[TheForge] unions ( was Re: Re: OT: several questions and thoughts )

[terry l. ridder]

hello;

comments intermixed below.

On Sat, 4 Feb 2006 schade at acegroup.cc wrote:

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> http://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.nr0.htm
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> In 2005, full-time wage and salary workers who were union members had
> median usual weekly earnings of $801, compared with a median of $622 for
> wage and salary workers who were not represented by unions.
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bob, remind me again how the unions stood up the united airlines
management and the bankruptcy court again. wait that is right they did
not.

bob, remind me again about how the united airlines employees' and
retirees' pension system were protected during the bankruptcy. oh, wait
the pension system was in default and turned over to the federal pension
agency to bail out.

bob, remind me again how much the executives of united airlines
sacrificed in salary and benefits. oh wait they did sacrifice anything,
in fact they received roughly $100 million usd in bonuses.

bob, what were you saying about how good unions are again?

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terry l. ridder ><>