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Skans » 18 Dec 2024, 8:55 am » wrote: ↑

18 Dec 2024, 8:55 am

Being from the South, I am anti-Union.  I don't run from this, I embrace it.  Unions are today synonymous with Mafia.  They shake down businesses to enrich the Union Bosses and their lawyers.  They run small businesses into the ground, demanding that the proprietors of those businesses pay the extortion or be forced to shut down.  Many owners who do not want to be part of the Union Syndicate simply close their doors.  I have seen this first hand.

Now, I'm not saying there is no place for workers engaging in collective bargaining - but we need tougher laws restricting what they can and cannot do.

If you are on a union job and you see that the Contractor is doing something unsafe [or patently wrong like using Illegal Aliens during a "top secret" grave yard shift...you report it to your union rep. 
The Rep contacts the Contractor and the problem either gets taken care of or the next step is for the Union Workers to walk off the job. I've taken part in 3 or 4 "wobbles" and each and every time we were back to work the next day with the problem solved.
I NEVER saw this on a non union job.
There once were a State Compliance Officers in the old days checking to see if your license is current and to make sure you are being paid the prevailing union wage [if you were non union while working a government job]
Now that Illegal Aliens are a very common sight those Compliance Officers are nowhere to be found .