(06-28-2018, 09:26 PM)copycat Wrote:

(06-28-2018, 08:34 PM)pirkster Wrote: I think you eloquently outlined the uselessness of unions who don't provide the value to attract members.

The victim here was never unions.  It was workers forced against their will to contribute, just like the mobs who demanded "protection."  Or else...

You have reached the crux of the matter.  Unions have failed to evolve while they demand everyone bow to them and "evolve" to their desires.  

Wage and Hour addresses roughly half of what unions used to represent.  OSHA covers another huge portion of employee concerns.  What is left at this point?

Right, you can say that, but don't turn around and refuse to let the minimum wage rise with inflation.  The minimum salary an employer has to offer to escape overtime requirements also needs to raise with inflation.  When it doesn't, that takes the 40 hour workweek away from more and more workers. If you recognize that laws and regulations now do things we used to need unions for, then let's make sure they stay up to date.
Unfortunately the party thats undermining the unions is also undermining labor law.

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