Don’t think for a minute I didn’t see what you did there MKH!

Bmore on January 24, 2013 at 12:37 PM

lol

+1

(and it WAS cold…ok?)

Reporters and experts attribute the decline to a couple different things. 1) Unions have been in steady decline since the ’70s. 2) The modern workplace accepts most of the conditions unions used to advocate for as givens— basic safety, fair work standards, and non-discrimination. 3) Shrinking unionized government work forces due to budget cuts and right-to-work laws. 4) Union members and potential union members feel like leadership has become unresponsive to their needs. 5) Unions can’t get young people to think they’re worth joining.

And they’re ticking off a lot of Conservatives because most of them give to Dem candidates and causes, and people who believe in an honest day’s work and want a chance to get ahead are sick of the shirkers as well as the inertia of the entire system.

On the other hand, folks are willing to accept just about any kind of pay these days, which I don’t think is good for our economic system as a whole. And if they don’t want to work for those wages, they’ll just get disability or unemployment, and we’re pretty much back to dragging down the economy.

We are Venezuela now.

Even among my liberal friends, many of whom extracurricularly fight for union causes, almost none of them are unionized themselves . . .

And that, in a nutshell, is why no one should take comfort in the decline in union membership. All the young liberals in the family are just as exercised over right to work legislation as a union boss, even though they wouldn’t be caught dead in a union job. It’s classic knee jerk–Republicans want it, it must be bad. As union membership declines, they argue that it is the dirty work of Republicans “suppressing” unions just the way they suppress voter turnout. It motivates them even more. Sigh.

One of the reasons is the simple cost of union membership. $20 every two weeks adds up. And no one believes that the union chiefs do not abuse spending.

pat on January 24, 2013 at 1:08 PM

Just the political spending along would be enough to make me angry, were I in a field that were unionized.

http://minx.cc/?blog=86&post=336837#c20045140

Doesn’t that assume that I will have no personal growth from the day I leave HS/Uni until the day I retire?

Sheesh, what a craptacular life they want me to have.

Union membership is set to soar in the U.S. and you can thank the Sun King Baracka I and his “big effin’ deal” buddy Joe Biden.

It’s all good for unions now. Full Speed ahead now all the Union needs to do is help turn TEXAS blue and the gop corpse will finally be buried.

Skeptical Employee: “What does it cost me?”

Union Thug: “You understand what happens if you don’t pay?”

Skeptical Employee: “What are the advantages of joining?”

Union Thug: “You ever hear of Jimmy Hoffa? Just sayin’.”

Right-to-work bills have been defeated repeatedly in Pennsylvania

For some reason the democratic ideal of being pro-choice seems at odds with being pro-union. This choice thing is hard to follow. Sometimes I get to choose, and other times the government gets to choose for me. I’m sure it will make sense eventually.

After an entire academic careeer of being told how bright they are, this guy comes in and tells them “pay up”

Jabberwock on January 24, 2013 at 12:43 PM

Not just an academic career. These are the people who were getting participation ribbons and nothing but affirmations of their excellence from the time they were three.

I wouldn’t care how many union members there are if they would pass a law saying no union money can go towards any political policies, political candidates or current politicians including presidents.

Spread the money out towards the union members on programs that will benefit them.

Don’t worry–a drop in union membership is one of those “problems” Barry thinks the government can fix just fine.

You know, like every other problem Our Lord And Savior defines as a problem.

#cardcheck

MidniteRambler on January 24, 2013 at 12:43 PM

Just wait until the Executive Order, nah, “Executive Action”, that’s the new Hotness right… where LORD Barry Soetoro outlaws “right to work”.

In their universe there is no right to work… unless you are paying union dues to the democrat party.

A funny thought indeed.

After an entire academic careeer of being told how bright they are, this guy comes in and tells them “pay up”

Jabberwock on January 24, 2013 at 12:43 PM

The IT/tech industry is the newest and also by far LEAST unionized.

I’ve never belonged to a union and I never will.

Thank you president Obama, no thanks to GOP.

lester on May 26, 2012 at 2:57 PM

You know, like every other problem Our Lord And Savior defines as a problem.

#cardcheck

I’m trying to imagine an old, doughy union representative waltzing into the ping-pong room at a tech start-up and telling all the young, idealistic liberals therein they must pay hundreds and thousands of dollars for the privilege of being represented by him. Ha.

A funny thought indeed.

After an entire academic careeer of being told how bright they are, this guy comes in and tells them “pay up”

Indiana became a right-to-work state in early 2012, after which employees were not compelled to give money to unions as a condition of employment:

Yep, “compelled”. Workers don’t give up money willingly without a perceived benefit accruing to them.

Who knew that “workers” were capitalistic buggers!