A Brief History Of Unions

In less than 2 minutes, we provide a lesson on the history of Organized Labor. Fun, simple, & entertaining - great for kids and adults alike!

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[tralake2]

You are ridiculous. Quality of life issues and what one got for one's money were more favorable then than they are now. You can blather and bully and call names all you want. It will not change the sad fact that people today are working twice as hard to get even half as much as they had back then.

[brad bourgeois]

Products were cheaper then, I was talking to my boss the other day and he mentioned how much he paid for a beer in a bar in the '70's, adjusted for inflation we would be paying $0.75 a beer today instead of $4 like it is now. And how did my grandpa raise 9 kids on one one 40 hour salary and lived in a big ass house, while I work a 46 hour week and my wife works a 36 hour week, live in a trailer and have trouble paying medical bills for one kid? Yeah we are waaay better off now!

[mantonio121773]

well said and exactly right. An uneducated worker could earn enough for his whole family. Now it takes two educated people to earn the middle class life.

Women's Lib, while a great idea, was just a doubling of the workforce and a saturation of the job market which cut wages in half essentially.

To boot - the "IVY LEAGUE" couple (guy and gal) took 2 of the high paying jobs instead of just one. Making the rich richer and poor, well you know...

[rufuguru]

Again you're making an argument out of sarcasm, I'm not hostile, I'm just pointing out that there is no valid moral argument for Unions. You may be trying to troll me, or even be sarcastic out of a lack of interest in proper debate structure, but unless you come up with a valid moral argument for the existence of Unions, then it won't matter who you talk to, ever, about it.

[Enthusedsock]

Indeed I cannot, as the union is satin.

I have been making an ass of my self. I thought it was different here in Australia, and that unions stopped exploitation. How wrong I have been.

So there is no need to argue anymore sir. You can put the stress hormones on hold and let the relief flood through your body.

You won!!! congrats. :D

[rufuguru]

I'm glad you've yet again dodged the question and are now making an ass of yourself. I suppose you can't make a valid argument for a moral Union.

[Enthusedsock]

It can't be. You're absolutely right.

Thank you for showing me everything I've learned and experienced first hand in my life is objectively wrong. All I can hope for is that all the powers of the world are handed to you so we can start living in a perfect Utopia of righteousness and fairness.

Fuck the union!!!

I'll be quitting it post haste.

Again, I thank you kind sir.

[rufuguru]

It's irrelevant. You would still be morally wrong regardless of my age. I could be prehistoric or I could be 2 years old, facts don't change with age. You're trying to use ad hominem logic in that question, so there is literally no reason for me to answer. No matter what my answer is, you will try to use my age against me.

Do your job and argue for why you think that Unionization can be morally supported.

[rufuguru]

Find a different Job, you don't seem to understand the equation.

Scenario 1: You can fight for your job.

Scenario 2: You can't fight for your job.

If scenario 1, fight for your job.

If scenario 2, get a different fucking job.

It's just that simple.

[Enthusedsock]

May I also ask how old you are sir?

[Enthusedsock]

I don't think you understand, you could be the greatest orator in the world and the best warehouse operator in the world and still be out the door.

It was a company policy last hired first fired, middle management is powerless to do otherwise.

Otherwise it could be construed that they're discriminating against age, sex, race or whatever.

Or is that something you're also for?

So your solution obviously doesn't work.

[rufuguru]

your job, convince the company that you are too valuable of an asset to lose or find a different job. Unionization is morally wrong and illogical. It benefits the few at the cost of everyone.