by Mayo » Thu Feb 06, 2014 4:53 pm
What do YOU think What do YOU think of: * The weekend? Unions got you that. * The 40-hour week? Unions got you that. * Overtime pay for overtime? Unions got you that. * Compensation for on-the-job injury? Unions got you that. * A modicum of on-the-job safety? Unions got you that. Now you could argue that some things have gone too far, but there?s no arguing about the above items. Now about the oil rigs--unions have nothing, absolutely nothing to do with it. They use foreign labor because it is much, much cheaper than US labor. Nobody in the USA, whether with a union or not, is going to work out there, that hard, in those conditions, with those risks, at the wages that some Asians will work at. It's not a matter of cutting out the "union surcharge"-- those foreign workers will work for ONE QUARTER of our non-union pay. Removing the unions would not change a thing. Ancient_Hacker 42 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.