No Rick This is all about Labor vs Management. Right to work states have lower paying Jobs.
No Scootrd...false statement...union shops are not making what others do in the private sector. I work for a non union place, everyone there makes more then GM does now...of course GM is not paying what they used to...unions broke their backs, we all had to bail them out. Poor track records for unions these days. Lots of small union shops around town...some now are voting out the unions.
I make about 9 bucks an hour more than people in GM do...the hourly folks here make an average of 6 bucks an hour more than GM employees do. Plus bonuses.
Bottom line is for this state...the unions should have left well enough alone...they tried to ram proposition 2 down our throats after "Rick" asked them not to change our Constitution...so we then gave them a round house and knocked em down for good. They started it...we finished it. Our governor told them proposition 2 was too divisive and went to deep. They did not listen. After we voted that down, the legislation took the next step...make sure they don't try that again. The governor warned them.
If the unions here want people to join...they can...they just can't force it down their throats anymore. They need to OFFER something that attracts us. Well...it ain't money...they take that out of your check and send it to dems in D.C....so what do they have Scootrd? What do they have to offer us? Besides bankrupting government motors and making me pay....? Now they don't even get their members decent money in the private sector. Not in this state anyway. Public sector needs to realize a few things as well..stay tuned for that...we can't afford them either in some cases.
There was a time for unions...way past..it's over. We have labor laws now, we have safety laws, we have inspections...and we pay what an employee is worth where I work...no union did that. And never ran the company in red ink until bankrupt, or ask anyone to bail us out. No union here where I work. No union needed.
We can vote one in if we want...which is fair enough. But get your facts straight...unions do not mean more money in the private sector, not in this state.
Well the unions were itching for a fight this past summer trying to change our constitution...we gave em one...they asked for it, they got it.