tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14192095.post6648851985505388613..comments2024-02-07T02:14:50.146-08:00Comments on Dogwalk Musings: Greed Is NOT Good!Mari Meehanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09322012728807169863noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14192095.post-65839203425370053972011-02-19T18:27:51.185-08:002011-02-19T18:27:51.185-08:00The union members have taken a cut already and hav...The union members have taken a cut already and have offered to cover more of the cost of health care and pensions. Any shortfall was made worse by the legislature passing an approximate $100 million in tax cuts for business in January.<br />As far as I am concerned trying to strip them of their bargaining rights is union busting plain and simple. I don't blame them for fighting back. <br />Unions are far from perfect, but they have brought all of us a lot of good things. Like the 5 day work week, paid vacations, laws against child labor, and on and on. A lot of good people died to get those things. How long do you think any of us would have that once the unions are destroyed? Not long I'll bet.<br />Just to set the record straight, I am not and never have been a union member but I will fight for their bargaining rights. To try to take those away is just plain unamerican in my mind.Twin City Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12254078076755811526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14192095.post-58624681885277800442011-02-19T12:32:26.531-08:002011-02-19T12:32:26.531-08:00Maybe they should do what they did in R.I. last ye...Maybe they should do what they did in R.I. last year... fire them all. <br /><br />Unions were great for the sweat shops and child labor in the 1920' and 30's... but now it is a blackmail businss... You pay each month to keep your job... it is call union dues. And the Union does quite well.. money for themselves. Why people want to keep them is beyond me.. who wants to pay hundreds of $$ a month to keep a job. it should be illegal.Word Tosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03519547102435672497noreply@blogger.com