Why are people against unions? [View All]

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You can thank the labor unions for getting Monday off.

But these days, many Kansans aren't very appreciative of organized labor.

You hear it in the daily stream of ugly comments around the lunch table at work or read it on Internet message boards. Words such as "greedy," "entitled" and "out-of-touch" keep popping up.

The current round of Machinists union negotiations with Hawker Beechcraft and Cessna Aircraft seems especially fraught with criticism. The deep recession and the threat by Hawker Beechcraft to move operations out of Wichita have sharpened the public debate over the value of unions.


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