this country thrived economically at all levels.

As unions were destroyed (beginning with the great white hope Reagan) so was middle class economic security and prosperity.

of the air leaking out of the middle class.

Dues are 1.2% and I consider it anti-asshole insurance well-spent.

when kids bite them and throw chairs across the room and that we don't deserve 40 minutes duty free lunches.

Our union will fix that!!!

and for the union health care that I had for many years.

I am so much better off in my union job than most working folk in this area.

When I told my own brother that I could take sick days and still get payed, he refused to believe me.

I cannot fathom the people WORKING IN MY OWN SHOP who talk down unions.

Christ, I was around before we went union. I know the difference.

American prosperity has to bubble up from a massive and secure middle class, not trickle down from a few rich folk.

Unions are not all perfect and we do have our faults, but unions are the ones that created our, now defunct, middle class.