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Old 06-27-2018, 08:05 PM
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We shall see who is correct.

I stand by my statements. This I fear is being done NOT to help the workers, instead to help management...
Not so sure. There are thousands of public sector employees who would rather not pay union dues for a mostly toothless union and the plaintiff was one of them. Management will obviously not object, but neither will many employees.
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Old 06-27-2018, 08:08 PM
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If one thinks a Union is toothless ineffective now just wait until after this takes it true course and make them even more so.

I stand by my cry baby freeloader wanting his cake and eat it too!
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Old 06-27-2018, 10:04 PM
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The employee's will soon be getting what they pay for. Then let them see just how well the work environment conditions become.
Freeloaders!
Sad day for labor.
I'm with you brother. A truly sad day for labor.
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Old 06-27-2018, 10:11 PM
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But a good day for the First.
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I'm with you brother. A truly sad day for labor.
It may be. However, its pretty clear that unions have become less relevant to workers in the 21st century than they were in the 20th century. This ruling may provide the needed impetus for union leadership to figure out a way to make unions relevant to workers again. I suspect they'll need to do that if they hope to survive.
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Old 06-28-2018, 07:43 AM
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Once the teeth were removed of a strike the real power of Unions was weakened. By being able to replace striking workers with scabs. (PATCO)
In the convening years we have seen the eroding of workers benefits and rights across all fields of employment. The loss of a retirement replaced by a self funded IRA along with health benefits. Stagnant to nonexistent pay increases. Safety cuts.
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Old 06-28-2018, 07:49 AM
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It may be. However, its pretty clear that unions have become less relevant to workers in the 21st century than they were in the 20th century. This ruling may provide the needed impetus for union leadership to figure out a way to make unions relevant to workers again. I suspect they'll need to do that if they hope to survive.
This will probably be futile in that private sector union participation is currently at ~7% and union bosses have been relying upon public sector unions to keep them afloat for years because of paltry union representation in the private sector. For example, union participation in the historically union-heavy construction industry is now down to 14%.
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