An Open Letter to the Unions
An Open Letter to Unions (re-share if you agree).
Years ago the powers that be decided that the time was right to start union busting. Many states passed “Right to Work” laws that degraded the working class in America.
An unforeseen result that many who should have supported the unions is that hand in hand with the busting of unions came the disappearance of the middle class and the growing gap between the rich and the poor.
I say now is the time to create a Union of Unemployed Workers. This should be a union financed non-dues paying union. With such a union you could amass a great people power to promote zero unemployment at a living wage. This would not only help the unemployed but would help the underemployed and create a larger base of dues paying union members.
This was originally shared by me on Google+
The unemployed union seems like a brilliant exploration, Allah-O-Akbar.
My current understanding though, is that zero unemployment is a very rare occurence without bogging down government indebtedness even further.
And as previously & recently noted by Mango Chutney elsewhere, our wages will continue to go lower until equalized with the rest of the world catching up to, & many even surpassing, our economy.
It looks to me like the unions have become simply one more of “the powers that be”.
a great idea.
I never joined a union because I was taught that it is a bad organization and hurts the nation. Now, that I know better and see the truth. It is shocking to see many people complain about the union and wants it removed. Yet, these same people wants more benefits and rights…
I also noticed that many states wants to go back to “right to work” and remove the union. I hope that does not happen. All the benefits and rights we have will be gone…
I would be interested in the details of such a plan. I am not at all sure how that might work. I wonder if a certain rate of unemployment is built in to our current economic model. Surely we could do better. I am always interested in ideas to make it better.
I was a teamster for several years. In addition to better pay and the best medical benefits I ever had… I was protected from on the job discrimination and management abuse. The Union made sure worker safety laws were followed. Have the Unions grown self serving and corrupt? You bet. Things have that tendency after the passage of time.
Where would workers be today without Unions? I support them 100%.