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I am going to stay away from this one. To me, politics and religion are a no no on a website like this.
Went to the state house yesterday.. dad, grandpa and uncle all are union electricians and I'm hoping to start the apprenticeship next year.
IUE CWA local 901. This bill will in the long run will destroy unions. Its a direct attack on the working class. The place I work is union and they are closing all the shops at another facility in Texas(Right to work State) to bring it here because its cheaper here. How can it be cheaper in a non right to work state than it is to make a product in a Right to work state. No argument from the Republicans and no answer from them either we have tried. Just a republican push to bury unions because Democrats receive money for campaigns from unions. For everyone's sake I hope this does not go through. Any way. Back to fishing hopefully....
I'm not in a union, but it seems clear to me that if you destroy the unions then there will be no middle class. Just mostly poor people that will undercut each other just to keep working. Great for the business owners... bad for everyone else. Then the brain drain... smart people will go live in Canada where there is better health care and better jobs. I know that's a stretch but I think that it is the direction we are pointed to.
In Building trade Unions there is no seniority, one man lay offs happen all the time. If I don't carry my load I will be unemployed no questions asked. There are no paid days off, no sick days, no holiday pay. If I don't work I am not paid.