On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:54:53 -0700 (PDT), Millwright Ron
wrote:


The copper mines in Butte MT were unionized labor
for years,a very violent, millitant miners union.

Union demands finally led to the mines closing
which in turn broke the unions.

When the mine reopened is was employee owned
non union. No one misses the union, all the employees now
receive profit sharing, based on production. Recent
bonuses are often several times the annual take home
pay.

No one wants the union back. The unions protected the lazy,
incompentent workers, through threats of violence by
union thugs. MM