Tom

19 Mar 03 07:30, Tom Walker wrote to David Drummond:

 ->>  TW> You have NO RIGHT TO WORK at a facility if you are Non Union.

 ->> WOW!!!!!!!!

 ->> So much for the land of the free. 

 TW> Well actualy in some places they have made a cxoncession. YOU pay the
 TW> Dues but don't have to join. You of course are shunned by the Union
 TW> Members.

Why pay the dues if you're not a member?

 ->> I haven't belonged to a union for nearly 20 years (and I have been 
 ->> still working nearly all of that time (I had a 6 week
"break" in '88).

 TW>  DEspite all the hype the actual UNION membership in the United 
 TW> States is at it's lowest point since WWII. BUT they have BILLIONS of 
 TW> Dollars i nthe Pension Funds that they use to Bribe, and in some cases 
 TW> buy outright, Politicans.

Membership is low, but everyone is still paying dues?

Pension funds here aren't managed by the unions.. they're usually handled
by finance or insurance houses.

 TW> They are a VERY DANGERIOUS group twisting legislation for a somewhat
 TW> small Minority.    

As are any corrupt group. Look at your government.

 TW> NOT what out Founding Fathers had in Mind at all.

They legislated workers' unions????

Regards,
David

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