way more than they are worth and the union cannot win any more pay raises, so they go to shorter work weeks and better conditions. Eventually, the workers work in paradise and are paid triple their value to the company. Now what? They go for benefits too so they now have pensions ad health benefits that rival the US Congress. They get more days off than bankers. They do very little and what they do do is shoddy.

This I have seen myself. With mine own Mark I eyeballs. The day of the union is past. Long past. The unions made it possible and economic to ship jobs to China, Asia and Central/South America. They almost single-handedly destroyed the electronics industry, the textile industry, the Great American Manufacturing industry itself.

Not all the blame is on unions of course. Some falls on management and some on government interference. There is blame all around but I feel that a disproportionate amount falls on unions.

And don't get me started on the union itself, The bloated salaries, the confiscation of wealth to redistribute to political causes in violation of it's own charter. The total lack of any real productivity.

Here is another point of view from The American Thinker.