Reply #17: are you familiar with Nevada? It was my experience... [View All]

[Didereaux]

(I went to UNR) that cooks and service workers made so little and had so little free time that they did not involve themselves in political activism. Some voted in the general elections, but none that I can remember played the early games at all. I worked in the casinos to help pay tuition and such that the GI Bill wasn't enough for, and such things as food.

Admittedly that was quite awhile back, but I still keep in touch with a couple of friends there. I am not denigrating the union, just stating that it's impact is minimal, except for the free press it generates. Nevadans being quite conservative on the whole, and pretty anti-union as well are not influenced by unions. You have to also consider that this particular unions membership represents one of the more 'fluid' groups: in that the members are not long term, they are by and large transient.