Here here Bozo..take Void to school.
Notice how Void says "thats something government takes care of". Well, they didnt use to.. that is...until organized labor worked to get the government to acknowledge such things.
as far as unions competing for jobs, we do have that as well Void. IBEW electrical union was formed in 1891. We have a LONG history of being a strong union, and one of the first American unions to be formed. We are so strogn willed, that some of our members broke rank and created UE 75 years ago. Our unions do compete..in a sense... but not in the cut throat way you might be suggesting. We are comrades in arms, but we do compete for jobs and memberships. Void, I suggest you take Bozo's suggestion and read some labor history before you jump around calling people "authoritarian". Labels like that dont mean shit to me when my survival is in question. IBEW is my livelyhood, and I will fight to protect it regardless of what your political views are. I am also an elected official of it (examiner) and I will be more than happy to walk you through the history of labor, labor laws (local and national for USA), and give you advice on handling employers and employees. I have personally helped non-union workers become aware of the tricks their emploers use to pocket extra wage money, such as breaking the Davis-Bacon military prevailing wages and they got their pay back from their employers. YES, employers fuck over their employess every day. Not ALL of them, but MOST of them do. When Davis-Bacon states you must pay prevailing wages, and you pay your employee 50% of that wage and pocket the rest, then you will quickly find me as your enemy.
Notice how Void says "thats something government takes care of". Well, they didnt use to.. that is...until organized labor worked to get the government to acknowledge such things.
as far as unions competing for jobs, we do have that as well Void. IBEW electrical union was formed in 1891. We have a LONG history of being a strong union, and one of the first American unions to be formed. We are so strogn willed, that some of our members broke rank and created UE 75 years ago. Our unions do compete..in a sense... but not in the cut throat way you might be suggesting. We are comrades in arms, but we do compete for jobs and memberships. Void, I suggest you take Bozo's suggestion and read some labor history before you jump around calling people "authoritarian". Labels like that dont mean shit to me when my survival is in question. IBEW is my livelyhood, and I will fight to protect it regardless of what your political views are. I am also an elected official of it (examiner) and I will be more than happy to walk you through the history of labor, labor laws (local and national for USA), and give you advice on handling employers and employees. I have personally helped non-union workers become aware of the tricks their emploers use to pocket extra wage money, such as breaking the Davis-Bacon military prevailing wages and they got their pay back from their employers. YES, employers fuck over their employess every day. Not ALL of them, but MOST of them do. When Davis-Bacon states you must pay prevailing wages, and you pay your employee 50% of that wage and pocket the rest, then you will quickly find me as your enemy.
