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  • Why I Changed My Mind About Unions

    02/21/2011 4:11:51 AM PST · by Scanian · 32 replies
    The American Thinker ^ | February 21, 2011 | Michael Filozof
    The organized tactics of intimidation by the public employee unions in Wisconsin last week came as no surprise to me. I'm from New York, one of the most union-friendly states in the country, and I've seen the negative effects of unions my entire life. I dislike unions. But I didn't always feel that way. My first job as a 16-year old grocery store shelf-stocker was a union job. I grew up in a union household; my father was an employee of one of the Big Three automakers. Although he wasn't active in union politics, he worked in a "union shop"...