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November 13, 2009 ebk, Pa. writes:

What is so bad about being a member of a union? When we were a more industralized nation with more union members, we had more people with good health care. Not only those in the unions, but even those not in unions. I worked for companies that were both union and non union and had good medical coverage in both. It all boils down to how the people you work for want to take care of you and your families. They weren’t greedy and were willing to pay well to get and keep good people. The leaders of both, government and unions, are the problem. To help ease the health insurance problem, let’s go after tort reform.

November 13, 2009 Joe Loiacono writes:

This is great work. Very revealing. The idea of government unions burns me up intensely. The original idea behind unions is to strengthen laborers who have no redress against management - an idea I still don’t agree with by the way. The problem with government unions is that government labor has unobstructed access to redress: it’s called the ballot box. If you think management is treating you unfairly, take your case to the public. If they agree, change the management.

Errgrh!!!

November 13, 2009 Hot Air » Blog Archive » Big government, Big Labor the same thing writes:

[...] least this explains why Andy Stern spends so much time at the White House.  The Heritage Foundation looks at union penetration in the private and public sectors and finds that the government’s [...]

November 13, 2009 Tim Az writes:

It doesn’t matter wheather the union is for private or govt. employees the damage is still the same. We the people have to foot the bill. I think it would be easier to do away with unions for govt. employees since they work for us an dnot themselves. Sort of a conflict of interest it appears to me. Whos being served?

November 13, 2009 Bill Gaerttner writes:

As union worker I wonder if my fellow members understand anything about how these deficits created by Obama administration could possibly cause hyperinflation. When our dollars don’t much who will be blamed then? George Bush?

November 13, 2009 Ross writes from Bradenton, Florida writes:

I’ve never understood why any government employee would ever need a union. Just the beaucracy alone guarentees the lazy and incompetent their jobs. I know; I spent over 20 years with the federal government spending years trying to get rid of them. Unions ARE the storm troopers of socialism and the destroyer of individual liberties and incenatives…there is a history!

November 13, 2009 Big Unions Making Government Bigger « OSPRI BLOG writes:

[...] 13, 2009 · Leave a Comment As this Heritage Foundation blog post notes, gone are the days when “union worker” conjured up images of Americans [...]

November 13, 2009 Brad S,, Detroit, MI writes:

Plain and simple. Good workers do not need Unions. Never have and never will. After the NLRA was enacted, employees had a proper forum to address any perceived persecution from their employer. Now, only the bad, ignorant and lazy worker seeks out the shelter of a Union to protect them. Any smart person with a strong work ethic will not have anything to do with a union, because as it is designed to do, the union unfortunately socializes all of the workers down to the lowest common denominator. It does not reward the efficient, or best employees. It actually penalizes them as the good workers “show up” the deadbeats. Believe me - I have seen it incessantly in this town. . . .

November 13, 2009 webandgraphics, Seattle WA writes:

Unions make money off of other peoples work.PERIOD! Years ago I was a bagger at a grocery store. And 2 weeks after I was hired a union goon told me I had to join his union or lose my job….. Why in the world does a grocery store bagger need a union? Never the less I quit that job and now (years later) Im a developer in the software industry, I get paid really well, get excellent benifits without being a union member…

November 13, 2009 Pat, Indianapolis, Indiana writes:

Well it is about time we are
waking up to the union thugs. My husband worked for a steel company and the union made them take bankruptcy two times. They came back on one, but the second we lost everything. We get half of his pensionn we lost all benefits, health and life insurance. This happened over 10 years ago, but I guess better late than never, just do not let them off the hook this time.

November 13, 2009 Patti, Las Vegas writes:

I’ve often wondered if is it even legal for government employee unions to pay for political ads, give to candidates, or in any way support politics.

We, the tax payers, are paying for the union workers’ wages and benefits AND THEIR UNION DUES.

If it is legal, this is so wrong!

November 13, 2009 Democrat=Socialist writes:

MOST UNION MEMBERS NOW WORK FOR THE GUB\’MENT…

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November 13, 2009 Buffoon writes:

Great work Sherk

November 13, 2009 Morning Bell: Big Labor Is Bankrupting Our Country | Conservative Principles Now writes:

[...] Unlike his predecessor, John Sweeney, who came up the ranks after starting with the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, Stern entered the labor movement when the SEIU organized his shop when he was working as a welfare case worker for the State of Pennsylvania. Stern’s public sector entrance into labor is by no means an anomaly. In fact, for the first time ever in American history, preliminary estimates of union membership for 2009 show that most union members now work for either the local, state, or federal government. [...]

November 13, 2009 Bobbie Jay writes:

“unions are the government”

means they are the conflict of the taxpayers interest. How unethical! they’ve destroyed private businesses in the name of government.

Unions were reasonable at one time. They were big brothers, protecting their younger sisters from being corrupted by the boss. Government unions are the corruptors of the taxpayers. Unions working for government and against the people the government leads. They’re a disgrace and wastes of intelligence. Should be against ethics. If there is any government ethics? RID ALL UNIONS!

November 16, 2009 Tim Az writes:

I have an idea we need a tax payers union. A taxpayers union would make the Teamsters Union look like a grain of sand in the desert. Fight fire with fire I guess.

November 16, 2009 Union News: Controversy Brewing « Nebraska Redneck writes:

[...] Fifty-one percent of all union members are government workers. As the Heritage Foundation’s James Sherk points out, these numbers ought to be red flags for taxpayers because “government employees don’t [...]

November 18, 2009 In Pictures: The Big Labor Takeover of Big Government | Conservative Principles Now writes:

[...] we reported last week, 2009 will mark the first time ever in American history that the majority of union [...]