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Originally Posted by Silverado57
Has anyone mentioned the role Unions play in the cost of labor and goods produced?
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I've never been part of a union, but I don't discount the role they have played in changing things for the better in this country, like say child labor laws, 40 hour work weeks, overtime pay, safer working conditions etc. There was a time where people were outright murdered by hired guns in this country for going on strike, so with the good, sometimes we deal with the bad I suppose.
I'm no Union expert, I'm sure there are good ones and bad ones. I'm quite sure that some of the "Union Haters" never peek behind the curtains of say, Police Unions, only the ones they deem to be ruining the country.
I worked for Coors, in a warehouse for a few months maybe almost a year after I got out of the Navy (this was 18 years ago), and I'll never forget; att one point, the shift manager would not allow us to take any breaks, not even a lunch break. When I mentioned to him that such policy is illegal, he said and I quote:
"there are 10 people outside the fence waiting for your job". You think that atmosphere isn't ripe for unionization?