Replying to a message of TOM WALKER to BOB ACKLEY:

 BA>> Actually I don't think all union members are that way.  Most -
 BA>> particularly craft unions like carpenter, plumber, electrician and
 BA>> mason - are not IMI; b enough of the rest of them, particularly in
 BA>> the general purpose unions - teachers, government employees, many
 BA>> factory workers (like UAW) are to make all of the look bad.  My
 BA>> opinions, of course.

 TW> In my 20 years in the Engineering Department vof the local VA Medical
 TW> Center I got to observe three of thosew Trades. I saddly found far
 TW> too many Tradesman that had ZERO Pride in their Work. AND this was in
 TW> a Hospital where the poor patitets, Veterans in this ase, where a
 TW> price is paid for the Inconvience of Sloppy Workmanship.

Do you remember if they were members of the craft unions or if they were
just members of the government employees' union?  If the former I'm surprised,
if the latter I'm not.  I have a fairly low opinion of most government employees
and bureaucrooks in general, based on 40+ years of dealing with them.

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