i’m not in a union, hell, im a full-time student, i don’t even have a job, but you people make it sound like unions are useless and provide no benefits. Proof that this is wrong goes no further than the “retarded union workers” at Goodyear Dunlop in Tonawanda.
The company posted record profits last year, yet they still wanted to completely cut health care for their retirees, who conveniently didn’t have a say in it, underfund their pension plan so that it would eventually run out, close a plant in texas immediately, and cut pay and health care benefits, despite record pay for the executives. The union held firm on their strike, the employees made the sacrifice of no paychecks in the month of december for the holiday season, and the company caved, yet they were still able to improve their capital structure and their stock price went up today. Unions still help everyone get their piece. Without them, the workers and retirees would have gotten fucked, the corporate office would be prospering, and the local economy would have gotten just a little bit shittier.