So Senator Scott introduced, or was supposed to introduce a bill saying union dues

[lonestarnot]

didn't have to be withheld by employers. Wonder how far that will get. Anyone have the bill number?

[Squinch]

1. Editing. Sorry. Misread the OP.

[lonestarnot]

2. Asshole trap needed for that fuckwit and all his nutfuckery.

[Squinch]

3. Actually, the post I wrote does fit many circumstances, including this one. So I'll put it back:

I wish that weasel would find the trap already.

Keep us posted on how this goes.

I really hate these guys.

[lonestarnot]

4. Yes I will keep posting about it, but weasel is too kind and they're cute.

[Squinch]

5. All this anti-union stuff, wherever it is coming from, is so transparently aimed at taking away any

power held by anyone but the 1%.

And then, it will be the pensions, which has started in a number of places.

[lonestarnot]

6. So people just stand by and watch it all slip away. What is with that?

[Squinch]

7. What gets me is the success of the vilification of unions. Instead of "look what they have, let's

copy their methods and get ourselves a union" people say "I don't have what they have and therefore that union thing is stealing from me."

Right to work has destroyed the labor market wherever it goes, and no one notices.

[lonestarnot]

8. The US can't be that full of brown nosers can it?

[Squinch]

10. I hadn't thought of it like that, but you are right. That is exactly what they are. And it does

seem like there are a lot of them. The resentment I see about the fact that I am in a union, some people act like I shot their dog.

It is so short sighted!

[lonestarnot]

11. Wonder if scabs will be smart enough to connect the dots on what they get as a direct result of

union activity.

[Squinch]

14. But the free rider problem will have a big effect.

[lonestarnot]

15. Well of course but not of benefit to unions. Guess they should apply at Walfart.

[Squinch]

16. Yep. For one of them part-time, benefit-free jobs they like to give out.

[lonestarnot]

17. Prollee just one hour short of full time. They still locking people in for their overtime? Ewwweee

on those wages! People busting down the door for that pay!

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

18. I'm in a union also

but I have to say unions in general have done a terrible job of public relations over the years............... stop ten people on the street and ask their opinion of unions. Most will have no or a bad opinion. That opinion is formed because we have been silent on why unions are good for working people. My 2 cents.

[Squinch]

19. Yes, I agree. And the union I am in is a little too cozy with the people they are supposed

to be across the table from, so at times it feels like they are cooperating and the membership is an afterthought.

There is little union leadership ability, and yes, one of the most glaring deficiencies is in public relations, both to members and to the public at large.

[Takket]

9. what is a "pension"?

[lonestarnot]

12. Sounds like you need union representation!

[Squinch]

13. Sit at my knee, my dear, and I will tell you of a time where pensions were commonplace,

before Wall Street decided it wanted to take a big chunk of the retirement money you managed to put aside.