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comment by snoodog
snoodog  ·  2921 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Grim Future of Labor Under Trump

    UNIONS MUST ORGANIZE MILLIONS OF NEW WORKERS VERY SOON OR EVERYTHING POLITICAL AND ECONOMICALLY WILL GET WORSE. UNIONS MUST MAKE ORGANIZING MORE UNION MEMBERS THE VERY HIGHEST PRIORITY. NOW.

This is all my union gives a F about. More members, F the current members, their benefits, pensions, etc. They would rather employ 4 guys at $9 dollars an hour than one guy at 30 who can do the job of 4. They do a great job representing union leadership and get a huge pension kick back for the top couple guys a every time new contract is negotiated. Somehow there is this Idea that if you are union you will vote union but they are doing such a bad job representing the membership that most guys vote republican and feel little loyalty to the union.