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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by inflammable</i> <br /><br />Speaking of unions and dues, <br /> <br />I tend to be anti- union, but I don't have a lot of information about them. <br /> <br />Do you feel that, if the union were to go away tomorrow, that the Railroad would drop your pay (no time limit on when) to where you would make significantly less? <br /> <br />In other words, do you feel that the $100 a month is getting you more money? Keep in mind, that fewer hours also count towards more money. <br /> <br />I'm just anti-union in the present day. They were needed and did a good job in the past, keeping the large corporations in line, but I feel that now a days the same can be accomplished with media attention and lawsuits. <br /> <br />James <br />[/quote] <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />I agree with you about unions, I disagree with them. Maybe not for the same reasons thought. The way I see it is if you don't like what you are getting, get another job. I drive a truck. The owner of the Trucking company married a daughter of a big Grocery Chain. I work for the Trucking Company hauling groceries to all the stores. All of the Grocery Companies warehouses are non union except for the one I haul out of. They make a little more than half of the hourly rate that all the other warehouses make, just because they are union. The trucking company I work for pays good, has all the medical and dental coverage and puts 3% of what I make into a Registered Retirement Plan for me. I used to live in a city where most of the Services (Police, Fire, etc.) went on strike in a span of a couple of years. Taxes went up to cover the cities extra cost. There goes your raises in taxes. I think Unions take more than give back to there members. I was also part of a union when I worked for Securicor (Loomis Armoured Car). I counted Millions of Dollars a night, payed $20 a month and made $7.24 an hour.
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