Author Topic: Thank God Texas is a right to work state. (Read 892 times)

Udie · « **on:** October 22, 2003, 11:16:59 PM »

One of the main reasons I hate unions....

Godzilla · « **Reply #1 on:** October 22, 2003, 11:21:50 PM »

yep, unions are WORTHLESS. Arizona is a right to work state too.

Unions are out to secure money from it's members and gaurantee the "union" member will only have to basically slack off, get high wages and be almost impossible to fire.... regardless of performance.

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 23, 2003, 12:41:47 AM »

Unions = Organized Crime

Sandman · « **Reply #3 on:** October 23, 2003, 12:42:18 AM »

Right... it's all the union's fault. The union goes on strike against Von's and is in turn locked out by Ralph's and Albertson's.

What a surprise.. they're bitter about it.

rpm · « **Reply #4 on:** October 23, 2003, 01:26:30 AM »

I congradulate those who walked out in sympathy, just hope they didn't bite off more than they can chew. Union's are all about standing together for the greater good. Too bad it does'nt always work that way in the real world.

Scootter · « **Reply #5 on:** October 23, 2003, 07:11:35 AM »

Unions are old and outdated they have no other function in today’s world then to make the union big wigs wealthy. In history I could see a need but with today’s labor laws and OSHA requirements they are a thing of the past. They cost consumers billions every year and I think are the number one reason we loose jobs to overseas markets everyday. What does a Detroit high school dropout get now for putting lug nuts on a ca,r oh about 26 bucks an hour or the guy that slaps you luggage on the airplane, how about 25-30 an hour.

Curval · « **Reply #6 on:** October 23, 2003, 07:18:48 AM »

Toad will be along shortly....I don't get involved in union discussions anymore after the virtual "lashing" he gave me.

Udie · « **Reply #7 on:** October 23, 2003, 08:03:40 AM »

I'll never forget the Teamsters strike back in like 1994. The non-union UPS drivers in Houston kept on making deliveries, you know delivering the stuff that companies need to do business. Well the police union in houston decided to stick by the teamsters and would pull over and herrass the "scab" drivers. What kind of BS is that? I'd call it an abuse of power myself. Of course nobody was held accountable, well actually I think the union head got fired over it. Those cops should have lost their badges as far as I'm concerned.

Gadfly · « **Reply #8 on:** October 23, 2003, 08:18:16 AM »

In college, working summers as a laborer, the BA(that is, business Agent) would stop by the jobsite once a week to pick up our "dues". They had a special program, you see, for kids like me who were "just" putting themselves through school, as opposed to being permanent laborers. We(there were several students working) would pay the BA $20.00 a week, cash money, and, in turn, he would not shut the(non-union) job down.

Sorry ****er, he would roll up on Monday morning in his Gold Caddie, smile his Gold teeth, and refuse to give us a reciept for the "dues" we paid him. Unions at work!

Gadfly · « **Reply #9 on:** October 23, 2003, 08:23:07 AM »

Oh, yeah, one more funny Union story. I worked on the IBEW(International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) building, 610 loop by 290 in Houston. Guess what? It was a non-union job. Know why? The Union went with the low bid instead of paying the substantially higher bid by the Union Company.

Both Companies were the same, actually, Zapata Warrior Construction, but they had 2 divisions, one Unionized, the other not.

mora · « **Reply #10 on:** October 23, 2003, 08:32:05 AM »

I'm sure there's same percentage of idiots in people who are in unions and those who are not. I'm sure things would be much better without unions.

Unions are not compulsory, why are you complaining?

DmdNexus · « **Reply #11 on:** October 23, 2003, 08:55:08 AM »

>>Unions are not compulsory, why are you complaining?

Actually in some states, they can be. For example in CA, there is a union for state hospital workers. Everyone who works for the state hospital system must be in the union and pay union dues, if even they don't want to be in the union.

I'm not defending this practice... I'm just saying that in some states if a company has a contract with a unioin to be union only than any one working for that company has to be in the union.

Personally... I don't agree with this practice.

ra · « **Reply #12 on:** October 23, 2003, 08:55:38 AM »

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Originally posted by mora
Unions are not compulsory, why are you complaining?

Unions would be compulsory if they had their way. And there are a lot of jobs which are difficult to get into without union membership.

lord dolf vader · « **Reply #13 on:** October 23, 2003, 11:41:15 AM »

you can always find cheap labor at the bottom of every one of your "conservative". points.

mean in the old meaning of the word. summs it up.

gofaster · « **Reply #14 on:** October 23, 2003, 12:28:34 PM »

Yeah, the NFLPA union doesn't do a thing for its members.

Without the NFLPA, the players wouldn't get their share of the NFL gate profits.

Without the NFLPA, the players wouldn't have a retirement plan.

Without the NFLPA, the players wouldn't have their free agency rights.

Yeah, the NFLPA doesn't help the players at all. Who needs unions?