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OAC_Sparky,Feb 15 2006, 01:15 PM Wrote:But you see, this is where you have it backwards.

Rather than looking at the situation from "well, I don't have it, why should they?" look at it as "too bad I don't have a unified voice bargaining on my behalf to keep companies from reaping profit at the expense and sufferring of their employees (or worse yet, their retirees)". A union would have fought to keep the company from raping their retirees.

Or is IBM unprofitable?

I don't blindly agree with everything that unions do, but I'll take one over not having one.

On topic, good luck with the test.
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They are in the business of making money....with all the baby boomers coming up for retirement, it is actually a smart move. Chances are good that in five-10 years time, they'll re-introduce it.

Unfortunately, it's the whole marketplace, and union shops are the only ones who keep their benefits.

But can someone show me a major company that is a union shop that makes money without government funding?

I think that cops deserve better pay and pensions than garbage men and janitors.. I don't know how anyone can argue against that. I think a union has a right to negotiate their terms of employment, but I don't believe in the culture of clandestine entitlement.

I work hard, I get paid VERY well, and I have options to move if I need to.