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(1,767 posts)Casady1
(2,133 posts)He is just spitting out BS talking points.
ret5hd
(20,433 posts)Casady1
(2,133 posts)like your 5 day work week- thank a union
like your healthcare- thank a union
Like paid holidays-= thank a union
like growing up in the fifties and mom was at home- thank a union
like overtime pay- thank a union
Every benefit you have as an employee- thank a union.
None of the benefits you see today didn't exist until the unions WON those benefits.
walkingman
(7,505 posts)Regional Manager for a Fortune 100 company. I was a union member for 26 years before taking a management job. During that time I used tuition refund to get my BS and MBA at no cost to me. I then was a Operations Mgr - then Area Mgr - then Regional Mgr. I worked with 9 different local Union Presidents from most of the Central and Western regions in the US.
When things are going well, your meeting your numbers then everyone is happy. It is when things get tough - the business cycle, competition is taking market share, poor business decisions that Unions are very important for employees. You have a multi-year contract that legally give the employee rights in terms of transfer, layoffs, benefits, and safety. Contracts just like the executives of the company have - legally binding.
When I retired my former employee cut mgmt healthcare of pre-65 employees as a cost-saving measure - they could not cut the healthcare of retired union workers.....they had a contract.
Since Reagan years Unions have been given a bad name - they are not perfect, they have problems, but in no way are they detrimental to a companies success.
The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.