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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[bradjbourgeois73]

@24601guy Unions today are so weak and are constantly attacked, they have to use some tactics that I don't like just to stay alive. Their hayday was the 1950's, when a family of four to ten could live off of one salary and did not have to worry about going bankrupt if anybody got sick. Strong unions=strong middle class=strong America. Period!

[rocker6666]

@notonmywatchjunior

Typical conservative, you have no idea what you are talking about. Dylan was referencing the world we see now, where the richest 1% control about 50% of the wealth in this country. We have attacked labor for years and years, and its gotten to the point where the cost of living has skyrocketed, and worker wages have stagnated and even declined. The average person cant make a living on their own anymore. The working and middle class has no advocates.

[FletchforFreedom]

Wow. I would never have thought it possible to cram so much unbelievably inaccurate "history" into just 90 seconds. Do some reserach on ACTUAL history and learn that a) the middle class long preceded unions, b) compensation, working conditions and living conditions (including the demise of child labor) began and continued BEFORE unions (and where unions were weakest), and c) unions have cost the econony, conservatively, $50 trillion, that might otherwise have gone to workers.

[swiftone910]

Now labor unions are concentrating all their efforts on job security when they should instead be lerrning to look at the big picture.Ironically,making it difficult for companies to lay off employees during tough times may actually endanger job security in the long run by weakening a company's competitiveness.Union need to wake up to the realities of complex financial capitalism and protect their workers without affecting the long-term profitability of their companies.

[MrTimkan7719]

Uh there is Nothing mentioned here of the Extortion, or the Mafia. Sorry but this is not a true represetation of Unions. There is nothing about forced dues, nothing about unions not getting to really vote. Nothing about the Lineing of Democrats pockets.

[JamesRaynor11]

I believe that we still require unions, despite their current alleged condition. If a corrupt/greedy union is able to do so much damage to the community, shouldn't that speak to the power of a corrupt business, particularly large businesses with vastly superior resources? Workers need a form of recourse against their employers, especially in this particularly effed "Fuck you Ive got mine" society. It would seem the solution is proper recourse against unions for check and balance, not removal.

[atfatw]

@sjkucinski ver clever krel! labor unions are racist and sexist and are gutless the only thing there good for is to rob their members

[sjkucinski]

@atfatw you suck

[24601guy]

@bradjbourgeois73 My friend, I've worked in a union environment and we both know that "posting rights" is not what I'm talking about. Try massive inefficiencies put in place with no other purpose than to pad payrolls and allow membership to slack off. That's the reality. Worse is the fact that many of these rules, particularly those dealing with seniority, unfairly affect good workers within the union and protect the garbage. Unions are all about the "haves" and "have nots", don't kid yourself.

[bradjbourgeois73]

@24601guy Posting rights that workers already have so they are informed about them does not kill business, LMMFAO at you! Typical conservative, you make a claim and present it as a fact without providing any evidence or specifics and think you have an argument!