Role Model you have got to be kidding, thats like saying that palen broad is intellegent.

He is only another shining example of what the republican part really is. A GREAT BIG NOTHING

HE is however, a fine representative of the republiscam party, a complete fraud. I would not trust this guy to flush my toilet, let alone enter my house and work on a plumbing problem.

I know what I’m talking about, I’m a Journeymen Lineman myself. My first year of classroom study, we started with 43 students. In the first two weeks, most of the potheads and illiterates voluntarily dropped out. At the semester break, our instructor (former journeymen himself) flunked out the remaining students who couldn’t cut it (guys like “joe the plumber”)

That year of studying and practical field work was as challenging, if not more, than any year in which I attended college and received my Bachelor’s Degree (3.33 GPA).

If you missed one day of class, you would find yourself in a deep hole because there was so much material to cover and study on the following day. If you missed 3 consecutive days of classroom study and field work…you were done and out of the program, there was just no way to catch up and graduate.

Our class graduated 9 future journeymen linemen. That’s 9 graduates out of 43. All 9 of us were employed within weeks of graduation, all of us have been hired by power companies, and each one of us are members of a union. We take pride in our work and are safe because there is no second chances when working with dangerous energized cables, underground and overhead. Union Journeymen linemen are the best in the business, best is proficiency, hardworking and above all safe. Independant contractors without unions have lower wages, crap for benefits and the most serious burns, injuries and fatalities in the electrical industry.

Do you understand this ditto heads? Joe couldn’t cut it, he failed, and that’s why he is not a licensed Journeymen.

If unions are such a hot deal then why on earth would their numbers have been dropping for years?
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For a couple of reasons. First a well financed propaganda effort look into the Mohawk Valley Formula. Second an attack on our manufacturing sector starting with Reagan. Notice we hardly make anything anymore. Remember that ’service economy’? Reagan gave tax breaks for companies to move overseas to get rid of their unions.

Today, when the economy is tanking, the corporations will continue to make golden parachutes for their execs out of the $$$ they save from cutting your pay and bennies. And the unions are the problem…

Remember, all these “exorbinant pay and benefit packages” that the union members have, the employers agreed to them! They liked the agreement enough to sign them.

libertyforever Says:

If unions are such a hot deal then why on earth would their numbers have been dropping for years?

Oh I don’t know, maybe the massive corporate efforts to suppress and intimidate their formation and operations?

sm0key1957 Says:

Why are you for the free choice act?

Why do you hate America?

Why are you for the free choice act?
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Because those who CREATE the wealth, that is the workers, DESERVE a fair share of the fruits OF that labor. Since the 80’s that hasnt happened. At the same time wages have been flat corporate profits have skyrocketed. That is as the increased productivity and profits created BY labor has increased labor itself is getting a smaller portion of that pie while those at the top have been taking a larger piece. UNIONS are labors ability to demand their fair share and power concedes NOTHING without a demand. As a larger portion of the workforce is union other businesses will be forced to pay higher wages or LOSE their workers to the better wages and benifits OF having a union job.

No Unions didnt ruin this country greedy morons like YOU have caused this country great harm. WHAT MERIT. You mean promotions are given to the bosses nephew or whoever kisses ass the best. What a joke you are. The brainwashing has worked well on you but obviously the Alzheimers has taken its toll. UNIONS gave us the 40hr work week, the vacation, th end to child labor pensions vacations health benifits. The only reason wages are EVER higher than the lowest possible is because of the competition of UNIONS. Otherwise most corporations would pay minimum wage and make you buy whatever tools are necessary to do your job. You weasels that have chosen the path of asskissing just hate it that unions allow people to work WITHOUT having to kiss ass. Well have fun, pucker up, get way up there in the brown and I will keep my union job while laughing at morons like you.

You dont HAVE to do anything. I have a union job make a VERY good wage. Five weeks vacation a year. Excellent benifits health and dental and a pension that will pay me above the median wage in the country. In more than 30 years I have never once had to kiss anyones ass and have very good job security. If you can get all those things without a union good for you. Personally I think unions are pretty impressive.