Posted: 9/9/2009 7:25:25 PM EDT
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Your opinion on labor unions. |
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I have never belonged to one, and don't expect to. I have watched them demand more and more and more, but they are an invaluable part of the collective bargaining process.
Unions are blamed for destroying business in this country. Greed is certainly bad. Every contract a Union got was signed by a company executive, and HE was responsible for protecting the company's interest. |
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Proud union worker here(BRS local43) Voted yes. Just out of curiosity, what exactly are you proud of? Are you proud of belonging to a legal extortion racket? Are you proud that because of your shortcomings, you have to get someone else to negotiate your wages and benefits? Are you proud to assist in the destruction of American Industry? Did your union save the rain forests? What? Oh yea...UNIONS CAN SUCK MY BALLS. |
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Quoted: Way back when, they had a purpose and a mission. Today, not so much. Even way back when, they were merely a bully solution to bully government corruption that (either passively or actively) enforced illegal business practices. If, the government corruption had been corrected there would have been no need. This is no different than what we have today. Government creates a problem, then grows to offer solutions to the problem, rather than simply correcting what was wrong. |
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Way back when, they had a purpose and a mission. Today, not so much. Even way back when, they were merely a bully solution to bully government corruption that (either passively or actively) enforced illegal business practices. If, the government corruption had been corrected there would have been no need. This is no different than what we have today. Government creates a problem, then grows to offer solutions to the problem, rather than simply correcting what was wrong. Indeed, they were still started and organized by Communists BACK THEN... |
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Proud union worker here(BRS local43) Voted yes. Just out of curiosity, what exactly are you proud of? Are you proud of belonging to a legal extortion racket? Are you proud that because of your shortcomings, you have to get someone else to negotiate your wages and benefits? Are you proud to assist in the destruction of American Industry? Did your union save the rain forests? What? Oh yea...UNIONS CAN SUCK MY BALLS. I guess we'll see if replies are in the contract or not 
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| I'm in a union job now and I've had two other jobs that were also union. In none of these jobs were any of the employees allowed to just stand around smoking or hanging out. You guys see one of those shows that 20/20 does does on UAW workers hanging out at bars during work hours and think every union worker is like that. |
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Proud union worker here(BRS local43) Voted yes. What 'Union' do you work for ? Are you an elected union official, Pres, secretary, that works for the local ? Or do you work for a company that is unionized ? Who issues you your paycheck, the union or the company ? |
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Proud union worker here(BRS local43) Voted yes. Should we all be chipping in to pay 5 other guys to stand around smoking cigarettes and doing nothing while you post this? Just checking. Sorry bud,I posted that before I went to work. I work alone all day so,no you don't have to pay for anyone else. |
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Proud union worker here(BRS local43) Voted yes. Just out of curiosity, what exactly are you proud of? Are you proud of belonging to a legal extortion racket? Are you proud that because of your shortcomings, you have to get someone else to negotiate your wages and benefits? Are you proud to assist in the destruction of American Industry? Did your union save the rain forests? What? Oh yea...UNIONS CAN SUCK MY BALLS. I'm proud of the job I do each day and the fact that what I do keeps people safe and helps keep the country going. |
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Proud union worker here(BRS local43) Voted yes. Just out of curiosity, what exactly are you proud of? Are you proud of belonging to a legal extortion racket? Are you proud that because of your shortcomings, you have to get someone else to negotiate your wages and benefits? Are you proud to assist in the destruction of American Industry? Did your union save the rain forests? What? Oh yea...UNIONS CAN SUCK MY BALLS. I guess we'll see if replies are in the contract or not Get bent,how's that? |
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Proud union worker here(BRS local43) Voted yes. What 'Union' do you work for ? Are you an elected union official, Pres, secretary, that works for the local ? Or do you work for a company that is unionized ? Who issues you your paycheck, the union or the company ? Did you read before you typed? BRS local #43. Not a union anything,just a member. I work for a unionized company and they pay me. |
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Proud union worker here(BRS local43) Voted yes. Just out of curiosity, what exactly are you proud of? Are you proud of belonging to a legal extortion racket? Are you proud that because of your shortcomings, you have to get someone else to negotiate your wages and benefits? Are you proud to assist in the destruction of American Industry? Did your union save the rain forests? What? Oh yea...UNIONS CAN SUCK MY BALLS. I'm proud of the job I do each day and the fact that what I do keeps people safe and helps keep the country going. It's one thing to be proud of the work you do, it's another to be proud to be a "union worker". What is it about being a union worker that differs from being a regular worker, that you have to be proud of? |
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Proud union worker here(BRS local43) Voted yes. Just out of curiosity, what exactly are you proud of? Are you proud of belonging to a legal extortion racket? Are you proud that because of your shortcomings, you have to get someone else to negotiate your wages and benefits? Are you proud to assist in the destruction of American Industry? Did your union save the rain forests? What? Oh yea...UNIONS CAN SUCK MY BALLS. I'm proud of the job I do each day and the fact that what I do keeps people safe and helps keep the country going. It's one thing to be proud of the work you do, it's another to be proud to be a "union worker". What is it about being a union worker that differs from being a regular worker, that you have to be proud of? Okay,if it will make you feel better I'll just say I'm a union worker and am proud of the job I do. Better? |
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Proud union worker here(BRS local43) Voted yes. Just out of curiosity, what exactly are you proud of? Are you proud of belonging to a legal extortion racket? Are you proud that because of your shortcomings, you have to get someone else to negotiate your wages and benefits? Are you proud to assist in the destruction of American Industry? Did your union save the rain forests? What? Oh yea...UNIONS CAN SUCK MY BALLS. I guess we'll see if replies are in the contract or not Get bent,how's that? I architect the systems that control a lot of those signals and switches 
We're now designing the systems to stop those trains when your union brethren onboard are too busy to do it. Let's see how that works out for them in the long run 
I've spent the last 22 years around the RR union guys and they're no better than the other unions. There are some really good men out there taking up the slack and covering for deadbeats - they'd be even better w/o the deadbeats and union limitations, but alas they're all brainwashed by the union (or scared to rock the boat) and will protect those deadbeats and toe the union line. 
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