are unions getting out of control, causing american jobs,by their demands on companys.?
141488
Unions are OLD FASHIONED, yes unions brought us things like WEEKENDS, collective bargaining, striking power. But all of this is lost when you no longer have an unlimited pool of enployment. No unions are not out of control, what is out of control are executive pay scales. If you start a company with YOUR OWN money then you deserve whatever it is you want to take out, but if your like Micheal Eisner who ran Disney it was not his investment and was paid 100 million to do a job....
825842
Everyone wants fair wages, but when you get the unions getting people to strike, the companies get fed up and go elsewhere.  It will happen to any major industry that has a union.  Eventually, everyone is going to get fed up and go overseas to produce their goods.
434924
There should be restrictions on trade. Many Americans are demanding to get more benifits. If we could take things slow and not demand so much from our employers, would that help. A bit maybe. However, look at the profit of businesses and the billionares that are today. These people are stealing from the U.S. workers. Sending our jobs out just so they can make a fast buck. Is that what Americans do? So angry about greed that is going to distroy us.
339968
Because American business's are greedy. Most pay and benefits were hard fought by unions and now that unions are in decline the prospective for any improvements look dim. I am hoping that the pendulum is about ready to swing the other way.
324690
The AFL-CIO the parent group for most unions in the US has pointed out this issue.  My grandfathers generation seemed to believe that his union was a part of his family, while my generation seems to believe that they do not need them.  I myself belong to IATSE the stagehands union.  Without my affliction I would not make a living wage, or have healthcare, or retirement plans.  This is because last year I worked for over 30 different companies.  The Fact of todays job market is the most people with hold 5 different jobs.  Think about retirement, how is that going to happen?!?  I also point out there are many jobs that you do not think about that have union representation, think Firefighters, they belong to IAFF.  \nNow the Teamsters have left the AFL-CIO because their membership believes that the AFL-CIO is not getting thing done anymore, while they provided a large part of the operating budget.  I like most of the teamsters that I work with at my job, they are like any one trying to make a living in a world that has not idea that they even there.  At my job the Teamsters drive the truck, pack the truck, and drive the forklifts.  They are great at their jobs and do it very well.  \nFun Facts\nthere are about 16.1 million union jobs in the US\nThe AFL-CIO represents 9 million of those;\nThe Teamsters account for 1.4 million jobs in the US while their largest contract is with more than 200,000 jobs with UPS
778422
The reason it's happening is simple: CHEAP LABOR. We still have several large corporations here such as: Wal-Mart, Intel, Microsoft, Time-Warner, etc. NAFTA isn't the problem at all. The problem is our economic outlook, approach, and policy.
76294
Unions are good for Americans. They don't get the good advertising that they deserve because the people who own the newspapers and who own the television stations, hell, the people with all the money don't want to see the little guy organized like THEY are. Without the unions what will ensure the corperations will give their workers an honest wage? What the goodness of their hearts? These are the same people who hire efficiency experts to tell them that the annual $300MIL profit would be a $301MIL if they fired 150 people nearing their pensions. Pick up a history book and see if people are any kinder to their fellow man today. I dare you.
1110869
Nope. Gone already. Be prepared to work at McDonald's and Wal-Mart your whole life because America's ability to manufacture ANYTHING has been sold overseas. It's called "outsourcing", the death-knell of America...
824042
This is what makes labor unions and collective bargaining a "necessary evil".  I have been a lifelong union member and I can assure you, without them, we'd all be working for $.50 per hour.
218015
They should definitely lose this status.  America is being sold out left and right to Chinese workers earning $.20/hr and work in sweatshop labor conditions.  We need to replace the concept of free trade with fair trade.  The Internet issue just one of hundreds of reasons.
133276
Unions hurt big business, plain and simple.  On the flip side, unions also protect people who don't deserve protection.
441304
well i am an indian living in us. I feel that people get frustarted because the jobs are being taken away in large numbers. There is a limit to export of jobs.
378204
Even though they settled, if they were to strike, I would be supportive. The Government seems to be hell-bent on destroying Unions, and taking away health care. I would expect that if your boss told you he wanted you to take a wage cut, pay for all your health care, and reduce (or eliminate) your pension benefits, you would strike to if you could.
526528
This should not be an unfair affair in the working place and rules should basically be the same for all paid employees.  I see this happening today more and more.  Corporations are in for the maximum profit and take advantage of the workers anyway they can.  Unions were supposed to be the buffers between abusive corporations and helpless workers.  If you have a union then tell your union representative otherwise I don't think you have a chance.  You can easily be replaced, if many complain, then they take the jobs abroad where they can buy the government and we can intimidate them with our power, remember, we pay taxes to do that.
102908
Thats the problem with non union. (don't get me wrong...I am not for Unions in general) Yes, they can. Something simular happened to me at my job. Now, you could organize a 'strike' if everyone is in favor. The owners will take notice and might make a change. If you could get everyone together to complain you have a better chance to change it back. \n\nPower in numbers.
696595
You have the most comical misspellings I've seen today. \n\nBut I agree with you. What we all need are good public employee-union jobs. We'd be pretty much set for life--and that's not right.
488826
Ahahaha. I love that analogy. Let's hope so. Bush is pandering to the big companies need for cheap labor and it has come back to bite him in the butt.