Quote Originally Posted by MasterMason03 View Post
Give me a damn break. The GM bailout is a prime example of the greed and corruption the exemplifies Big Labor. Look at the auto plants in the south. Toyota, Honda, Nissan, and BMW are all union free shops and do you ever hear about their workers being mistreated? The answer is an affirmative no.

Yes, unions had their place at one time (The Triangle Shirt factory fire). As long as unions are still in control of education, the US will continue to decline in the world standing of the quality of education.

Also, back the GM thing. The Fed interfered and assured the UAW that the status quo would be maintained at GM. The right thing would have been for GM to have broken the unions contract and start over. The legacy cost alone for GM are bleeding the company dry. I do not think we have seen the last restructuring for GM. It will most definitely happen again.

And one more thing "bigspendur". When I hear "union" I think "socialist, Marxist, and communist. These schools of thought are not compatible with representative government and free enterprise. These unions come back to the table time and again and demand more and more and what is the result. Shuttered up factories and unemployed workers because Big Labor does not represent the needs of their members but caters to the political machinations of the radical Progressive Democrat Left.
Well, I guess the American worker will just have to have lower and lower wages so he can compete with the counterpart in S.E Asia and his life style will follow suite.

Like I said no one forced GM to give in to the unions. The companies were badly mismanaged and that is why they almost went broke. yes the auto plants in the South have happy contented workers earning a fraction of what auto workers used to get.

You want us to compete with the world? Then everything will meet the common point and the standard of living in this country will plummet which is what is happening right now.

You don't think the union contracts were restructured at GM? You think they are earning what they were before and their benefits are the same?

Yes, go ahead and blame the unions for the education situation here. it has nothing to do with parents who don't give a damn or kids who are only in school because the law says they have to be or the decreasing money the schools are getting or failed strategies of using testing to gauge progress.

You say when you hear union you think socialist and marxist etc. What do you think of when you here about the increasing wealth disparity in this country and decreasing standard of living for most folks and the decreasing opportunities and all the other problems this country has? yea I know it's all those leftists and progressive policies. I'm afraid your mind is too closed to discuss this further.