When you're off tomorrow WITH PAY will you remember to thank a Union member ?

Question

NATCA and proud of it

ah yes, the union only cares about money crowd...to #1 sorry you have to work on a federal holiday...to #2 most disputes unions have these days are over safety and working conditions and if you have a good wage (union or not) it's because of organized labor...period

Dee B...so i guess you'll show up to work tomorrow...right ?

Levi G = wage slave

ShadowCat...buy American, you'll be glad you did

desertviking_00...i'm the prez of my local and i wear levi's & aloha shirts just like everyone else...as a matter of fact we get 90% of our dues returned to the local to spend (union related) as we see fit

Dee B...i'm a salaried pro too (ait traffic control)...i'm down here on the gulf...where do you fish ?

i do work for the FAA and i'm also retired Navy so i won't be thanking the tax payers for anything...you OWE me, keep it coming

ret_roch_cop...whine to the Mexicans who make your $40K car pal, and enjoy getting it fixed every 5000 miles

Answer 1

♥ ♥Be Happi♥ ♥ - those men and women ARE represented by a Union!

I thank the unions EVERYDAY because I have a roof over my head, food on the table, and my husband comes home alive. When I was growing up, we thanked the union for our food, shelter, and our dad coming home alive. We can afford to go to a doctor because of the Union Medical Insurance instead of waiting till it's an emergency room visit. When we're old and gray, we won't be on welfare because of my husband's Union pension.

I am thankful for the sacrifices of our soldiers. I also realize that more construction workers die every year than soldiers, firefighters, and police officers combined!

I know how many things people daily take for granted that are provided by the work my husband does. Fuel (refineries), paper products (paper mills), electricity (power generation plants), and cleaner air (they're the ones that put on the air scrubbers) are things that Boilermakers build or keep running. Their Craft Union is what enforces Labor & OSHA laws that reduce the risks to live, limb, and health. Don't kid yourself, companies can and will bend/break the laws if someone doesn't daily force them to comply.

Answer 2

I'm retired now. But my father helped start a union (Seafarers' International Union). So, I do have great respect for the rank and file. My problem is with a certain practice I've noticed in the past twenty years or so where the business agent of the local is shopping for his clothes and cars at the same places as management. I think the last thing the rank and file needs is some guy in a thousand dollar suit holding a picket sign and pretended solidarity with the strikers. Maybe that's why union membership is down.

Answer 3

Unions are a bunch of scam organizations set up to pay people too much for too little work. Oh but they whine and cry when they see their jobs going overseas where the same money paid to one union worker here will get the output of ten workers there. Poor babies, it's not your fault right?

Not to mention that they are like the Mafia who for some reason find kinship and brotherhood with unions - funny why the Mafia likes unions. Not to mention that they're belly crawling slaves to the Democrats

Answer 4

I don't have a union job, don't want one, but you go ahead and have a party thanking your Union.

Just remember tomorrow if you are sick, or in an accident, someone robs your house, it catches fire, etc - and you need a Policeman, Fireman, Ambulance, etc, that you need to really thank those people, because if they were UNION you wouldn't receive any help.

Remember it is about honoring the nation's "working people" and many will be "working" tomorrow.

Answer 5

No. I am a college-educated professional who is also proud; proud to be someone who believes that hard work is the key to getting ahead, that I am strong enough to do so on my own talents, and that I do not have to rely on corrupt unions.

I may go into the office for a few hours if the fish aren't biting, the beach is too crowded, it's raining, or I can't get a tee time, but since I am a salaried professional who doesn't punch a clock, it will be on my own time.

Fish in and around Mobile Bay mostly, for I am on the Gulf Coast as well. At least we can agree it's a great place to live!

Answer 6

Hell yeah!

Proud member of 'International Union of Operating Engineers'

Answer 7

Actually, no.

I'm off tomorrow, without pay, because the businesses and government offices that I get paid to deal with are all closed.

Thanks, Unions, for a day that reduces domestic productivity and costs everyone money.

Answer 8

Good for you...Maybe the older Union members, not these! Look at how they duped American Workers and Now are all for illegal immigration and outsourcing American jobs!

Answer 9

From your reference to NATCA, my understanding is that you are an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration so when you're off work tomorrow with pay, will you remember to thank the taxpayers who pay the taxes that pay for your wages and benefits?

http://www.aopa.org/faafundingdebate/funding.html

Answer 10

I'll be sure to thank A Union for making my hamburger taste better, wait a second, maybe i meant onion. shoot who knows.