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Old Posted Jan 9, 2018, 3:58 PM
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Old Posted Jan 9, 2018, 4:34 PM
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Old Posted Jan 27, 2018, 7:44 AM
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I am the son of a union machinist and from what I know from growing up is that with every new bargained contract the union laborers voluntarily agreed to lower wages to help the companies "competitiveness" and were left with lower purchasing power that most certainly did not keep up with inflation and agreed to a two tier system where skilled workers make little more than a custodian with no benefits for several years as a way to placate the company from pulling out all together and moving to some blood sucker anti-union "right to work" state. This coincided with the company making hand over fist obscene profits for their shareholders. Most labor unions are not the greed festering rackets that the right-wing paints them to be and in the case of the MTA may be close to being. Those are outliers. and from my experience, the majority of American union laborers are honest hardworking people that with the existence of a union have secured a middle-class quality of life, but one that with every year becomes more threatened. And lets not forgot who brought you the weekend.
Unions brought us the weekend? You have some pretty vile things to say about the Right, as you seem to know them very well, but I think to say Unions "brought you(us) the weekend" is rather absurd. In the West, Christianity brought us a day off, Sunday. So even if Unions are solely responsible for the having Saturday off, they only get 50% of the weekend off.

Also Public Unions are incredibly dangerous. Lets say Walmart employees start a Union. They bargain with corporate. If they ask for too much and Walmart caves in for any reason, and then profits plunge, you have a failed business. Who does a Public Union even bargain with? Politicians? The same people THEY as a group back? So youre telling me it seems perfectly legit for this to happen? Being 100% behind all Unions just because you think that makes you progressive over those redneck Republicans, isn't exactly smart when you look at the results on the ground.
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Old Posted Jan 27, 2018, 5:53 PM
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^I think everyone is in agreement that the union needs to be curtailed and reformed in both it's work rules and financial expectations in a top to bottom shake-up, but the way you are taking it to the extreme by talking "union busting" just makes you sound like a right-wing asshole.
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The founders of the labor movement viewed unions as a vehicle to get workers more of the profits they help create. Government workers, however, don’t generate profits. They merely negotiate for more tax money. When government unions strike, they strike against taxpayers. F.D.R. considered this “unthinkable and intolerable.”

Government collective bargaining means voters do not have the final say on public policy. Instead their elected representatives must negotiate spending and policy decisions with unions. That is not exactly democratic – a fact that unions once recognized.

George Meany was not alone. Up through the 1950s, unions widely agreed that collective bargaining had no place in government . . . .
https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebat...-sector-unions

Public employee unions in a democracy make no sense. The wages and work conditions of public employees should ultimately be up to the voters, not to politicans who form a symbiotic relationship with the unions trading higher compensation for election-time contributions and support: "Help get me elected and Ill raise your pay (and send the bill to taxpayers or subway riders)". It may often be unspoken, but that's the bargain nearly everywhere and it robs the public.
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Old Posted Jan 30, 2018, 4:32 PM
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https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebat...-sector-unions

Public employee unions in a democracy make no sense. The wages and work conditions of public employees should ultimately be up to the voters, not to politicans who form a symbiotic relationship with the unions trading higher compensation for election-time contributions and support: "Help get me elected and Ill raise your pay (and send the bill to taxpayers or subway riders)". It may often be unspoken, but that's the bargain nearly everywhere and it robs the public.
This is true and they have destroyed transit, public works (water companies etc) and much more across the whole US. It is really out of control
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Old Posted Jan 30, 2018, 4:44 PM
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Unions brought us the weekend? You have some pretty vile things to say about the Right, as you seem to know them very well, but I think to say Unions "brought you(us) the weekend" is rather absurd. In the West, Christianity brought us a day off, Sunday. So even if Unions are solely responsible for the having Saturday off, they only get 50% of the weekend off.

Also Public Unions are incredibly dangerous. Lets say Walmart employees start a Union. They bargain with corporate. If they ask for too much and Walmart caves in for any reason, and then profits plunge, you have a failed business. Who does a Public Union even bargain with? Politicians? The same people THEY as a group back? So youre telling me it seems perfectly legit for this to happen? Being 100% behind all Unions just because you think that makes you progressive over those redneck Republicans, isn't exactly smart when you look at the results on the ground.
you are kidding me. there were no public unions until relatively recently. they were illegal.

also, do you know what happens when they get cut out in our current era? ask wisconsin teachers. they have lost $10k annual pay since their public unions were destroyed around five years ago. that sure didnt take as long as it did for public unions to get 'bad' did it?
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Old Posted Jan 30, 2018, 5:50 PM
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you are kidding me. there were no public unions until relatively recently. they were illegal.

also, do you know what happens when they get cut out in our current era? ask wisconsin teachers. they have lost $10k annual pay since their public unions were destroyed around five years ago. that sure didnt take as long as it did for public unions to get 'bad' did it?
I actually don't even know what you were responding to to say "there were no public unions until relatively recently." I never said they were here for a long time or anything regarding their longevity. So I guess I am not kidding until I figure out what I could be kidding about.

