Mother of 10 year old arrested for letting him walk to store alone

[sealybobo]

Thats not much of a choice

Unemployment or a slave to the union?

Yea, my dad was a slave to the union. When he got time and a half or double time on holidays. When he got $3 co pay for emergency room visits. When he receives his pension checks. When he made $12 when restaurants were paying cooks $5.

Non union car companies in the south tend to pay less and you have no right to your job at a company like that.

Here's a fact you can't ignore. Before Reagan and Jack Welch of GE, American workers could expect to work for 1 company till they retire. They had a right to their job. People in Germany still have this. Americans no more.

In January 2024, the median length of time that wage and salary workers in the United States stayed with their current employer was 3.9 years

According to research on employment trends from the 1970s, the average length of employment in 1975 was around "ten years" for most workers, with some studies indicating a slight decline in long-term employment compared to earlier decades, particularly for men holding their longest job throughout their career.

Remember, back then 35% of workers were in unions. Non union workers bring the number down to an average of 10 years.

 

[rightwinger]

Ridiculous. I hope she sues the shit out of them.

If she sues, she will win

The 10 year old was traumatized and wrongfully detained
She was arrested for no identifiable crime and taken away in handcuffs in front of her children

 

[Mac-7]

Yea, my dad was a slave to the union. When he got time and a half or double time on holidays. When he got $3 co pay for emergency room visits. When he receives his pension checks. When he made $12 when restaurants were paying cooks $5.

Non union car companies in the south tend to pay less and you have no right to your job at a company like that.

Here's a fact you can't ignore. Before Reagan and Jack Welch of GE, American workers could expect to work for 1 company till they retire. They had a right to their job. People in Germany still have this. Americans no more.

In January 2024, the median length of time that wage and salary workers in the United States stayed with their current employer was 3.9 years

According to research on employment trends from the 1970s, the average length of employment in 1975 was around "ten years" for most workers, with some studies indicating a slight decline in long-term employment compared to earlier decades, particularly for men holding their longest job throughout their career.

Remember, back then 35% of workers were in unions. Non union workers bring the number down to an average of 10 years.

There is another side to the union story

At different times I worked with two guys who loved to relive the good old days in the union

One was an auto worker in the rust belt snd the other worked for the railroad

They both told stories about how easy it was to use the rules to get out of work while on the job and getting paid

I asked them why they left such a good job their answer was the same

Downsizing

The union could protect then from breaking a sweat but it could not guarantee their jobs

Or their pensions after retirement

Thats not true of all unions and all workers but its not unheard of either

 

[westwall]

If she sues, she will win

The 10 year old was traumatized and wrongfully detained
She was arrested for no identifiable crime and taken away in handcuffs in front of her children

And she should sue. That is an egregious abuse of power.