RT> Wrong again.  Yes, there are union shops that are more productive 
RT> than non-union shops and produce a better product.  There are also 
RT> non-union shops that are more productive and produce a better 
RT> product.  There is no one simple answer.
RB> Yes, I agree, and a lot of it has to do with the goals of
RB> the union (i.e.  making conditions better for employees or
RB> making conditions better for  higher-up union suits).
RB> However, there has been nothing short of an illegal and 
RB> one-sided war against worker organization ever since there
RB> has been such a  thing. Finally, today, we are left with a
RB> shifting to temporary workers with no 
RB> job security or benefits and very few union jobs. 
IMNSHO, the fact that you can be forced to join a union
should be illegal.  I can't see how this is any
different then when the "mob" tells someone they have
to pay protection money.
Back when I was in high school I made the choice to
work a couple of summers in a union factory (it was air
conditioned and the cotton fields weren't) and I was
forced to join the union and pay union dues.  Some of
which were used to support political candidates that I
didn't support.  IOW, the union was getting a kick back
from me for allowing the company to hire me.
BTW, the plant finally went under because the union
didn't want to give a few concessions during a hard
time.  Now 100+ people in some Asian country are
working and the union members have went to other places
where they got to start at the low end of the pay scale
again.  Of course the non union plant in the next
county is still up and running (as of two years ago) Go
union! 
                      Remember:  Freedom isn't Free!
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