I'll bet the reason you went for that job in the garage was because it paid better than minimum wage, right? Do you know why the pay is decent in the union shop jobs you seeked? It's because the union negotiated those wages for it's members. Don't think for a minute a company won't pay you less if they could. If you don't like to pay union dues, there are plenty of minimum wage, non-union sweat shops out there.
A union is only as strong as the members it represents. If a union becomes weak by members who would rather not pay their union dues, then it's going to fall apart, all the members are going to get fired, and replaced by scab workers working for a lower wage. A union needs the solidarity of it's members to be effective. If you have a committeeperson who's not doing his/her job, then elect whoever you feel will do the job. If you feel your union has failed you, then you only have yourself to blame for not participating actively in your union to make it better for the workers and employer. As a union member, you are an important part of the foundation of your union.
I personally will gladly pay my union dues and put up with the occasional delivery inconvenience if it means I'll earn a living wage and won't find my job being done by some scab tomorrow.
Come on, guys...let's be reasonable here. We're talking about hardened criminals that live halfway across the world. Consider the fact they've turned to this life of crime because they lack cash in the first place, and travelling across the world is both expensive and time-consuming. Heck, most of us here make more in a year than any of these mugus could hope to make in a lifetime in their life of crime, and I know I won't have neither the time nor the money for a while yet for any intercontenintial travel.
Consider that even if they set aside their ammunition and drug money for air fare to your country, they're out of their element once they get here and they know it. How are they going to survive while they track you down?
I think you'd have to do more than humiliate a man to get him to make such a commitment in the name of revenge. Rather, your actions will probably cause them to take out their frustrations on the next poor sap they decide to mug.
I'm surprised that nobody has tried to mail these criminals some monopoly money laced with anthrax in an attempt to wipe them out.
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I'll bet the reason you went for that job in the garage was because it paid better than minimum wage, right? Do you know why the pay is decent in the union shop jobs you seeked? It's because the union negotiated those wages for it's members. Don't think for a minute a company won't pay you less if they could. If you don't like to pay union dues, there are plenty of minimum wage, non-union sweat shops out there. A union is only as strong as the members it represents. If a union becomes weak by members who would rather not pay their union dues, then it's going to fall apart, all the members are going to get fired, and replaced by scab workers working for a lower wage. A union needs the solidarity of it's members to be effective. If you have a committeeperson who's not doing his/her job, then elect whoever you feel will do the job. If you feel your union has failed you, then you only have yourself to blame for not participating actively in your union to make it better for the workers and employer. As a union member, you are an important part of the foundation of your union. I personally will gladly pay my union dues and put up with the occasional delivery inconvenience if it means I'll earn a living wage and won't find my job being done by some scab tomorrow.
Come on, guys...let's be reasonable here. We're talking about hardened criminals that live halfway across the world. Consider the fact they've turned to this life of crime because they lack cash in the first place, and travelling across the world is both expensive and time-consuming. Heck, most of us here make more in a year than any of these mugus could hope to make in a lifetime in their life of crime, and I know I won't have neither the time nor the money for a while yet for any intercontenintial travel. Consider that even if they set aside their ammunition and drug money for air fare to your country, they're out of their element once they get here and they know it. How are they going to survive while they track you down? I think you'd have to do more than humiliate a man to get him to make such a commitment in the name of revenge. Rather, your actions will probably cause them to take out their frustrations on the next poor sap they decide to mug. I'm surprised that nobody has tried to mail these criminals some monopoly money laced with anthrax in an attempt to wipe them out.