There was a time for unions and that time has past as has unemployment insurance
if you cant find a job, nothing is tying you down, move. and yes it is that simple.
People will do alot when they are forced to fend for themselves and not rely on the government.
I look silly anyway.
Silly or not you made some very ignorant statements.
The days of unions being needed are over you say,why is that ? Has corporate greed lessoned ? has your job become safer ? Is there somebody at your place of business looking at the books from both sides making sure the employees get a fair wage increase based on profit & loss ?
Here are the most important questions of all.
Are your children going to have a better way of life than you ?
Are your children going to be able to spend as many off work hours with their family as you ?
Are your children going to be able to afford to raise a family where there is enough money in the household so one parent can stay home to raise the children ?
If your childrens spouses do decide to work full time carrers as my wife did will the extra income be mandated to help feed the family & for bills,or will the extra income be used to pursue the american dream of family vacations,paid off cars & homes before retirement,a real savings portforlio instead of the more common modern day portfolio of debt ?
The upcomming generations are the 1st not to be assured a better life than the previous generation,your children will work more hours than you for less pay,they will spend more time working & less time with their family,they will work more hours yet be deeper in debt & have less salary from jobs requiring much more at home or after salaried hour non paying work than you.
You can thank the anti union spirit that has swept the usa,most see unions for what they personally do not get from their current job,then out of jealousy & spite bash something they have little or no experience with.
Before i retired my job designation was a journeyman operating enjineer,i ran the big tower construction cranes before i was promoted to site superintendant,my union contract demanded that i be paid no less than $32 an hour,plus another $7 an hour as vacation pay,plus another $8 an hour paid into my pension,plus just over $9 an hour twords health insurance,that put my total minimum base pay package at $56 an hour & thats before bonuses,my base salary was roughly $80,000 a year on average.
My non union counterparts pay ranges from $17 an hour up to $25 an hour,health insurance that has a $1,500 deductable per member,no dental,no hearing or eye care & a shitty ass 401k plan that requires money out of the allready sub par salary to fund the retirement.
The differences between my non union counterpart & myself on an hour per hour basis is over $30,000 per year,both men doing the exact same work,both men having the same job requirements & skillset,yet one man has a wage where he can save & live a good life while the other man lives from week to week his whole life.
The commercial/industrial construction industry is extremely competitave,projects ranging up into several hunderd billion dollars are won or lost over less than $1,000 every day,the material costs,permit costs ect are equal for union & non union alike but labor is far cheaper on the non union side,this should give non union contractors such an unfair advantage that they would get every job but its not the case,non union construction charges the exact same price per sq ft as their union counterparts who make a substancialy higher salary.
Corporate greed is where its at & as long as young americans shit on unions out of envy or misconception you are driving the nails in the coffins in which your children will be in at an early age from working their lives away to just stay afloat.
Fyi of all anti unemployement forum members,there are major differences between illegal migrants & migratory workers,a person who regulary travels more than 2 county's from his home county for work is considered a migratory worker.