You're last point, I never said Public Unions are dangerous to their members. I said they are dangerous to the public, since they are bargaining with the very people who they support for election.
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Old Posted Jan 30, 2018, 9:32 PM
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Every time a conservative speaks, you can be sure that "the slaves didn't even have it that bad!" is right around the corner.
I'm not sure that this is what you were arguing about, but I don't think that the post was trying to argue that slavery was not bad. The poster was using the example of slaves having a day "off" as evidence of the universality of the sunday holiday at that time, rather than to defend slavery itself. As far as I can tell, that post had nothing whatsoever to do with slavery istelf


As I haven't researched this much, I can't comment further other to say that Wikipedia seems to suggest that Sundays off pre-date Saturdays off. However wikipedia isn't infallible, so...

Also, Pleeease everyone be careful with the name calling. It's wrong to counter an argument by looking for something they say that can be made to sound racist, or mean, or whatever. Take the above conversation:

Person A: We had no weekends until unions pushed for it.
Person B: Sundays were already off before unions. Even slaves had it off.
Person C: So you're saying slaves had cushy jobs? lolz typical conservative

There is no logical way of reaching person C's conclusion. It's a lazy attempt to discredit person B's opinion by creating a reprehensible person out of him/her. Maybe C just didn't read it wrong, but even so, the "Lotta Fascists" comment is in the same spirit.

It doesn't follow that everyone who has issues with unions is a fascist. IMO it is pretty easy to defend unions without resorting to these tactics. There is a certain appeal in having a two day weekend, living wages, protection from unreasonable employers, and good working conditions in general. Just stop the rhetoric before we end up killing each other!

Sorry to derail a subway thread, I'm out now lol.
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Old Posted Jan 30, 2018, 9:45 PM
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Old Posted Jan 30, 2018, 9:59 PM
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I'm not sure that this is what you were arguing about, but I don't think that the post was trying to argue that slavery was not bad. The poster was using the example of slaves having a day "off" as evidence of the universality of the sunday holiday at that time, rather than to defend slavery itself. As far as I can tell, that post had nothing whatsoever to do with slavery istelf


As I haven't researched this much, I can't comment further other to say that Wikipedia seems to suggest that Sundays off pre-date Saturdays off. However wikipedia isn't infallible, so...

Also, Pleeease everyone be careful with the name calling. It's wrong to counter an argument by looking for something they say that can be made to sound racist, or mean, or whatever. Take the above conversation:

Person A: We had no weekends until unions pushed for it.
Person B: Sundays were already off before unions. Even slaves had it off.
Person C: So you're saying slaves had cushy jobs? lolz typical conservative

There is no logical way of reaching person C's conclusion. It's a lazy attempt to discredit person B's opinion by creating a reprehensible person out of him/her. Maybe C just didn't read it wrong, but even so, the "Lotta Fascists" comment is in the same spirit.

It doesn't follow that everyone who has issues with unions is a fascist. IMO it is pretty easy to defend unions without resorting to these tactics. There is a certain appeal in having a two day weekend, living wages, protection from unreasonable employers, and good working conditions in general. Just stop the rhetoric before we end up killing each other!

Sorry to derail a subway thread, I'm out now lol.
Thank you, and yes,I of course wasn't supporting slavery, jesus lol I literally focused my grad school research into slavery for the very reason it interests me probably more than any other subject because it [I]is[I]so abhorrent and the fact that humans think they could own other humans fascinates me incredibly.
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Old Posted Jan 30, 2018, 10:00 PM
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I'm not sure that this is what you were arguing about, but I don't think that the post was trying to argue that slavery was not bad. The poster was using the example of slaves having a day "off" as evidence of the universality of the sunday holiday at that time, rather than to defend slavery itself. As far as I can tell, that post had nothing whatsoever to do with slavery istelf


As I haven't researched this much, I can't comment further other to say that Wikipedia seems to suggest that Sundays off pre-date Saturdays off. However wikipedia isn't infallible, so...

Also, Pleeease everyone be careful with the name calling. It's wrong to counter an argument by looking for something they say that can be made to sound racist, or mean, or whatever. Take the above conversation:

Person A: We had no weekends until unions pushed for it.
Person B: Sundays were already off before unions. Even slaves had it off.
Person C: So you're saying slaves had cushy jobs? lolz typical conservative

There is no logical way of reaching person C's conclusion. It's a lazy attempt to discredit person B's opinion by creating a reprehensible person out of him/her. Maybe C just didn't read it wrong, but even so, the "Lotta Fascists" comment is in the same spirit.

