regan was the was the worst pres. we hade tell bush jr came along.he ran
the country on fortune tellers.

and he almost destroyed our unions (regan)

you got that right!

well to be honest the unions destroyed themselves

instead of expanding to gain more support
they got greedy where they were

and between union greed and corp. coruption and greed

priced the goods out of reach of the ave citisen of the country

standard of living is going in to the SHI-TER!

unions never ask for more then a certin % percent of what a company is
making thay should (the company) not make trylons of $ and pay employes
pennys but ragen scared the unions if the president of usa can replace
them, every co. in usa stated doing the same thing. if wen regan repaced
the air trafic contolers every union man and women shoud have stayed
home all of us just took a few days off we coud have prevented the
destruction of our union.

now days... either you are just making ends meet or you have money up
the A-S.

oh po democrats, everyones a victim, unions are outdated and corrupt now
a days more than when the mob controlled them.

reagan, bush , bush , all better than the last few dems as president,
but of course you guys all always right and the right are always wrong.
the only real opinion is yours and im a cave dweller. cry me a river,
find a union to stick up for you.


doc

Last time I was in a union I was struck by the knowledge they were only
interested in lining their pockets.

Every time I got a raise my union dues went up.

When we asked for a bit of help in getting better benefits we were told
the union could not support any kind of walkout.

Rank and file are no more then grist for the money mill officials all
got paid more then I made.

I applauded Reagen for his action against PATCO. Bout time someone
stood up to them.

Before, by a long shot.

I am better off under Bush than I was under Slick Willie. The stock
market just closed with record gains. Gas prices are a matter of supply
and demand. We have had our head in the sand for years regarding this
issue. There is enough oil in the ANR to replace what we import form
the Middle East but the greenies won't let us drill for it because it
might upset a couple caribou. There hasn't been a new refinery built in
this country for over 30 years because everytime someone tries, the
greenies tie them up in court for ages. As far as Bush doing away with
unions, the unions did away with themselves. They keep asking for more
and more outlandish gains and in return supply less and less
productions. I was a member of a union for 16 years. When I finally
left the Railroad and went out into the real world and stated working
where I could advance on my merit and intelligence instead of my
senority, I finally started making real money. The American Dream is
still there, but you have to work your butt off to get it. Nobody is
going to hand it to you

I'm still poor,not the presidents fault .I thought ronald Reagan was a
good president.I am not a Bush fan ,I didnt vote for him.I'm not
democrat nor republican.I just take the time to study each canidates
platform and vote for who I feel is best.

previous post

Last time I was in a union I was struck by the knowledge they were only
interested in lining their pockets.

Every time I got a raise my union dues went up.

When we asked for a bit of help in getting better benefits we were told
the union could not support any kind of walkout.

Rank and file are no more then grist for the money mill officials all
got paid more then I made.

I applauded Reagen for his action against PATCO. Bout time someone
stood up to them.
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last time i was in a union

carpenters---akron ohio

when you jion they give ya rules to follow

one rule was do not work on non-union job
for the union company you work for

well i refused to do work on non-union job
was fired

went to union with situation
union did nothing

then a while later they found out
that the company i was fired from
shorted the retirement and health contributions to the union

they called all that worked for this company
and wanted us to help them collect these funds

i looked at the same guy i complained to about the dismissal
told him you handle my dismissal and i will help you
until then i'm outa here

i was followed out be everyone that was asked to attend this meeting to
try and get the money from the employer

Good for you Robin...that guy had balls of brass.

I agree that unions have their downside, but I'd hate to see a world
without them.

I agree with Abracadabra....I'm ashamed to be an American now...
I have always felt politicians were just crooked & immoral....but
with Bush I feel they are EVIL ....we are in a very dark place


and I'm not a democrat.....or a republican ....I'm ashamed to claim
either party as having anything to do with the average american
ideals...

i agree the union is not what it used to be. but its because of the
union you are making what you're making now. many have given there lives
for it.but i agree thay are bought and sold every day i'm a union member
since 1972. and aj4u i was in local 69 right next door in the same
bulding.

Let me tell you about unions.

I once saw a Union (Teamsters) attempt to uninonize a very progressive
trucking company. After weeks of attempting to 'rally' the workers they
finally got it put to a vote.

They lost miserably.

What everyone finally figured out was the teamsters were offering them
nothing they were not allready getting from the company. Wages were the
same, benefits were the same, the company had an employee council that
had 8 employees and 3 managers to work out problems, and the company did
not charge any dues.

My Dad has been a member of the same union since 1948. He's long since
retired but he still pays his dues. Granted dues for a retiree aren't
what they are for an active worker. When I hear him talk of the
conditions he worked under when he first started I have to think most of
the working population owes a debt of gratitude to the old time union
members.

bush ~WILL~ go down in history as the WORST president we have ever
had!!! i hope we NEVER have another like
him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!