Union Life: What the Obama White House Fails to Understand about Worker Safety, Security
The unions help provide for safety, for disability, in case of injury and for fair wages. Yes, there are disadvantages. My husband has a love-hate relationship with the targeting funds that augment bids so that the union can compete with non-union shops in our town. My husband has a love-hate relationship with paying his dues even when he’s out of work or his non-compete clause. For me, witnessing the life of a skilled laborer has been an eye-opener. Now, more than ever I understand why we need unions. And I have to say that the Obama administration’s attitude about this makes me very angry. The union will support the people who support them. That’s the whole idea behind democracy. The people gather their support and their votes to make changes.
Union guys can feel the corporate hands on their necks. Their way of life has gotten harder, jobs are slim and they fear that they will lose the middle class life they have sacrificed so hard for. Sure they miss the days when they could enjoy their work. They miss the days when they didn’t have to work so fast and furiously with the threat of unemployment on their backs. If corporate America breaks the unions, it’s not just the labor jobs that will suffer. It sets the trend that workers are just bodies. Without unions to fight this battle for us, who will speak? It’s much harder to take back control then it is to keep it. Right now it’s imperative that the unions stand strong. Sure they need to make some changes, but don’t we all?
Support your unions and let Mr. Obama know what you think of his anti-union message.
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