It doesn't follow that everyone who has issues with unions is a fascist. IMO it is pretty easy to defend unions without resorting to these tactics. There is a certain appeal in having a two day weekend, living wages, protection from unreasonable employers, and good working conditions in general. Just stop the rhetoric before we end up killing each other!

Sorry to derail a subway thread, I'm out now lol.
Thank you, and yes,I of course wasn't supporting slavery, jesus lol I literally focused my grad school research into slavery for the very reason it interests me probably more than any other subject because it *is*so abhorrent and the fact that humans think they could own other humans fascinates me incredibly.

In this day and age how is it someone is having to defend their support or nonsupport for SLAVERY based on making a point slaves had Sunday off or had holiday routines? lol this is getting crazy.
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Unions brought us the weekend?
The labor movement definitely brought us weekends. During the Industrial Revolution, when people started working in factories, people often worked 7 days a week. Some factory owners gave Sunday off for Sabbath/worship, but it wasn't uncommon to have to work 7 days a week.

Henry Ford gave his factory workers both Saturday and Sunday off (the Saturday was for his Jewish workers), but again, that was his choice, a 2-day weekend wasn't standard. It wasn't until the FDR era that 2-day weekends and a 40-hour work week were established in the US.

This can all be looked up on da internets.
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I actually don't even know what you were responding to to say "there were no public unions until relatively recently." I never said they were here for a long time or anything regarding their longevity. So I guess I am not kidding until I figure out what I could be kidding about.

You're last point, I never said Public Unions are dangerous to their members. I said they are dangerous to the public, since they are bargaining with the very people who they support for election.

of course you had no idea of the history of public unions, that was obvious, but thats an aside. you are totally dodging the point, which is what happens when public unions are gained, which was in the 1960s in the example, and what happens when the rug is pulled out from under them and they are lost. $10k/yr evaporates in 5yrs thats what. so obviously losing the public union bargaining strength is much more dangerous than having one.
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Old Posted Jan 31, 2018, 12:41 AM
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of course you had no idea of the history of public unions, that was obvious, but thats an aside. you are totally dodging the point, which is what happens when public unions are gained, which was in the 1960s in the example, and what happens when the rug is pulled out from under them and they are lost. $10k/yr evaporates in 5yrs thats what. so obviously losing the public union bargaining strength is much more dangerous than having one.
You're assuming a lot. But ok, im gonna assume your number of 10k is correct.

Is that a large amount of money for a teacher? No doubt. Its probably 15-20% reduction in income. Huge.

But what is the opposite of this, Public Unions having all the control? Then you have two teachers per classroom, you could have schools being built when the old schools were just fine. You could have it become incredibly hard to fire bad teachers, which happens today in many districts. You could have teachers incomes inflate so much with income and pensions etc that a state goes bankrupt.

Its sounds heartless, but if a teacher losing 10% keeps a state from bankruptcy, its worth it.
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You're assuming a lot. But ok, im gonna assume your number of 10k is correct.

Is that a large amount of money for a teacher? No doubt. Its probably 15-20% reduction in income. Huge.

But what is the opposite of this, Public Unions having all the control? Then you have two teachers per classroom, you could have schools being built when the old schools were just fine. You could have it become incredibly hard to fire bad teachers, which happens today in many districts. You could have teachers incomes inflate so much with income and pensions etc that a state goes bankrupt.

Its sounds heartless, but if a teacher losing 10% keeps a state from bankruptcy, its worth it.
It can also work the other way. In Ontario, the school system is being squeezed hard with limited funding. There are few enough staff in some places that staff have a hard time managing students (though this depends on the school. Is it the union making it hard for itself by causing more money to be spent, or is the union what is keeping this job doable? Hard to say. A lack of union intervention also would protect bad management at the same time it leaves bad teachers in the lurch.

Anyways, I'm getting carried away. The easy win is getting rid of redundant jobs, do unions prevent this from happening? I'm looking forward to see how much impact new subway management can make. Probably not a huge amount. How often do subways run at night in NYC? would a significant frequency reduction at night be a good compromise?
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Old Posted Jan 31, 2018, 4:47 AM
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Wait I'm so confused a poster named nycman focused on Wisconsin teachers when his highly respected hometown paper had a huge takedown on MTA unions. How they dictated to have 4x the number of laborers for transit construction projects as they do in Europe. Why? Why do MTA employees make 155k or more when they don't in Europe? Euope has this way more figured out than us and they are far more unionized than us they just don't abide by fools
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Oh look more unions stealing from us. We could actually house the homeless if we didn't do dumb ass shit like this
http://www.latimes.com/local/califor...htmlstory.html
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I'm confused, didn't the Times just expose the colossal incompetence, waste, graft, and mismanagement of the New York subway? eg, 2500 managers making more than 300k per year (the union is so proud of this) while major stations rot and the system continues to run on 1930s technology?
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