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Old 06-01-2009, 10:16 AM  
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Originally Posted by SilentKnight View Post
The difference between that "real job" (the one where a 9th grade drop-out gets paid $70 to put bolt-A into nut-B) and the burger-flipping dude - is union greed.

My cousin dropped out of school in the 9th grade back in the late 70s and a few years later went to work for Chrysler - eventually making $45/hr. plus benefits. The last few years he worked at Chrysler he sat in a chair supervising a paint waterfall.

The economy simply can't sustain that - but the unions aren't/weren't willing to accept that.

I, for one...am glad to see the unions getting a reality check. We've heard this said time and time again - unions once served a useful purpose and helped improve working conditions, health and safety, etc. But these days they've morphed into a big greed machine.
I think that unions can do some good and at one point did serve a great purpose, but like you said, there comes a point where things just don't make sense. When a company needs to keep somebody on the payroll simply because of a union contract and not because they actually need someone filling a position, we have a problem. Not only is that a huge disservice to the company... it is a disservice to the customers, to our country, and even to the employee that is standing around doing nothing.

And the list goes on and on.
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