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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

Thanks for predictably bringing politics into the discussion after I respectfully requested a simple answer. So by workers rights, you mean the right to extort wages from your company that are 2x what you're worth? Better benefits than the college educated salary employees? Because that's what the morons walking the line outside my office seem to think they're "worth", and they'll get it. For now at least. Then when their jobs go elsewhere, it will be passed off as corporate greed. But in reality, years of unreasonable requests from the union will finally push the jobs elsewhere.

Considering your line of work Supe, I'm sure you'll disagree. But personally, I think wages between $12 and $30/hr, health/dental/vision insurance (for less than I pay), identical vacation, better earned time off, and better pension/401k aren't much to complain about. This is for blue collar workers with no formal training or education. In my blue collar days, I would have killed for such a deal. But MORE, it's always about MORE. Ultimately, the greed of the unions and their lack of leadership will probably drive many of the jobs elsewhere, something I really hate to see. And these employees that have been so convinced of their own self importance will be working the Wal-Mart checkout for $6/hr.

Feel free to disregard me, but the American blue collar factory worker is still alive and well, they're just working in non-union states.

i couldn't have said it better. i am betting that what was really meant by "workers rights" is "workers entitlements".