Originally Posted by LTRS
I don't belong to any union. I own a business that realizes that the people who work for it are our greatest asset and deserve to be treated well, for their sakes AND the sake of the business.
As any student of history knows, if it weren't for unions the standard of living in this country would not be anywhere near what it is. We'd all still be working for slave wages like in the days of the robber barons. Unfortunately a lot of people aren't very good students of history and forget that. Either that, or they have a "well I got mine, too bad for you" mentality.
Have you really heard both sides of the story?
As far as NWA goes, they employ almost twice as many mechanics as other airlines, mostly because of an aging fleet, that would have been upgraded sooner if not for 9/11.
No one wants anyone to lose jobs, but if cuts are not made then NWA may go out of business entirely and think how many jobs will be lost then.
It is a matter of a few helping the many!
As far as unions go - yes they did help with wages and safety, but when you look at the teamsters and National Union of Teachers they have done a lot more harm than good. Read this months Readers Digest on the teachers union.