I know I will get crucified for this, but, you asked. I think unions have outlived their usefulness. There was a time when unions where necessary in this country, but I think that time has long since passed. And keep in mind, my father was in a union my entire life until he retired.
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Gruss Gott <grussg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It would appear that what's happening in Wisconsin is 2 things: > > (1.) There's a State revenue crunch thus the Gov is asking for Union > give-backs. (but, in fairness, he's also asking for tax cuts and has > pushed through corp tax cuts) > > (2.) The Unions are agreeing to all give-backs thus negating the > finance argument, but not agreeing to give up collective bargaining, > which the Gov says is not negotiable. > > Given this, the Governor's agenda is clear: kill the unions. > > And, so far, the public seems to be backing the Gov although whether > that's due to the non-issue financial piece or the union piece is not > clear. > > So I'm wondering if we're seeing the death of unions. thoughts? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:334586 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm