n. One of the many scapegoats utilized by the GOP and other ignorant people to blame societal woes upon, namely a poor economy.
What these ignorant people do not understand is that unions are a major backbone of the United States' labor force.
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, over 1 out of every 10 salary/wage earners is a unionized worker in America. This is not an insignificant statistic.
Workers need unions as much as ever—because most corporations focus on profit at the expense of employees. Employers are constantly trying to shed responsibilities— providing health insurance, good pension coverage, reasonable work hours and job safety protections, for example—while making workers' jobs and incomes less secure through downsizing, part-timing and contracting out. Working people need a voice at work to keep employers from making our jobs look like they did 100 years ago, with sweatshop conditions, unlivable wages and 70-hour workweeks.
Unions are a pivotal part of the American labor force. The only people that hate them are those who do not belong to one and are too lazy and/or afraid to join one (out of fear of their employer, who doesn't want to stop lining his pockets by taking a decrease in profits). So instead of campaigning for them, these ignoramuses fight against them.
Go figure.
What these ignorant people do not understand is that unions are a major backbone of the United States' labor force.
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, over 1 out of every 10 salary/wage earners is a unionized worker in America. This is not an insignificant statistic.
Workers need unions as much as ever—because most corporations focus on profit at the expense of employees. Employers are constantly trying to shed responsibilities— providing health insurance, good pension coverage, reasonable work hours and job safety protections, for example—while making workers' jobs and incomes less secure through downsizing, part-timing and contracting out. Working people need a voice at work to keep employers from making our jobs look like they did 100 years ago, with sweatshop conditions, unlivable wages and 70-hour workweeks.
Unions are a pivotal part of the American labor force. The only people that hate them are those who do not belong to one and are too lazy and/or afraid to join one (out of fear of their employer, who doesn't want to stop lining his pockets by taking a decrease in profits). So instead of campaigning for them, these ignoramuses fight against them.
Go figure.
Person 1: Hey Person 2, you work in the Electrical Workers Union, correct? It's people like you that are ruining our economy and destroying the foundation of America.
Person 2: Well if you consider earning a livable wage to provide for my family, living within my means, working under proper non-sweatshop conditions, acquiring a pension that I can survive off of when I retire, and not being afraid of getting bullied by my boss destroying the foundation of America, then call me a terrorist. Unions are terrible, aren't they?
Person 2: Well if you consider earning a livable wage to provide for my family, living within my means, working under proper non-sweatshop conditions, acquiring a pension that I can survive off of when I retire, and not being afraid of getting bullied by my boss destroying the foundation of America, then call me a terrorist. Unions are terrible, aren't they?
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Unions make it so their members are overpaid. Especially the unions that represent the NBA, NFL, NHL, and Major League Baseball.
Unions suck, because people like Alex Rodriquez (A-Rod) make $25 million a year. That makes it more expensive to go to games for all of us.
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Labor unions can not require you to be a MEMBER in order to work a particular job.
But the can require you to PAY the full fees under what they call the FAIR SHARE act.
Nothing fair about it mates. It's fuckin' extortion plain and simple.
Labor unions can not require you to be a MEMBER in order to work a particular job.
But the can require you to PAY the full fees under what they call the FAIR SHARE act.
Nothing fair about it mates. It's fuckin' extortion plain and simple.
Labor unions are running the tightest legal racket in the world at the expense of the working people. What a fucking scam.
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Usually red in color but others are available such as navy blue,white,black,
Green,pink,Ivory or gray .
Created in Utica, New York circa 1860s
Usually made from wool or flannel , cotton
And polyester blend in current times.
It is called the union suit Because the top and bottom were united as a one-piece
A unification of long sleeve and pant legs underwear Ment to be worn in cold weather for long weeks at a time.
Usually red in color but others are available such as navy blue,white,black,
Green,pink,Ivory or gray .
Created in Utica, New York circa 1860s
Usually made from wool or flannel , cotton
And polyester blend in current times.
It is called the union suit Because the top and bottom were united as a one-piece
A unification of long sleeve and pant legs underwear Ment to be worn in cold weather for long weeks at a time.
Timmy : Hey do you guys sell those old timey red long underwear that cowboys and prospectors use to wear, or you see like
In the old skool cartoons ?
Store Clerk : ah yes you mean the Union Suit would you like me to measure you up
With have some in the back ?
Timmy : hell no ! That old fashioned obsolete crap farmers wore , they are considered comical relief and with the rear flap is also associated with toilet humor,
I'd rather get a separate 2 peice like a mordern day man where I could mix and match em as well as easier to take off
If I gotta take a shit or a piss with all those
Buttons .
In the old skool cartoons ?
Store Clerk : ah yes you mean the Union Suit would you like me to measure you up
With have some in the back ?
Timmy : hell no ! That old fashioned obsolete crap farmers wore , they are considered comical relief and with the rear flap is also associated with toilet humor,
I'd rather get a separate 2 peice like a mordern day man where I could mix and match em as well as easier to take off
If I gotta take a shit or a piss with all those
Buttons .
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