American unions are like american leaders. Weak, dumb, and nearsighted. Of course if you don't know anything about the rest of the world, like most american people, you will believe this is an emotional statement instead of fact.

I could not agree more.

Without unions we would still be working 6 day weeks 12 hours a day with no benefits or overtime, no paid vacation or sick leave.

I live in the south and most people here are rw. When pointing out to them they all benefit to what unions did even if they are not union, they dismiss it saying all these advances would have happened anyway. Its so frustrating sometimes.

Unions we have seen nothing but the falling. By the way the first thing that disaster capital did to break the economy in places like Argentina is attack the Unions. They have been doing that here since raygun.

Who else do we have to stand for us? And by us I mean not only workers but the poor, disabled and elderly. They are OUR lobby while the corporate world has many highly trained and highly paid lobbies for their cause. Can you name any other group that can stand up to the corporate lobbies?

As to the poster who insists that unions are weak - you do not live in my state. We have strong Union and it works. It does not work where the churches insist it is immoral to belong to a Union or where the workers are divided. So sorry if you live in one of those states.