It sounds like MJ got a heck of a bad deal but to say that jobs go overseas because of the unions is really unfair and there are quite a few non union people that didn't get the retirement they thought theyed have due to things beyond their control... I am a pipeliner and a member of operating engineers local 450.... I make a little less money than the non union pipeline operators but I get health insurance and am vested for a pension after only 5 years although it would be a small one if I didn't work any more after that.
Our jobs go overseas because the cost of living in this country is WAY higher than in China or Honduras and we won't work for 25 c/hr and because our government taxes the snot out of everything we do but goes easy on big companies importing entire ships of cheap chinese goods and passes crap like nafta that helps pave the way to outsource labor... I for one feel that HUGE taxes on imported goods would fix the problem.
I don't know any of the twinkie details but if they actually folded over $10 a week that is a pretty dumb move BUT it wasn't the fault of all unions but rather a mass of people who voted against a contract.
I have worked both union and non union and have absolutely nothing against anyone working either way.....
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11-16-2012, 08:36 PM
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