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My Views of America on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 1:52:48 PM
June 19, 2007
Union vs. Non Union:
Senator Kennedy and Senator Murray are asking congress to vote for a stronger Union Law in the States to make all workers join a union.
I have worked in the construction
field for 35 years, using both union and non union workers. The non union workers were by far better then the union workers. I feel that the union is for the lazy worker, not the person who gives a days work for a days pay.
Senator Kennedy brought his chart out, showing how much production was accomplished from 1947 to 1970, then it started to drop off, and the Senator couldn’t figure out why, so he blamed it on people not being able to join a union, because of company policy.
In 1947 all the men and women from WW2 were being discharged and returning to the American work force, these men and women new what it was like to work,
after living through the depression years and into World War 2. They were the Greatest Generation.
The work ethic of today is, “that’s not my job”, how many times have I heard that.
I fired a union worker on a job in Houston for doing nothing all day, the next day the union leader came to see me along with 2 body guards, he confronted me but I would not give in, and the man was fired.
Another man I know about worked for General Motors, he was a maintenance man for GM, and his goal in life was to go 5 days in a row without doing anything, so far he had gone 4 days with out doing any work. Some goal!!! I don’t know if he ever made it.
There are plenty of hard working people out there, many of these can’t find a job because Senator Kennedy and his love for the immigrant has caused Americans good jobs.
I am not in favor of unions, I like the Right To Work Law in many of the states. This way you have a right to work without joining a union.
States do have employee protective laws. I have a friend who owned a restaurant, one of the employees was stealing money, he did not prosecute, but he could not fire this person for stealing, but he did fire her for coming in late. In Florida you can steal, but don’t be late.
Let’s get our jobs back from other countries, and have a decent wage for those jobs. I have interviewed people for jobs, and they all wanted to start at the top of the scale, but they were not qualified for the job. If your going to cut grass you don’t need the education that a person does to be an electrician. Stay in school, go to a trade school, or college. But learn how to do something.
I know, I was there.