What Have The Unions Ever Done For Us?

Manic Times asks 'What Have The Unions Ever Done For Us?'

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[MrAlsfan5]

Every right and benefit that workers have today was obtained by unions.

[TeddySea]

It's no wonder big business and their political party try so hard to misrepresent unions. It's to save money by cutting worker's conditions.

Keep up the 'good fight' unions. We need you.

[MrAlsfan5]

I and many other working people are not willing to lose anymore wages and benefits while the rich fat cat 1% and their federal and provincial politicians continue to thrive on bloated salaries and huge perks. Let's see them take huge cuts in pay and be taxed much higher than the middle and lower class workers.

[MrAlsfan5]

In Canada the Universities are run by the provinces and we turn out very well educated people who do a great job in the working world. Rather have our system than the privately owned universities in the States.

[EpiDemic117]

it's a cycle that has a clear graph for. Private sector unions can politically spend, That is a different case in point since their funds are being generated privately by people who chose to do business with them.

[EpiDemic117]

they want kids to be dumb and since this all feeds back to beurocratic political bullshit the idea is that those kids and the way they are taught by public schools. Will vote for candidates that give the board special privledges. they practically own her generation. Also public sector unions should not be allowed to spend my tax dollars on political spending. That is COMPLETE FUCKING BULLSHIT. the way that gets looped is that i'm being robbed to support someone i may not even agree with.

[EpiDemic117]

Look at California. We had a proposition here to where it would raise taxes and "help" teachers. But man did the public completely fall for It. it just gave the asshole board administraters more money to play with for themselves by their own rules. Teachers didn't get squat. Also, people by public schools are getting dumber and dumber. My sister doesn't even know half of the history i told her about the french revolution and civil war. They purposely don't teach them very important things

[EpiDemic117]

The government certainly doesn't do a better job at all. Also. Education has always been privatized. many colleges are privately owned as well as universities and the teachers there get top pay. so Should the government run those? Government has ALWAYS been a magnet for the corrupt and power hungry and people who could make it anywhere else.

[EpiDemic117]

"Education should never ever be put in the hands of private enterprise as they always slash wages" I agree, They should not be put into a single monopolistic enterprize. But competing private schools is a good thing. As for wages. That is all coming out of the tax payer in our current system. High wages are nice in skilled areas. But you also have to get the point of free markets and that is the bring the cost of everything down.

[MrAlsfan5]

Education should never ever be put in the hands of private enterprise as they always slash wages, and serve only those who can afford private schools while the rest due without or with poor quality. I would never accept private enterprise sticking their noses into education.

[EpiDemic117]

I'm not saying you have to be and tyrannical and abusive asshole and fire everyone. but you and i know no matter where it your work at there are always going to be people who are very shitty lazy and practically worthless but make others do their job and get payed the same if not more than them.

[EpiDemic117]

i mean some schools will claim to be competitive with other public schools. (like city vs city) In trying to outpace them. But the fact is. They are not competitive. They are all operated underneath the same bureaucratic red tape board with the same slow to change administrative structure basically administered by dipshits with a political agenda.