gimini210's Blog

I have rarely disagreed with you my fellow blogger, however, I wonder where you have gotten the bad taste in your mouth over the union workers. I realize sometimes union companies get a bad rap for the negative type things people see that go on. However, after having been married to a union worker, I also have seen the other side of how a Union works and the good that come from it. Not just the employee side of it. One very big thing that comes from being affiliated with the union that I have learned is (at least the Union we are affiliated with) that the Union is for America. Now, I am unfamiliar with this Wal Mart situation, and will familiarize myself with it. Why? Because so many of the items Wal Mart sells come from out of our country. So, I would find it hard to understand how a union could come into a company that does not promote American products solely. When we have went to purchase mostly large ticket items (b/c it is so difficult to buy American made all the time) we do our homework, and do our very best to buy American only. Trust me, if I had my way, I would be driving something that was foreign. It's too bad that you've had a bad experience with a union situation. I know there are many people that are against the unions. My brother in law and my husband are both electricians. My husband is the union electrician, my brother in law is not. Talk about some interesting talk at family get togethers!

I worked in the warehousing union for many years and they did nothing for the working man but take money for dues, in 1977 I was on a negotiating comm. and we were force to take what ever the company wanted to give us which by the way was nothing, the even cut benefits in Health care, the next year the credit union went bankrupt and paid us 10 cents on the dollar for what ever we had in savings( I got 3,000 dollars for the 30,000 dollars I had) Althouh I agree unions were good for this country at one time I also think they have became corrupt and I would never join one again.

My dad worked union jobs all his life, and does he get a pension from them now? NO----! as seems the pension fund was squandered (stolen by big union bosses. Unions are corrupt and don't have the workers interests in mind. I work a union job now, and less than half of our employees opted to join as its obvious the dues go to the national coffers and nothing comes back.

If WalMart goes union, I'll go somewhere else.

Yeap I can see how unions helped. Due to union wages rents went up, the cost of buying a house went up, cars went up, everything that became unionised cost more because of pay scales and the open market wants to get a cut of those union pays. And what do the unions give back? Strikes, higher cost, and take your money. Look at the airlines, union scale and they are falling apart now because they have no overhead to cover themselfs incase of what happened with gas prices. Their profits go on paychecks, benifits, and taxes. So they fold. As did the steel mills, the factories where I use to work and many more that have gone over seas. So I guess you can say they work, if you are one of the Union Heads.