Quote - geogress, so how come union auto workers get $80 and hour, benefits, and can retire sooner than non-union guys?  The losers: us because we have to pay more.  We also lose because the unions forced companies like GM to hand over so many concessions that the US auto makers can't survive on their own.  So we lose again when that (blank) in office decides to bail out the automakers. 

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So if 50% of students are failing and the unionized teachers are making 3-4 times more than the average person in that town (and getting 2 months vacation), why would the union be a good-guy when it against less than half an hour extra work?  I say fire the bums.   Unions aren't always the good guys looking out for the workers.

Or take football.  There are 53 players (plus IR) people on a team.  Teams must spend a minimum of about 100 million on its players during capped years.  That wasn't good enough for the players and too much for the owners so we are looking at an uncapped year and maybe a future strike.  So what happens?  The fan gets screwed because he has to pay more for tickets, and concessions, and parking.

It's okay Tiger, it's just that unions have good sides (coal miners) and bad sides (auto workers) and there's plenty of stuff out there for pros and cons if you want to do research.  If you want a good grade, you'll probably do better by finding people who say unions can't do any wrong.  If you want to learn then do your research about the pros and cons before hand and grill both the union guy and the manager.

BTW, my main point in posting in this thread is that there are other people in the equation besides union people and managers.  There are auto buyers, parents/students, fans, and others who can be helper or hurt by the presence of a union.

The problem with this is that you are hijacking my request for help thread and turning it into a political discussion which violates the rules of the Renderosity forums. I do not wish to violate any rules so I must now ask a mod to close this thread with my request for help unanswered.