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To: tejek who wrote (657477)	6/2/2012 7:04:42 PM
From: i-node	4 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576124

>> Before there were unions Ted, everyone knows about life before labor unions. Not everyone realizes what a destructive force they have become, however -- - the teachers unions have wrecked American education; - the UAW has turned the US automotive industry into a chronically broke dependent of the taxpayer; - the government employees unions have made our government more costly and less effective than ever; - union's persistent demands for bigger pay and pensions and health care benefits have resulted in fewer jobs as businesses make every effort to find alternatives to human workers. The simple truth is that unions, 100 years ago, were essential. Today, they're horribly counterproductive.

To: tejek who wrote (657477)	6/2/2012 7:55:43 PM
From: mel221	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576124

And apparently before there were effective courts and laws against assaults.

To: tejek who wrote (657477)	6/3/2012 3:01:15 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1576124

After there were unions: "if we were five minutes too early, the business agent would take a strap, and beat us till we were black and blue." Sarah Carpenter was beaten on a regular basis: "There was a business agent called William Hughes... He came up to me and asked me what my drawing frame was still running. I said I did not know because it was not me who had kept it going. A little hard working productive boy that was on the other side had kept it going, but he was too frightened to say it was him. Hughes starting beating me with a stick, and when he had done I told him I would let my mother know. He then went out and fetched the local union President to me. The business agent started beating me with a stick over the head till it was full of lumps and bled. My head was so bad that I could not sleep for a long time, and I never been a sound sleeper since."