Steve Sloan Wrote:
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> Duh, check the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Compare
> the unemployment rate in Michigan and Texas.
> Unemployment is generally lower in what is called
> the Sunbelt.
> I will never change anyone's mind if they choose
> to make the union their god and throw their hard
> earned money to the union bosses to be wasted and
> stolen.
> I have lived in Michigan, Florida and Georgia and
> have seen the affects of economic conditions in
> both union and right to work states and the right
> to work states are heads above union states in
> peoples attitudes and outlook on life.

Duh, so you don't really have any facts to support your claim, then, just rhetoric. Alrighty then. But to cite Michigan versus Texas - or Sunbelt versus non-Sunbelt - as the basis for your claim without considering all the other gergraphic, economic, political and social factors is simply naive.

As to your second point, the money I pay in union dues is far less than the differential I make by working for a unionized railroad versus a non-union one, so from that standpoint alone it's well worth it even without considering the additional benefits. However, anyone who wants to be do the exact same work for less money and benefits is OK by me.