On Dec 15, 10:35*am, "Ed Edelenbos" wrote:
"Morris Dovey" wrote in message

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Upscale wrote:

There's been times in my life where I'd have happily given up 10% of
my wages to save my job.

On the local news this past weekend: About 80% of Iowans surveyed said
they'd be willing to take a pay cut in order to save the job of the person
sitting /next/ to them...

That's my problem with the (modern) unions. *It's no longer about supporting
the workers, it's about maintaining the union... *sometimes at the expense
of the workers!

Ed

When it comes to unions, there is no doubt that they were needed at
one time to put a stop to sending mine-workers into unsafe mines and
also to stop railroad barons from working their labourers to death
without adequate pay..... then again, the argument exists that those
barons would do that again if given the chance. And yet, the plants
operated by Toyota and Honda seem to be doing just fine...here in
Ontario at least. They're talking a few lay-offs even there