pDo we need to curb or expand the power of labor unions?

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Curb it

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@Nov '12 V 419 votes c 162 comments

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Gatnos endorsed Fuchsia

v Curb it
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DIAMONDG81 voted

v Curb it
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nomoretaxes voted

v Curb it
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Brogan voted

v Curb it
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Mon
smbiz voted

v Expand it
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Sailingright voted

v Curb it
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Marley2008 voted

v Curb it
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Javelina endorsed LeslieAbi

v Curb it
Jun 16
Fussell voted

v Curb it
Jun 16
Carach voted

v Curb it
Jun 16
Philof endorsed LeslieAbi

v Curb it
Jun 15
Nonya voted

v Curb it
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Jun 15
Linebacker66 voted

v Curb it
Jun 14
9MileTrucking voted

v Curb it
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Jun 14
Lars_Ulrich endorsed LeslieAbi

v Curb it
Jun 14
solodad voted

v Curb it
Jun 14
ladywaterwood voted

v I'm not sure
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Jun 14
nagydonnac voted

v Curb it
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Jun 14
hancel voted

v Curb it
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Jun 13
sweetmustard voted

v Curb it
Jun 13
susanblange voted

v Curb it
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Jun 13
skspls voted

v Curb it
Jun 13
Arthgallo voted

v Curb it
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Jun 13
justforkicks voted

v Keep it the same
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Jun 8
USN-22 voted

v Curb it
Jun 8

O_S_Thomas

v Curb it

and it expnad it for ppl who actually need it!

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Jun 7

Libertyboy

v Curb it

Unions are an Industrial Age thing. It's the Information Age now; we need to move on.

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Jun 6
Elialia endorsed LeslieAbi

v Curb it
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Jun 6

Faceman

v Expand it

its simple unions do make a profit but they make sure their employees at the companies they work for gets treated fairly and get benefits they deserve

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Jun 6
Remember2Wipe endorsed LeslieAbi

v Curb it
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Jun 5
SlimElmo91 endorsed LeslieAbi

v Curb it
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Jun 5
sspphoto endorsed Fuchsia

v Curb it
Jun 4
Wafflecone endorsed BigD1391

v Expand it
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Jun 2
Knoll37 voted

v Keep it the same
Jun 2

DARSB

v Expand it

The thing about capitalism is the way it treats people as commodities. Unions are a defense against that.

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Jun 1
rtoberl voted

v Curb it
May 30

JumpRoundhouse

v I'm not sure

As a former union member I think unions a great thing. I will say though that I believe that anymore the unions are more about what the union bosses want and less about the workers and that's where I feel the problem is. Also there are to many lazy people who don't want to work in the union system that need to be weeded out. I appreciate the union job and the great benefits that come with it so I feel that others should work hard for their union and show the same type of appreciation not lay down in the floor and run electric wire as slow as possible

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May 30
Texasbuzz voted

v Curb it
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May 29
SamSpade voted

v Keep it the same
May 29
LEC endorsed USWUnion

v Expand it
May 29
tomtheterrible endorsed Fuchsia

v Curb it
May 27
GodlessLiberal voted

v Expand it
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May 24
buckilaked voted

v Expand it
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May 23
Angry_man endorsed BigD1391

v Expand it
May 22
LHoran voted

v Curb it
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May 22
Dumee endorsed Fuchsia

v Curb it
May 21
Timeuknow endorsed CaryNickel

v Curb it
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May 21
Rydad voted

v Expand it
May 21
Rpete endorsed LeslieAbi

v Curb it
May 19
DanielZ endorsed BigD1391

v Expand it

Jun 8

O_S_Thomas

v Curb it

and it expnad it for ppl who actually need it!

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Jun 7

Libertyboy

v Curb it

Unions are an Industrial Age thing. It's the Information Age now; we need to move on.

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Jun 6

Faceman

v Expand it

its simple unions do make a profit but they make sure their employees at the companies they work for gets treated fairly and get benefits they deserve

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Jun 2

DARSB

v Expand it

The thing about capitalism is the way it treats people as commodities. Unions are a defense against that.

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May 30

JumpRoundhouse

v I'm not sure

As a former union member I think unions a great thing. I will say though that I believe that anymore the unions are more about what the union bosses want and less about the workers and that's where I feel the problem is. Also there are to many lazy people who don't want to work in the union system that need to be weeded out. I appreciate the union job and the great benefits that come with it so I feel that others should work hard for their union and show the same type of appreciation not lay down in the floor and run electric wire as slow as possible

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May '13

Avoicenmany

v Curb it

Curb? I say abolish... Unions serve no purpose any longer, all they do is suck money from the pockets on the members, and public sector unions are the worse vermin of all..

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May 29

SamSpade

Yeah, who needs a Constitution?!

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May '13

KyleMFb

v Expand it

Unions built America and that's a fact. Unions are American non unions are Chinese... But it's quite fitting that repubes wanna get rid of unions so they the "job creators" can pay workers less....

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May '13

Randolf

v Expand it

Sadly my union is a joke. But i still believe their a important thing for the working man.

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May '13

oldman75

v Expand it

The teabagging house just passed a bill to get rid of premium pay for overtime . What's next the 40 hour week and child labor laws ?All that was won by those you now despise labor unions .

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May '13

stephen

v Curb it

they became obsolete.

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May '13

fraps

v Curb it

First, eliminate unions for government employees. The unions were supposed to balance the power between employers and employees. There is no conceptual or real need to balance the power between individual employees and the government. Second, unions and companies are quite different. The unions have a giant advantage in the unionization process. Even with the advantage most people find themselves better off without having to pay union dues than paying union dues to support extravagance by the union leaders. One other point. The states with right to work laws have much better financial positions then the states without. More companies are willing to work there i...

