"Without Unions America Would Red, White, & Blow!" - MOC#54

Everybody arguing against unions says that they don't allow America to be competitive globally. So you're fighting to bring us down with the sweatshops? I can't wait until we're competitive.

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[HomelessOnline]

Might I suggest you shave and cut your hair (or at least comb it) before making a political video? You'd get more sympathy. Clean-cut people like myself have a hard time trying to "click" with a self-imposed hippie appearance. Furthermore, unions have passed their time of usefulness. There was a time when rotary phones had a place in every house, and we'd not have digital phones if it weren't for them--they predated the internet!--but rotary phones have passed their time of usefulness.

[LeeCamp2]

@HomelessOnline Good boy. Cut your hair. Move to the suburbs. Fit right in. Sell out your fellow man and your dreams for a couple more dollars at a job you hate. Wear the brand names that represent status. Good boy.

[harkinfan]

Look at all the jobs going to China and other countries, then put down your book and face reality. Why is it happening?

[LeeCamp2]

@harkinfan Hahahaha, "put down the book." Yep, STOP gaining knowledge about the situation!! That will never help anything!!

[harkinfan]

Show me ONE Union worker that works for Minimum Wage. If you can't. then don't give them credit for creating it.

[LeeCamp2]

@harkinfan Read "A People's History of The United States." Then you'll no longer be in the dark.

[Airphel]

One thing that bothers me about people that hate unions... Unions are why we have a minimum wage, benefits, breaks, lunch time, weekends, vacations... all those things. There is no FEDERAL requirement for mandatory breaks, and meal times. Without unions, or the fear of people unionizing, companies would take far more advantage of us than they do. I've had jobs that don't allow breaks or meal times, I don't get vacation, and I'm honestly lucky I get a weekend already. Don't allow it to get worse.

[LeeCamp2]

@kdwjunior33 Damn, here I thought I had a great argument but you really put me in my place with your stunning logic. I mean, how many exclamation points is that? 7? Maybe even 8?? Fuck, can't argue with THAT many!

[Beantownpierce34]

Point blank period. Proven facts...unions offer MUCH better training and a better product in the end for customers. SAFER JOBS..are more than half less likely to have a serious accident at work. Do more for our communities...set standards for prevailing wages. Made overtime pay, 8 hrs workdays, pay raises, pregnancy leaves, workers comp., so ask yourself what has a union ever done for me then do research. Actually youtube water has unions done for me. They protect us from rotten corporate scabs.

[ericstillman]

oh and those billions are just in california. 49 more states to go

[ericstillman]

I have to fix the problems they created

[ericstillman]

...doesn't mean your any good at it. Not to mention since that was implemented by the Unions they including the Schools and the Division of Apprenticeship Standards are raking in over a billion dollars every year just for electricians. What about Plumbers, HVAC, Iron Workers,etc.? It's a big money maker that does nothing for me as a Non Union Employee, yet I have to shell out money just so I can work and watch "Newbies" ,if you will, fuck things up at work, make as much money as me, and then...

[ericstillman]

set a level playing field, which in turn took a piss all over anyone reputable who had any integrity. While I value my reputation and wit above others, Many others think that "certification" is a means to an end. Their Ethic and Purpose to work aren't changed by certification, but now they make a hefty dollar as i do. I was told being certified would create a competitive wage, but really it just payed those without knowhow and ethic more. Just cause you've been singing in the band for 30 years..

[ericstillman]

I argue against Unions not because of a global competitive issue, but because of a domestic competitive issue. Keep in mind I don't hate unions, but I do hate some of the things they have done to my field of work. I am an electrician that has been working since the time I was 13 years old. I am now 30. I have never worked for the Union because they have done some shady things to me personally when I tried to get hired by them but that is beside the point. Requiring employees to be certified...

[crap4face]

What we are witnessing today is not class warfare. Its class cannibalism. The middle class needs to stick together.

[yoeydude]

if you know your history then you cant deny the Union Made the middle class ,.... opinions are not worth the air you took to spout them if you dont know your history , and the ignorant comments here , give me pause , are the proles worth the effort ? they are their own worst enemy , the elite dont need to fight when they can turn the working class on itself .... you are killing it L ......

[MusicByJC]

I don't think unions are past their time but I don't agree with some the practices. I worked for Communications Workers of America when I worked for GTE for 8 years. People should be judged and awarded to some extent by their contributions. I worked in a clerical department and there were times where 1 person was 3x more productive than another worker. But if a layoff occurred, the person with the least amount of seniority would be cut. That is not in anyone's best interest.

[HomelessOnline]

@dexdrako - Hopefully you can speak better than you write, but I'll have to wing it: It's not an either-or situation. We're not restricted to unions OR horrible working conditions and low pay. I was never a union member and I've long held views against them and their methods. I don't know where you come from, but here in America we call them "employees," not "workers" (like GD socialists and communists do), and yes your hole in the earth might need unions, but America doesn't need SEIU.