Originally posted by 6GunUSMC Another thought... Why should I or ANY other business owner be forced into a contract with an organization that took NONE of the financial risks that I took in starting or expanding my company??? Why should they dictate wages, benefits, working hours at all??? The free market should dictate what a job is worth to an employer. If an employer pays chump change, he will not attract workers who can compete. BUT at the same time 2 employees that have the same experience and same time on the job are not necessarily equal in their value. Why should they be paid the same??? I guarantee that If I had employees unionize I would find any and every way to get rid of them!!!
Another thought... Why should I or ANY other business owner be forced into a contract with an organization that took NONE of the financial risks that I took in starting or expanding my company??? Why should they dictate wages, benefits, working hours at all??? The free market should dictate what a job is worth to an employer. If an employer pays chump change, he will not attract workers who can compete. BUT at the same time 2 employees that have the same experience and same time on the job are not necessarily equal in their value. Why should they be paid the same??? I guarantee that If I had employees unionize I would find any and every way to get rid of them!!!
Lech Walesa was born on September 29, 1943 in Popowo, Poland. He attended vocational school and then worked as a car mechanic at a machine center from 1961 to 1965. He rose to the rank of corporal while serving two years in the Polish army. In 1967 he became employed in the Gdansk shipyards as an electrician. Walesa quickly became a leader in the shipyard. In December 1970, he was briefly detained when the shipyard workers clashed with the government. In 1976, activities representing his fellow workers as shop steward caused him to get fired.
Two years later, Walesa began to work with other activists organizing free non-communist trade unions to establish workers' rights. He was kept under surveillance by the state security service and frequently detained. In August 1980, Walesa led the Gdansk shipyard strike for workers' rights which inspired a wave of strikes over much of the country with Walesa seen as the leader. The workers impelled the Polish authorities to yield to their demands. With Polish authorities, Walesa negotiated the Gdansk Agreement of August 31, 1980, which gave the workers the right to strike and to organize independent unions.
Originally posted by Airhead What's ironic here is that the first thing that happens at every Union meeting I've ever been to is the Pledge of Allegence.
Originally posted by SLED This is the attitude that gave Unions thier (their)creation.
