lowing wrote:
Actually not true, I have a deep seated distrust for unions because they tote a banner of protection from the corporations, and the fact of the matter is, when it comes down to it, they protect no one. They are nothing more than a cooperation themselves, just a corrupt, just as "greedy, except the union gets its power from pinning a companies employees against the company. Instilling a false sense of "need" for a union. They hold a business hostage for extortion purposes using threats against the company and fellow workers to accomplish their agendas.
Hope ya have a better understanding as to why I hate unions.
Hmmm.......
Sill holding on to your prejudice, I see.
When any company considers these tactics viable...you'll get resistance..I.E. a union.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_the_OverpassAdd Matewan to the list.
Oh, you say. Thats Old stuff.
Try again
Navistar International’s campaign to break a strike at its Chatham, Ontario, truck plant has claimed its first victims. On Monday, June 24, an employee of the professional strike-breaking firm London Protection International drove a van through a picket line established by strikers and their supporters at a staging area from which Navistar intended to bus scabs into the plant. Three picketers, all of them Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union members from Windsor, Ontario, were hospitalized, one with critical injuries.
The running down of the three CAW members was a calculated and completely unprovoked act of criminal violence. Don Milner, the most seriously injured in the attack, suffered a broken pelvis, a broken arm and severe internal injuries requiring hours of surgery. According to witnesses, after the van’s front tires had rolled over Milner, the van stopped, only to accelerate and pass over Milner with the back tires. It then sped off.
Now let's look at how it's changed over the years.
(From the Charleston News)
"Many foreign companies also use temporary workers, who make less per hour than full-time employees and are easier to eliminate when a manufacturer cuts production. Temporary workers are supplied by outside contractors that pay their wages and supply benefits. Such workers are more plentiful in Southern right-to-work states, such as Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and South Carolina."
Two items here:
1
Yep temp workers for 18 months, then IF, you get brought in full time you are still , in most plants, subject to a three month review.
If you get hurt on the job your contract may not get picked up again.
2
The so called right-to-work laws in the south.
Opponents further argue that because unions are weakened by these laws, wages are lowered and worker safety and health is endangered. They cite statistics from the United States Department of Labor showing, for example, that in 2003 the rate of workplace fatalities per 100,000 workers was highest in right-to-work states. Nineteen of the top 25 states for worker fatality rates were right-to-work states, while 3 of the bottom 25 states were right-to-work states.
Right to work laws can also be argued against on the basis of libertarian principles, as a government interference in labour relations. However, some libertarians say just the opposite.
And you support this .....stuff, lowing?
Last edited by Karbin (2008-12-03 09:34:05)