eccentricdonald
31st March 2009, 00:00
Within the past year, I was looking for work at factories, but I didn't get hired. Here's my story. In the state of Pennsylvania in the U.S., one is required to join a labor union to work at a unionized workplace (similar laws exist in 27 other states, but those that don't have such laws are "right-to-work" states, hence why Toyota plants are located in states like Mississippi, a "right-to-work" state), and factories around where I live are unionized, and at the time I needed money, otherwise I would have had to go back to school, and I have. Here's the problem - I never got hired. My problem was not necessarily the law itself and I had no problem getting in the union as a requirement of getting hired. My problem was that I did NOT know anyone in the unions. They're like guilds but in the modern era. I was essentially discriminated because I am a stranger! In my view, a stranger is a better worker than someone that a union is well-acquainted. Since then, I've heard the cons as well as the pros of labor unions. Unions are political machines that give money to lawmakers that are against the people, and that's nearly all lawmakers. Also, ever wonder why GM does so poorly against Toyota and Hyundai? Explanation: in a Toyota plant (Toyota is non-union), if someone on the assembly line sees something wrong with a car, that person stops the whole assembly line so the car/truck/whatever is fixed before it goes on the market, but in a GM plant (GM is union), one must get approval from a higher-ranking union official. The flaw of getting approval is that the official might be nowhere in sight, too busy to talk, or denies permission, and this causes the defective car/truck/whatever to get off the assembly line and go on the market. Wonder why GM has such crappy cars? haha Anyhow, anyone who disagrees with a union boss over a very tiny detail gets fired. Pay raises are given by experience, and the flaw with that is there are lazy workers who still get pay raises as well as those who do work. Also, there have been incidents where employees have literally slept while working! I'm from the Pittsburgh area, and the reason the steel mills closed was that the unions wanted too much from U.S. Steel AND they allowed too much garbage like sleeping on the job, cutting back on productivity, etc. Need I go on in terms of grocery stores, etc.?!
I will say that the unions were meant to give the workers better treatment at making ends meet, but nowadays, especially in places like Pennsylvania, Ohio, etc., they are nothing more than parasites feeding off of not only the factories but also the workers in the form of union dues. They are not revolutionary and will kiss the ***es of the capitalist lawmakers, who exploit labor in America all in the name of corporate imperialist greed. Under Communism, the people own the means of production; therefore, there is no need for unions!
I've been the victim of a complacent and corrupt bureaucracy, but I know I'm not alone. Any thoughts? LOL
I will say that the unions were meant to give the workers better treatment at making ends meet, but nowadays, especially in places like Pennsylvania, Ohio, etc., they are nothing more than parasites feeding off of not only the factories but also the workers in the form of union dues. They are not revolutionary and will kiss the ***es of the capitalist lawmakers, who exploit labor in America all in the name of corporate imperialist greed. Under Communism, the people own the means of production; therefore, there is no need for unions!
I've been the victim of a complacent and corrupt bureaucracy, but I know I'm not alone. Any thoughts? LOL