Dennis, what I meant by "nice try" was that you took my comments in re this specific GM strike, and extrapolated them into:
Lets see if I've got this right?? Because you two have experienced the hardship of gruelling blue collar work, you've come to the conclusion that.
1. Unions are unreasonable
2. Non union workers do not seem to enjoy the benefits (wages, working conditions), that union workers have (abused?).
3. Therefore, we should feel badly for the non-union blue collar workers and criticize the progress (gains) that unionized workers have enjoyed, through collective bargaining, as unreasonable.
in re extrapolation 1: I said "the GM union representing the Flint, MI factories", not "unions", period.
in re extrapolation 2: you seem to be hinting that unions "enjoy the benefits (wages, working conditions)". it's like this: the average american worker, both blue and white collar working stiffs, just aren't going to be able to muster up a whole lot of sympathy for folks being in the plight of making $90K in compensation for operating machinery, no matter how demanding the schedule is. If it's such a bad bargain, why don't those folks simply quit and find a better job, instead of going on strike? probably because they would be hard pressed to find a better job.
in re extrapolation 3: lisa and I weren't asking anyone to feel bad for us. I for one would jump at the chance to climb up on a combine that lisa was driving, and share the view of the wheat field for a turn around the field.
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