MikeK
Gold Member
So you have a right to work without a union. And what do you do when your boss says he's cutting your pay and canceling your benefits? Or what do you do if he fires you because he decides he doesn't like you?COMPLETE, TOTAL, UTTER BULLSHIT! We don't have closed union shops down here, we have right-to-work laws that provide non-union workers the right to work without joining a union
And if you're hanging your hat on existing labor laws, keep Taft-Hartley and Glass-Steagall in mind. They used to be laws, too -- until our corporate-owned Congress wiped them out.
And just how do you think that thriving middle class came about? Do you think the union movement had something to do with it? Or do you suppose the generous nature of your slavery-oriented southern business community set it up out of the goodness of its heart?and we have a thriving middle class, too, thank you very much!
Consider the following:
1) The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. Cliché, sure, but it's also more true than at any time since the Gilded Age. The poor are getting poorer, wages are falling behind inflation, and social mobility is at an all-time low.
If you're in that top 1%, life is grand.
Read more: Wealth And Inequality In America
2) The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday that union membership fell by 326,000 in 2006, to 15.4 million workers, bringing the percentage of employees in unions to 12 percent, down from 12.5 percent in 2005. Those figures are down from 20 percent in 1983 and from 35 percent in the 1950s.
Sharp Decline in Union Members in 06 - New York Times
Now, do you suppose #2 could have something to do with #1? Or do you suppose it's an unrelated coincidence?