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Labor Bosses Fight Only to Protect their Jobs

Sensei11 Wrote: Oct 10, 2012 9:53 AM
Thomas Watson the founder of IBM once said, "any company that has a union probably deserves it." In a way he was right there were abuses of workers going on. Now the abuse is done by the union leaders. My father was not only a union man but helped organize in places and lost jobs because of this. I was a union member for 40 years and it has changed. The union I belonged to hold yearly conventions in Vegas at members expense and basically do nothing. They raise the dues and in negotiations back down not sticking up for the members and then blame the company. The worst contract we ever got was obtained by the most liberal union leadership we ever had. The best ones were by leaders who did their homework and ..cont..
In Michigan, union bosses are testing a new strategy to increase their power and clout within the state. A constitutional amendment known locally as Proposal 2, or the “Protect Our Jobs” (POJ) amendment, would invalidate much of the common-sense progress that Governor Rick Snyder has made as it relates to public-sector unions, potentially overturning upwards of 170 pieces of legislation.

In Michigan, union bosses are testing a new strategy to increase their power and clout within the state. A constitutional amendment known locally as Proposal 2, or the “Protect Our Jobs” (POJ) amendment, would invalidate much of the common-sense progress that...
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