Originally Posted by
big dick
I was( still have my card and pay dues) a local 1 ironworker. It is brutal work. It is highly skilled work. It is dangerous as all hell. I've seen numerous guys get killed, I've seen guys get limbs cut off, I've seen guys break backs, arms ect. I worked in extreme heat, extreme cold. Id love to see druff work iron for 1 full week( I doubt he could) and then tell me unions are bad. I like druff but id like to slap him right across his jew face every fucking god dam time i hear him spout his non union scab nonsense.
DRUFF you know nothing about unions and blue collar workers so please just shut the fuck up on the subject.
Why are you lecturing me about iron work?
I am not saying that these guys deserve to be paid poorly.
I am saying that unions are corrupt, overprotect some and underprotect others, suck a lot of money out with dues, and handcuff companies from being able to compete.
If I were an iron worker since 1986, I would love the union.
If I were an iron worker who started last year, I would likely hate it.
You can keep ignoring all of the problems with today's labor unions and repeatedly cite the upsides, but the downsides are too numerous, and they have bought enough candidates to where any attempt at reform is smacked down.
Labor unions are not protecting the common man like you think they are. It's like a mini-government type system, and even more corrupt.