tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30056046.post544021015475971568..comments2007-10-08T08:30:37.841-04:00vt.Buzznoreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30056046.post-33534918231203086772007-10-08T08:30:00.000-04:002007-10-08T08:30:00.000-04:00Unions are dinosaurs - face it! Lets move into the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30056046.post-56719078923837164882007-10-07T09:05:00.000-04:002007-10-07T09:05:00.000-04:00No change will come.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30056046.post-32189762387126539572007-10-06T15:24:00.000-04:002007-10-06T15:24:00.000-04:00You won't have any problem solving as long as the teachers union has a stranglehold on the school system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30056046.post-77607243775499386162007-10-06T09:21:00.000-04:002007-10-06T09:21:00.000-04:00Notwithstanding the usual personal attacks, I'm pleased to see that some bloggers are sharing the sources of their information instead of just repeating the same old anecdotes and slogans used to scare and mislead people. <BR/><BR/>Facts matter. Solving problems requires good information (to define the problem and to evaluate possible solutions). Let's have more of that.Doug Hoffernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30056046.post-43332337113364161122007-10-03T08:29:00.000-04:002007-10-03T08:29:00.000-04:00Thats why schools are failing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30056046.post-46922154806364282322007-09-29T20:32:00.000-04:002007-09-29T20:32:00.000-04:00Isn't that the truth!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30056046.post-71777466568240966272007-09-26T23:48:00.000-04:002007-09-26T23:48:00.000-04:00The teachers union is taking the whole educational system down - and they don't even care!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30056046.post-52293907877862821802007-09-26T23:35:00.000-04:002007-09-26T23:35:00.000-04:00"In reality competition and market base economics take away workers rights, reduces worker retirements, and tries to eliminate workers healthcare -- all under the premise of the need to lower costs so the US can be more competitive."<BR/><BR/>If your answer is protectionism, I don't think so. A rash of protectionism by the industrial nations after the stock market crash in 1928 gave us the Great Depression. Let's not go there again, please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30056046.post-20707115282347088102007-09-26T22:42:00.000-04:002007-09-26T22:42:00.000-04:00Bubba, Perhaps you could enlighten us as to where your imaginary statistic that AFL-CIO is loosing members comes from? I didn't think so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30056046.post-26862493255619777492007-09-26T18:17:00.000-04:002007-09-26T18:17:00.000-04:00Where is that, in Venezuela?bubbanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30056046.post-54383841654241243692007-09-26T15:57:00.000-04:002007-09-26T15:57:00.000-04:00The GOP and conservative view is that competition and market base economics solve all problems - and Gov Jim Douglas in trying to satisfy his conservative base, is following this playbook.<BR/><BR/>In reality competition and market base economics take away workers rights, reduces worker retirements, and tries to eliminate workers healthcare -- all under the premise of the need to lower costs so the US can be more competitive.<BR/><BR/>And while the Executives are cutting slaries and benefits of their workers, they are taking ever increasing bonuses and salary increases.<BR/><BR/>This, BUBBA, is why unions are making a comeback and experiencing increases in membership.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30056046.post-14188845303489543482007-09-26T15:43:00.000-04:002007-09-26T15:43:00.000-04:00Think what you want but unions are Dinosaurs. Their purpose for existing went away 50 years ago. <BR/><BR/>They are focused at everything but how to make their companies more competitive in a global economy. <BR/><BR/>A declining union population is a good thing. Keep up the truth Bubba!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30056046.post-21473725851026150492007-09-26T15:08:00.000-04:002007-09-26T15:08:00.000-04:00Bubba, Perhaps you could enlighten us as to where your imaginary statistic that AFL-CIO is loosing members comes from? I didn't think so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30056046.post-33931488705042069152007-09-26T14:40:00.000-04:002007-09-26T14:40:00.000-04:00bubba,<BR/><BR/>You asked and I provided the link to the AFL website so you could read the article. Where is yours?<BR/><BR/>You were quik to cite the same AFL website to support your contention - however, percent of population is not a true measure - percent increase of existing membership is!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30056046.post-76374092372921849592007-09-26T14:28:00.000-04:002007-09-26T14:28:00.000-04:00Union membership should be going down simply because of offshoring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30056046.post-58789439350459759012007-09-26T13:28:00.000-04:002007-09-26T13:28:00.000-04:00As anyone with half a brain knows, union membership has been going down steadily for years. Now we have a couple of union slugs claiming "10% increases, blah blah blah" Hey, prove it with your web site!bubbanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30056046.post-80773230893816815922007-09-26T13:02:00.000-04:002007-09-26T13:02:00.000-04:00The only stats Blubba can spit out are the ones he hears on O'Reilly and Limbaugh. His points are often full of holes, just like his idols.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30056046.post-51158855373137753332007-09-26T12:30:00.000-04:002007-09-26T12:30:00.000-04:00Hey Bubba... I'm laughing because my data came from the AFL-CIO website as well...<BR/><BR/>http://blog.aflcio.org/2007/09/21/workers-joining-afl-cio-unions-at-highest-rate-in-two-generations/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30056046.post-9724562517337425082007-09-26T11:10:00.000-04:002007-09-26T11:10:00.000-04:00If these web pages exist, provide links, moron.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30056046.post-71716089626502759362007-09-26T10:12:00.000-04:002007-09-26T10:12:00.000-04:00AFL-CIO web pages, moron.bubbanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30056046.post-31471565982026199102007-09-26T10:05:00.000-04:002007-09-26T10:05:00.000-04:00Hey Bubba,<BR/><BR/>Where did your useless statistics come from?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30056046.post-10345509656712746742007-09-26T09:10:00.000-04:002007-09-26T09:10:00.000-04:00Libraries are big places. Perhaps you could be more specific, as difficult as it must be to produce falsely claimed stats. Are you Dan Rather?bubbanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30056046.post-67718067902210733732007-09-26T08:24:00.000-04:002007-09-26T08:24:00.000-04:00bubba, <BR/>It's called a library. Ever use one? I didn't think so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30056046.post-22682303550379935472007-09-26T07:12:00.000-04:002007-09-26T07:12:00.000-04:00Perhaps you could enlighten us as to where your imaginary statistic that AFL-CIO is "growing" at 10% a year comes from? I didn't think so.bubbanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30056046.post-61081668889292429872007-09-26T00:24:00.000-04:002007-09-26T00:24:00.000-04:00I don't think the Japanese are known for firing poor performers. <BR/><BR/>GM faces much higher health costs in the US than in Canada or Japan because of our stupid system. <BR/><BR/>But in the end, when they need to discount a car $3-4k to move the metal, they have a design problem and an engineering problem, not a labor problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com