Thread: Twinkie for your thoughts

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

This isn't rocket science.

Just pick up a history book and read what the average person's life was like in the late 1800s before labor laws and regulations and unions existed. In those days if you started a business you kept just about everything you made and your employees were basically your slaves just that they were paid a pittance.

Do you think folks would want to go back to that?

Very true but the days of the Triangle Shirtwaist tragedy of 1911 is thankfully a thing in the past. Back in the day unions were an important thing to have, for safety as a number one reason.
The way I look at unions can only be observed thru my trade Tool & Die. When I started in this trade 27 years ago. there were countless union shops in Philadelphia that I knew. Today there isnt a single one that is open today. That includes The Budd plant who probably built more dies for the american auto industry then any other company.
Where are they now? As a owner of a small shop, I would never be told how to conduct my business especially from a worker. Raises should be given out on merit, not by some schedule set by the worker. Why is the owner always the bad guy when it comes to making a profit?