Unions are evil! Because of unions, we the country has been crippled by:

[vkkv]

Unions are evil! Because of unions, we the country has been crippled by:

1. Child labor laws
2. 40 hour work weeks
3. minimum wage requirements
4. overtime pay
5. medical leave
6. retirement plans
7. Healthcare

This is why China kills us in manufacturing. We need to abolish these oppressive labor practices so that we can compete globally! Entitled american's actually think they deserve these things!?!?

- BagaDoughnuts 11:27 AM on November 16, 2012

[guillaumeb]

1. If we were to reinstitute slavery,

there would be zero wage and other job killing requirements.

Warning: The above is intended to be read as humor. I am not now, nor have I ever, advocated for slavery.

[shockey80]

2. Working people made a big mistake turning their backs against unions.

Unions are about the big picture. Balance of power. Many working people don't get it.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

3. The dues are reasonable too,

it's worth it.

[Cirque du So-What]

4. True

The last time I was a union member, 20 years ago, dues were one hour of wages per month.

[a kennedy]

5. This whole hate the unions thinking just breaks my heart......

I was in on the ground floor of the clerical union being formed in Madison for the State employees. I am now retired, and I just despise what Wanker has done to our and another Unions in the now disaster State that once was an innovator for worker rights.

[judesedit]

6. And do Americans really need more than $2 an hour?

Who needs food and shelter and heat and water and clothes and anything else? Who needs someone to fight for them when wrongly fired or accused? Who needs good benefits? Wake up people. It's good to have a representative who knows the laws and loopholes...if just for certain industrys. It gives us something to compare other opportunities to.

[mountain grammy]

7. Exactly!