One of the biggest Myths is that all union leaders are honest hard working people who care about the average worker. If they really believed in their rhetoric, why don't they take a massive pay-cut and give the proceeds to their union workers?
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Some other interesting web sites related to union issues.
Union corruption by state.
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Fighting corruption in the AFL-CIO
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Fighting corruption in the Teamsters Union
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The truth is that most unions are no better or worse than big business. Some unions are a great help to both workers and top-management. Others, terribly corrupt and a serious impediment to improvement and progress for the worker and the organization. On the other hand, some corporations are ugly and corrupt places, and some wonderful places that people enjoy like an extended family.
More and more, corporate American leaders are realizing that to be competitive in a world environment means you need to create a business environment in which people are trusted, cared about, empowered and treated with dignity and respect. The wave of leader as servants to all their shareholders is steadily gaining momentum. You may be able to buy someone's hand and back, but you cannot buy their heart, mind and spirit. For the best corporate leaders, this is no longer a questionable statement, but one of implementation and effort.
Differences in wage rates between top-management and line workers will always be an issue poorly led unions will attempt to use in order to create a climate of hatred, jealousy, mistrust and fear. Unfortunately, far too many of them believe their power and perks rest on continuously inciting this kind of divisive culture.
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