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<blockquote data-quote="edb130" data-source="post: 167613" data-attributes="member: 2920"><p>Caustic, I agree this is a great generation that your speaking about. However, if you look at your sentence about the working conditions of their generation, it seems they paid the price then. Those same conditions do not apply today because of what they accomplished. I sell my companies products to many manufacturing plants in Missouri, Illinois, and part of Arkansas. In my dealings with both union and non union plants I have found that plants that do not have to deal with unions often times are more profitable and have less labor unrest than union plants. There was a time when unions were necessary, those days are not today. If I work for a company that does not pay me what I think I'm worth I go to management and negotiate a raise. If that doesn't work I find a company that will pay what I'm worth. I have done that three times in the last ten years and have increased my salary 12 times from my original earnings 10 years ago. The problem with unions in manufacturing are things like a time when I needed to demonstrate a welder in a union plant. When I arrived we put the welder in place but could not hook it up to test it until a union electrician arrived. Even though the maintenance man who was helping me was a certified electrician it wasn't his appointed job so he wasn't allowed to touch the machine. It was a 15 minute job that took three hours. Companies that have unions have to have another complete staff of lawyers just to deal with them driving up wages. If you look at companies in America that are struggling you will find automotive and airlines at the top of the list, both union.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="edb130, post: 167613, member: 2920"] Caustic, I agree this is a great generation that your speaking about. However, if you look at your sentence about the working conditions of their generation, it seems they paid the price then. Those same conditions do not apply today because of what they accomplished. I sell my companies products to many manufacturing plants in Missouri, Illinois, and part of Arkansas. In my dealings with both union and non union plants I have found that plants that do not have to deal with unions often times are more profitable and have less labor unrest than union plants. There was a time when unions were necessary, those days are not today. If I work for a company that does not pay me what I think I'm worth I go to management and negotiate a raise. If that doesn't work I find a company that will pay what I'm worth. I have done that three times in the last ten years and have increased my salary 12 times from my original earnings 10 years ago. The problem with unions in manufacturing are things like a time when I needed to demonstrate a welder in a union plant. When I arrived we put the welder in place but could not hook it up to test it until a union electrician arrived. Even though the maintenance man who was helping me was a certified electrician it wasn't his appointed job so he wasn't allowed to touch the machine. It was a 15 minute job that took three hours. Companies that have unions have to have another complete staff of lawyers just to deal with them driving up wages. If you look at companies in America that are struggling you will find automotive and airlines at the top of the list, both union. [/QUOTE]
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