# Occupy Wallstreet

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**Created:** [September 29, 2011, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/occupy-wallstreet/260647 "2011-09-29T12:57:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/occupy-wallstreet/260647/58 "2011-10-04T08:55:54Z")

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> [@Electrical Problem](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/electrical-problem/45372/5):
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> Unuion is not an all mythical creature that robbs employers blind and makes employees wealthy you make it out to be. Glory days of unions are long over and besides a few trade unions left most are an empty shell of what they used to be.
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> I will agree they do more harm then good nowadays as they don’t help the workers but collect the union fees and surely don’t help the employers.
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> And FYI most jobs don’t have unions.

I didn’t make a union out to be anything more than what you stated “would be nice.” Am I wrong in that labor unions often discuss wages for the employees in the union, as well as working conditions, vacations, benefits, etc? Sounds like a lobbyist to me.

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