tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post6409065817968323620..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Does the UAW Live or Do We?SiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-56432366595069168962012-01-04T19:43:31.195-05:002012-01-04T19:43:31.195-05:00Excellent point, John. I worked in union job myse...Excellent point, John. I worked in union job myself, in 1974 or so, for a year. It was for the phone company. I don't remember how much it was more than an equivalent job "outside", but it was considerably more. <br /><br />I understand the whole idea of wanting to negotiate wages; a company doesn't buy much of anything without shopping or negotiating. But unions don't seem to recognize that the higher the settled price, the bigger the incentive the company has to get a different supplier. The unions seem to think that every new contract will end up giving them more. If that money just isn't there, no amount of negotiation will get it. <br /><br />I guess that's why unions went into public sector - better chance the pot will always get bigger. It's not like the .gov has competitors. Plus, .gov isn't even negotiating with real (their own) money. The .gov has no incentive to strike a tough deal, but plenty of incentive to buy lots of union votes.SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-41999708398175847792012-01-04T10:18:15.636-05:002012-01-04T10:18:15.636-05:00Graybeard, your post reminds me of when I initiall...Graybeard, your post reminds me of when I initially exited the military and was in need of work in early 1985.<br /><br />A local grocery wholesaler's union employees had gone on strike for higher wages. Their job was to pull boxes of various groceries from warehouse racking, per a pre-prepared list, and pallet them up for loading onto semis for delivery to the retail grocery stores.<br /><br />The wholesaler put an ad in the local paper for replacement workers, scabs, and I answered the call.<br /><br />I was temporarily hired, and I was flabbergasted to receive a rate of pay of $15.30 per hour to perform the job previously mentioned. A job that could have been easily performed by a high school dropout, with a minimum of reading skills, was paying an outrageous hourly rate <i>only</i> because of union agitation.<br /><br />It's not just the cost of a car that is artificially inflated due to union demands.John Venlethttp://www.improvedclinch.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-13867426405141383122012-01-04T01:22:33.151-05:002012-01-04T01:22:33.151-05:00I would buy anything but a obummamobile, just for ...I would buy anything but a obummamobile, just for spite. It's time those overpaid union boys see what the rest of the country is feeling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com