CountAllVotes
(20,876 posts)You can't crack the Unions because that is where the real POWER is!
I'm retired and still voluntarily pay dues!
UNION YES!!
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Jeff Bezos and the Walton family are firmly in that camp.
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(34,661 posts)As a retiree,I still volunteer for Picket line duty here in Vegas.. And boy,does that piss off my Trump lovin neighbors many of whom Local Unions protected their jobs and gave them the highest wages in town.
CountAllVotes
(20,876 posts)and yes, I worked for it and I am proud to continue to contribute.
I know which side of the bread has the butter on it!
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(34,661 posts)but,not bitching. Lucky to have some Pension after going through three Corporate BK's and attempts to raid our Pensions. Younger Workers need to understand,your Employer is not your friend.
CountAllVotes
(20,876 posts)The job itself was not fun but the benefits are why I did it.
It paid off.
The Union I am in is in very good shape luckily. 85 years old it is this year!
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(34,661 posts)34 years of Teamster representation. Not going to complain,I was lucky,seen so many Brothers and Sisters miss the Court Ordered cut off because of Bankruptcies during the Reagan Bush era.
Nice to see my Teamster Pension,all though small,hit the Bank Account on the last day of the month.
CountAllVotes
(20,876 posts)1918 was the year and they found a record of him in the old files they kept.
He was in it from 1918 until his death in the late 1950s.
He loved the job best I know!
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)A fellow retiree thanked Trump for a COLA raise. I had to explain the reason behind the raise.
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(34,661 posts)try and explain things as to why and where for to former colleagues. What is the hardest is,why they vote for a GOP candidate knowing full well that during their work a day years,these same suckers wanted to keep the Corporate Boot on their throat.
dlk
(11,569 posts)This is one very good reason why so many Republicans dont believe in Democracy & undercut it at every turn. We are much stronger together!
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Appealing to fear is their preferred method.