Back in the late 18th and well into the 19th century, working conditions were deplorable, wages were low, work days were unbearable and people were being abused. Laws didn't exist to protect the worker during that time and nobody had the best interest of the worker in mind. People worked for pennies a day and often worked 80+ hours a week just to afford the food they put on their table every night. There were no government handouts and everyone did what they had to do, to provide for their families. When unions stepped into the picture and promised better working conditions, more money, and less work hours, people naturally joined these unions without hesitation (and for good reason at the time).
Today, there are numerous laws to protect the employee. They vary from wrongfully firing an employee, to ensuring an employees safety while doing a dangerous job, to providing a mandatory lunch break for an 8 hour work day. There are laws against sexual harassment and discrimination based on sex, race, religious preference, ect. The list goes on and on. So why do we need unions today now that these laws exist? We don't, here's why.
Unions today force people to pay dues whether they want to or not. Where to these dues go?
They go right to the Democrats. Many unions support liberal causes. Most people don't even realize that their hard earned money is being used to support whatever it is the Democrats are supporting at the time. They also lower the productivity in every company that has them. There are no rewards for doing good. Two different people are paid exactly the same despite the amount of work being done for the same job. You still don't believe me?
Think about the teachers unions. Mr. "Slacker" English teacher doesn't care a lick about his students future and/or teaching them anything. His requirements for passing his class consist of being present half the time and that's it. His salary is $65,000 dollars a year and since he's been there over 10 years, he really doesn't need to worry about his job ever being in jeopardy. The paycheck will be there and as long as he doesn't rape or murder someone. Meanwhile, Mr. "Teacher of the Year" English teacher, makes his classes enjoyable for the students, gives them moderate amounts of homework that doesn't bore any of them. Every student completes his class doing extremely well, not only on his final exams, but the state testing as well. This teachers paycheck is exactly same as his lazy co-worker. Is that fair? If you ask a liberal it is.
Here's what would happen if unions became illegal: People would be accountable for how much they are actually helping their company. "If you don't perform, you don't get paid". It's as simple as that. Reward the individuals who stand out. Compensate him/her for their outstanding work and let the rest of the employees know that they could get the same thing if they step it up. Productivity would go up and force the "slackers" to step up their game and actually contribute to the company they are working for. Everyone knows the smell of money. There is probably no greater motivator than the promise of cold hard cash.
Why do the Democrats love unions? Democrats don't want people to be accountable for their own actions. If there is any time where blame can be passed, or you have the ability to make a democracy a socialist place, you'd better believe they want it happen. Their goal is to make everyone the same, regardless of who they are and what they are contributing to the company. I say, nix the unions. Everyone will benefit.
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more about unions: Delphi is currently paying "union" workers to sit at home and do nothing as long as they don't go out and work for the competition. these United Auto Workers stay-at-home misers earn $17+/hr for full-time hours. collectively, they brought down the entire company and have a strong potential to bring down the affiliated General Motors, which rely on their parts solely. They are on a contract so they have to keep getting paid.
all because of Unions.
Although unions to contribute almost exclusively to Democrats, endorse strictly Democrats, and they constitute a handy little voting block for Democrats, more of the dues go to the salaries of union officers than to Democrats. But unions are indeed a sham in this day and age, and the Democrats are "in on it" in a big way.
Why do you think Democrats whine incessantly about how underpaid teachers are? They don't want teachers to be more highly paid (who are already paid just fine, thank you); they want more money in education so that more teachers are able to be hired (which is why they also whine about class sizes and student-teacher ratios). More teachers = more people who'll vote to protect their cozy little racket.
No, we don't need unions, but they'll do whatever they need to do to continue existing. And what they need to do is a simple formula: extort ever more from employers to keep the employees happy, and keep handing voters to Democrats to keep it legal. Want to see where unions take you? Look to France.
I think you make a very good point; however, lets take into consideration WHY unions were even formed to begin with. Unfair compensations and unsafe working conditions. That's not asking much in return for your services and labor. The problem is, most democrats would agree that unions are now becoming a problem because they are no longer needed. They strayed away from their main focus and are now concentrating on $$$. With the laws that have been created and the realization that competitive wages are necessary as well as good working conditions companies are discouraging all union activity. Unions are hurting our economy to some degree.
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