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<blockquote data-quote="kjones" data-source="post: 289975" data-attributes="member: 4533"><p>First I would like to thank Caustic for his defense of the union worker. I recently lost my job of 11+ years working at a pulp mill for Weyerhaeuser. I can assure you that union workers are not a bunch of yo-yos that can only push a button for $50 per hour as Milliron so ignorantly put it. There are educated people in these positions as well as those with only a high school diploma. People with Bachelors, masters, and Doctorate degrees, and are every bit as intelligent as his wife. It has been my experience that people who snivel about "you guys make too much and strike when you don't get more". Striking isn't about getting more. It's about not getting less than you already were. How many of you would like to hear " now your health care costs tan times as much". or "your wage is now half what it was"? Most of these people seem to be jealous because they don't have as good a job. They probably applied and didn't get hired. Blaming a plant closure on worker is ridiculous. Do you think it might be the CEOs that make millions in salaries, and millions more as a bonus for doing "a job well done" at the same time reporting record profit losses? Or possibly stockholders whining that the RONA ( return in net assets) in not 17% such as Weyeco does, even if the facility still made a few million that year? Pissing and moaning about union workers wages being to high makes no sense. I would wager if a union wage was less, a nonunion wage for the same job would also be less than it is. Maybe the people crying about union workers are just unhappy with their own failures and shortcomings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kjones, post: 289975, member: 4533"] First I would like to thank Caustic for his defense of the union worker. I recently lost my job of 11+ years working at a pulp mill for Weyerhaeuser. I can assure you that union workers are not a bunch of yo-yos that can only push a button for $50 per hour as Milliron so ignorantly put it. There are educated people in these positions as well as those with only a high school diploma. People with Bachelors, masters, and Doctorate degrees, and are every bit as intelligent as his wife. It has been my experience that people who snivel about "you guys make too much and strike when you don't get more". Striking isn't about getting more. It's about not getting less than you already were. How many of you would like to hear " now your health care costs tan times as much". or "your wage is now half what it was"? Most of these people seem to be jealous because they don't have as good a job. They probably applied and didn't get hired. Blaming a plant closure on worker is ridiculous. Do you think it might be the CEOs that make millions in salaries, and millions more as a bonus for doing "a job well done" at the same time reporting record profit losses? Or possibly stockholders whining that the RONA ( return in net assets) in not 17% such as Weyeco does, even if the facility still made a few million that year? Pissing and moaning about union workers wages being to high makes no sense. I would wager if a union wage was less, a nonunion wage for the same job would also be less than it is. Maybe the people crying about union workers are just unhappy with their own failures and shortcomings. [/QUOTE]
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