Reply #45: How did the word "Unions" become a bad word?

[BigD_95]

I live in PA in a once heavy union area and people always put down unions. Saying how they once had their time but their not needed anymore. I just dont get it. They blame the Unions for jobs going overseas or being run out of the states. I dont know if people are jealous because they dont belong to one and dont get as good of pay and benifits or what. Its like putting working people against working people.

I personally work for a great company that is not Union but I also was brought up in a Union household where my dad was the only parent that had to work and we lived comfortable. Not rich by any means but had a nice middle class house in the country with some land. A normal middle class life. But there was twice where my dad was hurt at work and almost died. He lived but the company tried to fire him. They actually did fire him but the Union fought it and won and he was able to get his job back. Without the union he would have lost his job. I dont remember much or didnt pay a whole lot of attention to that problem when I was too young to understand but I do remember my mom telling me what happen and said that are life would have change a lot had he lost his job and to always stick up for and support unions.

Its a shame people look at unions as a bad thing.