Comments on: Sources: Unions Target South Carolina

By: Mr. Union

Mr. Union — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:41:00 +0000

From my experience the people who dont want the union are either not well informed on what EXACTLY being union means. Or are wealthy buisness owner’s who got rich of their worker’s and would rather not pay the benifit’s so their workers can have a FAIR living and goo retirement,

By: mt

mt — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:24:29 +0000

Unions served their purpose once. ONCE! Now they are nothing more than what they ‘claim’ they fight against. If you think Unions are not in it for the money, then please go back to school and educate yourself a little more. Why do you think Unions are trying so hard to eliminate secret ballot elections? Its the almighty buck! Its because they know that when the truth has a chance to be shown in the spotlight, people will understand that unions really cannot compete in this world where employment law is so far more advanced than it used to be in the Union hayday. Oh yeah by the way – please look and see how the Unions have devestated Deerborn, Michigan; Detroit; Ohio; Buffalo; They weave their way into the political structure and pretty soon if you want to see progress in infrastructure – you won’t because the union won’t let honest hard working people get ahead without giving them a BIG cut of the pie!

By: baker

baker — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:33:02 +0000

My understanding is that UPS workers in SC are part of a union….and that they get very good pay and terrific benefits. And that’s a pretty successful company, it would seem.

Of course, there may be other examples of unions being as terrible as so many on the right say. I suppose it’s not an issue that I know just a great deal about.

By: CNSYD

CNSYD — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:54:30 +0000

SCFolly, SC has a better example of non union industry. Take a look at the former textile industry in the upstate. Non union workers were paid poverty wages, lived in company housing, bought goods at the company store, etc. “I owe my soul to the company store” was more than just a song lyric. Working conditions were such that job related injuries were the norm. Latent disease such as brown lung appeared late in life. So any surprise that unions gain footholds?

By: SCFolly

SCFolly — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:02:48 +0000

Georgetown Steele, anyone? Unions at there best… right, Hilary? Unions gave those employees the power to be unemployed.

By: Sicster

Sicster — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:34:42 +0000

Will, let the free market work. if unions want to come fight, we’ll fight. Business will most likely win. SC workers are smart enough to figure out that unions are a bad deal and will most likely cost them their job down the road.

of all people, i thought you were an anti-union guy.

By: Madison

Madison — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:50:01 +0000

Hillary,

Here in the US, our Constitution affirms the fact that each individual has sovereign power over his own life, and guarantees limits to which the federal government can infringe upon that sovereignty. Our country was founded on the idea of each persons right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. (Nostalgic adide: this used to be toaght in the public schools.)

Unions do not give working-class people power over their own lives – in fact it is just the opposite. Union members relinquish the power they inherently possess to the union bosses who aggressively seek an adversarial relationship with the employers. This keeps the union members convinced that the people who are providing the jobs are the enemy while the parasitic union bosses live in high style on the dues they take out of each members paycheck.

It is amazing to me how someone can see the one who is providing him a job as the enemy while seeing the one taking money from his paycheck as his friend.

By: Spartacus

Spartacus — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:32:05 +0000

Calling the Steelworkers and Machinists unions the “most aggressive and influential” is a gross overstatement. The Steelworkers in particular are a pathetic excuse for a union. Their membership numbers, which fall steadily, are only propped up by mergers with other failing unions and they are in such bad shape financially that if they were a business they would be bankrupt.

America Works Best Union Free!

By: Hilary

Hilary — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:47:41 +0000

Unions give working-class people power over their own lives. If you think that’s a bad thing, you’re wrong.

By: CNSYD

CNSYD — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:51:16 +0000

countryboy, the number 1 reason that so many things we use in this country are manufactured in China is that the COMMUNIST gevernment of China uses slave labor in sweatshops to produce them. Further this COMMUNIST government is probably the biggest polluter on the planet. So this is the fault of US labor unions? Is your proposal to replicate the same working conditions in the US?