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CrazyDaisy
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Registered: ‎03-20-2010

Re: To unionize or not?

‎08-01-2018 08:29 AM

@CalminHeart wrote:
@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
@CalminHeart wrote:

I don't know why anyone would not want a union.  Unions brought us:

 

40 hour work weeks

vacation time

safe workplaces

health benefits

pension/401(k) benefits

child labor laws

minimum wage laws

collective bargaining

 

and so much more

 

@CalminHeart

 

 

No one here said unions weren't helpful in the past.  However, many feel they now have outlived their usefulness.   

 

 

Given all the protections for workers that many states have taken away (or are trying to), unions are more important than ever.  My state has pretty much made workers into slave labor by removing all kinds of protections.... and my state isn't the only one.  CEOs and big business are benefitting at the expense of workers.

 

I worked for a Fortune 500 company for nearly 40 years and watched the last 10 years as they took away benefits, equal pay, diversity protections, salary increases, and countless other benefits and protections.  I'd join a union in a heartbeat if I had it to do over.  

Most of these are Federal Laws which the State cannot override.  What kind of protections has your State removed?

Someday, when scientists discover the center of the Universe....some people will be disappointed it is not them.
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