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*GHETTOBLASTER » 18 Dec 2024, 10:04 am » wrote: ↑

18 Dec 2024, 10:04 am

I have ALWAYS stated that Public Sector Unions have a history of helping to bankrupt the governments they work for.
I don't live where private small businesses are forced to hire "overpaid" union labor, then as a result go out of business...so I've never seen that happen.

I wish you could see for a week the kind of **** a small business doing the best they can by their workers, has to deal with from regulation and from their workers on a regular basis. When you pile on top of that some dickhead trying to come in and unionize the workers of that business, the business simply can't make it.  The only good thing is that most of the time, the majority of employees know that the owners treat them quite well and are aware that a Union would force the business to close.

On another note, I know I poo-pooed on apprenticeship programs run by the Unions.  The fact is, I know that some of these programs, especially for electricians, are darn good.  But, I have also seen what a Union did to one of their electricians who was union, went through one of these apprenticeship programs and then tried to force him to comply with union wages driving him out of business.  The union had no sympathy or understanding for this friend of mine who actually was pro-union - didn't care, just drove his *** right into the ground.  The guy never recovered, lost his business and everything he put into it.  He was an emotional wreck and it took him a couple of years to even find employment after that.