I consider Unions a necessary evil and what I mean by evil is they often behave just as their business counterparts in the very issues they champion against. They also go to far many times and not only hurt businesses but also those employed at those businesses. Unions I believe are more about the unions and less about the people they so called represent. Cut off the union dues and watch how fast they suddenly become disinterested in the plights of the working class.
That said Unions and their lobbyist are an important part of the balance in Washington. In recent years some congressmen and business lobbyist have suggested we do things like remove minimum wage, stop overtime pay or raise the hours needed to reach overtime, reduce vacation time, ect. If they had their way we would be set back 150 years in labor laws. We think immigrant labor is a problem now wait until corporations can work you 80 hours at $2 and hour with no or little overtime pay. Americans would suddenly be out of work as they would be replaced by immigrant labor that would be willing to work in such circumstances.
In short I see it as two entities who are greedy and self serving and not really interested in the little guy, its all about the money. But we cannot let one side or the other relinquish all the control or we are going to be in for some ugly times.
That said Unions and their lobbyist are an important part of the balance in Washington. In recent years some congressmen and business lobbyist have suggested we do things like remove minimum wage, stop overtime pay or raise the hours needed to reach overtime, reduce vacation time, ect. If they had their way we would be set back 150 years in labor laws. We think immigrant labor is a problem now wait until corporations can work you 80 hours at $2 and hour with no or little overtime pay. Americans would suddenly be out of work as they would be replaced by immigrant labor that would be willing to work in such circumstances.
In short I see it as two entities who are greedy and self serving and not really interested in the little guy, its all about the money. But we cannot let one side or the other relinquish all the control or we are going to be in for some ugly times.