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May '13

jeffreyknee

v Curb it

Their influence on gov't labor policies over the last 100 years have made unions obsolete. Some policies have been for the better, but others for the worse. The minimum wage law discourages hiring citizens and encourages hiring illegals. Illegals will work for sub-min too, live in group homes, share costs. But citizens will opt for public assistance, live alone in public housing, have unwed kids, and multiply the problem.

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May '13

bsking

v Curb it

labor has become nothing more than a PAC for Democrats... which coincidently gives them the power that they have

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May '13

LonePalm

v Curb it

Private unions? Who cares as long as it isn't a closed shop? Public Employee unions should be banned. There is no right to organize against the public interest. This is exactly what public employee unions do.

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May '13

mwr

v Curb it

make membership and dues optional, if they are as needed as implied then the workers will freely join and pay dues.

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May '13

Canoochee

v Curb it

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Apr '13

BossTweed

v Curb it

If we do nothing we will be Greece in a few years. Unionizing Public Employee ala Teachers was a clear act of CIVIC Suicide for America.

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Apr '13

Glich

v I'm not sure

I am pro union. I just believe most Unions have become "Party PAC Funds" - funds derived from members who for the most part don't know they have the right to say no. Most Unions don't even bother to inform their members they are supposed to give the Union "written authorization" to take PAC Fund Money from their Union dues. Most workers see a "Union Dues" deduction in their pay statement. Its against Federal Law to use Union dues as campaign money. So they don't tell the employees what they think are "Union Dues" include Political PAC Fund Donations. When was the last time your Union asked you - the worker - who they should donate to Politically speaking? What Po...

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Apr '13

miketost

v Curb it

Labor unions are doing a great job of curbing themselves.

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Apr '13

PNWest

v Expand it

All you have to do is plot the downfall of the middle class alongside the decline in the power of unions. As the unions go so goes the middle class. Since the Reagan years the power of unions has been on the decline. During that time we've seen the rich get richer and the poor and middle class get poorer. This is not a coincidence. Strong unions were responsible for a strong middle class and without them the middle class will dwindle.

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May '13

scorpion

The middle class were doing better before the unions. I suppose you think the unions pay for OSHA. How about they collect 3000$ a year from each worker and have a picnic every year. The prices of durable goods is tied to wage, so when you go shopping and complain about the prices, you can thank the union for your little raise that did more for the bosses than you.

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Jun '12

LeslieAbi

v Curb it

Unions no longer improve the work place, instead they hinder it by their outrageous demands and protests. There are so many better ways to go about getting what you deserve than a picket fence.

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Jun '12

Fuchsia

v Curb it

Labor unions have outlived their usefulness and offer no real protection. They hinder the rights of employees, promote bad behavior, raise prices, and lower what employees can take home. Public education would be much better without unions, since the school districts would be free to fire incompetent or abusive teachers. Unions are against merit-based job testing. Plus they tend to be crooked. In some areas, teaching unions are even extorting money from those who home school their kids, those who have their kids in private schools, and those without kids.

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Jun '12

BigD1391

v Expand it

Without Unions and the Public Sector, we would all be slaves. Open your mind people.

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Jun '12

Bobolinsky

v Curb it

I have had the "pleasure" of working in a union shop a few times. In those shops the most common refrain as to why we couldn't do something a certain way was, "union rules". . Everything from pay, vacation, and promotions to division of labor, shifts, and grievance resolution is dictated by the union contract. . The end result in a union shop is the union member takes what little power s/he has and hands it over to a collective that often doesn't have the individual's best interest in mind. The end result is that individuals have no choice, freedom, or voice in a union shop.

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Jun '12

eyesandears

v Expand it

I support any movement that limits corporate America's choke hold on the American government. There are too many men and women in the executive and judicial branches of government that are bought and paid for by big business. Everything from the FDA to big energy corporations is touched by this greed and nastiness. Nothing is black and white any more, too much gray area and the American worker has paid the price through outsourcing all of our jobs. Labor Unions that fairly represent American workers are what I feel the backbone of the teeny weeny economy we have left, and I believe they could and should be the element that rebuilds the economic future of our country.

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Jun '12

blacktooth

v Keep it the same

The unions are important because they keep employers in check. Once unions are disbanded, there will be no voice to speak together to keep labor laws and practices fair. Unions have always kept politicians and employers honest.

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Jun '12

USWUnion

v Expand it

Hitler banned trade unions in 1933. Just wanted to throw that out there. Unions are good for any economy because they level the playing field between employee and employer. Anyone not in favor of a Union better be a business owner themselves or really wealthy otherwise I'd venture to say you're a stooge. Without Unions you'd have no overtime pay, off days, lunch, breaks, etc. So basically you'd be turning back the clock on decades worth of labor struggles that were hard earned with the blood of our ancestors paving the way for what we have taken for granted. So anyone that disagrees with what Unions do for the working class should give up every freedom at work that the...

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Jun '12

kdb59

v Expand it

Organized labor gives the workers/middle class the ability a living wage. When the workers are paid a fair wage, they have more to spend and this is what will build the economy. We are the true job creators when we purchase products.

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Jun '12

Justus

v Curb it

Government workers should never be allowed to unionize. Government is already loaded with fraud,theft,laziness and benefits when compared to the average working American.

e6 endorsed

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Jun '12

CaryNickel

v Curb it

I believe that labor unions, in the private sector, have outlived their usefulness and no longer represent the worker, but a political voting block, most likely leftist. Public sector unions shouldn't exist in the first place. The primary duty of the public sector is to serve the private sector. That should be their focus. And if they aren't doing that job in a satisfactory manner, nothing should stand in the way of public sector employees being fired, same as a private sector worker. What's more, no public sector worker should be getting paid more, or be getting better benefits, than their private sector counterpart.

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