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> And as soon as anyone mentions unions Can we make it mandatory for everyone that is anti-Union to have to report to work on Labor Day and also they need to w

> And as soon as anyone mentions unions Can we make it mandatory for everyone that is anti-Union to have to report to work on Labor Day and also they need to work the previous Saturday since it was normally a six day work week before Unions? I still don't understand American working force's love affair with the filthy rich individuals and corporations. I am constantly told, "This is just how economy works" from my Father-In-law and other "conservatives." When I mention that we as the working class are getting less and less of the GDP pie and more is going to the corporations and rich. The feeling is this has always been that way. I immediately say "I'm talking percentage" and sadly the average American is stuck at a 4th grade math level and I guess 4th grade doesn't cover the meaning of percentages. The filthy rich's best warriors are conservative leaning voters right now and I have no idea how that will ever change.

TheOtherHobbes 8y ago
Don't forget that the filthy rich waged literal wars using hired thugs armed with guns against unions and their leaders around the turn of the century. There's precious little mention of this in history lessons.
- baldfat 8y ago
  Local story for me on how bad the Labor Unions fight was with Police doing the bidding of the companies in 1910. Bethlehem Steel had a strike, 9,000 workers complaining about the 12 hour work days and the unsafe work conditions. A policeman shot and killed union striker Joseph Szambo while he was drinking a beer and his wife gave birth to their child a few hours later. This caused Congress to get involved and to actually make Bethlehem Steel change their practices and the Labor Union won. http://bethlehem.thelehighvalleypress.com/2012/09/12/bethlehem-labor-martyr-remembered http://bethlehem.thelehighvalleypress.com/2012/09/12/bethleh... Now fast forward to the 1980s and Bethlehem Steel wasted millions in tax dollars on building a huge corporate office and didn't redo their old steel works and had to go out of business. People like to blame the Union but it was Corporate waste of resources that was the demise of the company. https://www.mcall.com/opinion/white/mc-bw-bethlehem-steel-plant-20150622-column.html https://www.mcall.com/opinion/white/mc-bw-bethlehem-steel-pl...

TheOtherHobbes 8y ago

Don't forget that the filthy rich waged literal wars using hired thugs armed with guns against unions and their leaders around the turn of the century. There's precious little mention of this in history lessons.

baldfat 8y ago
Local story for me on how bad the Labor Unions fight was with Police doing the bidding of the companies in 1910. Bethlehem Steel had a strike, 9,000 workers complaining about the 12 hour work days and the unsafe work conditions. A policeman shot and killed union striker Joseph Szambo while he was drinking a beer and his wife gave birth to their child a few hours later. This caused Congress to get involved and to actually make Bethlehem Steel change their practices and the Labor Union won. http://bethlehem.thelehighvalleypress.com/2012/09/12/bethlehem-labor-martyr-remembered http://bethlehem.thelehighvalleypress.com/2012/09/12/bethleh... Now fast forward to the 1980s and Bethlehem Steel wasted millions in tax dollars on building a huge corporate office and didn't redo their old steel works and had to go out of business. People like to blame the Union but it was Corporate waste of resources that was the demise of the company. https://www.mcall.com/opinion/white/mc-bw-bethlehem-steel-plant-20150622-column.html https://www.mcall.com/opinion/white/mc-bw-bethlehem-steel-pl...