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There is an old railroad term to discribe this stuff: FEATHERBEDDER! These guys are feathering their own nests at the expense of the people they pretend to represent. [Note the similarity to what politicians do.] They all [BLE; UTU; Teamsters, etc. etc....] are in it for what they can get out of it; I mean what the "leadership" can get out of it, both at the national and local levels. The glorious "Union Era" reached its peak after WW II when most of the earth was in ashes;; we were the only nation that could supply just about anything anywhere. Demand for products was high; profits were high; Gov't interventions and interference were minimal. It was easier for the companies to give the unions what they wanted; there was plenty to go around. Blue collar jobs have been heading east, as in Far EAst. China is now the industial powerhouse that Japan was a decade ago, that we were two decades ago. Look at the current " economic uptick"; demand for stuff has modestly increased, but unemployment is even going up. The few industrial jobs left here are up against it, with mere survival an iffy proposition, let alone profits. Is it any wonder so many firms are going off-shore. So an employee [I hate the term "worker"; it's so Bolshevik.] is happy to have a job...phooey to the unions, if there's a choice. And then the company moves its manufacturing to China, where the "workers" [over there, they ARE workers!] don't get a fraction of what was made here, and other than paying local Party officials off, there is little Gov't interference. The point of all this is, that the union officials here are well aware of all this. As a result, they are playing the string out as long as they can, feathering their own nests; robbing other unions of members, and pretending to look out for their constituents' interests. They just hope it doesn't come down on their watch. If they can retire to a fat pension before the collapse, they'll be honored for their "service". The last three sentences can apply to the political class; just substitute "public service" for service. Amazing.
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