[tigtog]

More money for less work. I believe that has been the union way for some time. Just ask all the steel workers, oh yeah, I forgot, there aren't any.

[Roccus]

"Paycheck protection legislation has a clear neg­ative effect on public sector union contribu­tions to candidates for state legislative offices"

I wonder what effect it has on private sector union contributions.

[AbeKrieger]

Any union that does business with state, local or federal governments, police or fire, teachers, etc. should be prohibited by law from engaging in political activities, donations, or endorsements. And that's my opinion.

[cripplecreek]

As a former union member myself I can tell you what my biggest problems with unions are.

First would be union involvement in politics. Unions need to mind their own business and stop taking money from members to support politicians the members may not support.

Second is scale based pay. I think people should be paid based on merit. There's nothing more irritating that struggling with a project because the guy watching you struggle "doesn't get paid for THAT job".

[freedumb2003]

They also get a leadership that pursues its own priorities outside of negotiating employment con­ditions, priorities which may or may not reflect union members’ wishes.

Anyone remember the California Grocery Store strike? Union leaders, who make $300,000+ a year, had these people almost destitute (while the leadership didn't miss a single paycheck), and ended up with a contract that was worse than the one originally proposed by Management.

Yeah, I want these guys on my side.

[A CA Guy]

Doesn't matter what they want.
Doesn't matter if they got most of the mafia out of their unions.
What matters is they seem to be paid way out of line for compared to what nonunion folks do in the private sector and they in the end close down the companies they got the big contracts from and end all the jobs because the company can't compete.

The last refuge of these scoundrels seems to be government connected jobs where there seems to be the endless ability to tax people more and more to compensate people at 200% of private sector value.
IMO it needs to stop.
A nice law that no government employee job should exceed the average wage and benefits of what is found in the private sector.
Probably would pay back the national debt in 7 years with that one.

[toast]

Unions should not spend any money on candidates or political parties.

I believe it is perfectly reasonable for unions to endorse individual candidates based on their positions and voting record.

[BipolarBob]

What union memebers want? Well, I want the security to know I won't get fired for turnin in a legitamate safety violation. I want the security I won't lose my job because the bosses dumbass brother-in-law needs a job and can't get one because he's a dumbass. I want the security to say no to mowing the bosses lawn, building him a deck or watching his pets when he's on vacation with the idea I won't lose my job. Those are the ones that get promoted to supervision and that's fine with me. I know I'm in the minority here and I will get flamed but there are two sides to every coin. But I know YOU won't see it.

[Paleo Conservative]

Paycheck protection legislation has a clear negative effect on public sector union contributions to candidates for state legislative offices. These laws reduce union campaign donations by approximately 50 percent. The odds of random chance explaining these results are less than one percent.

That's why unions have fought these laws tooth and nail.