| Re: The canoe race |
Subject: Re: The canoe race by jim420 on 2008/8/4 13:49:22 Quote:
I agree that unions at one time did do a lot of good for the labour force on both sides of the boarder. My grandfather was UAW back in the hay days of the 60's...my father was part of the power workers and police unions here in Ontario and my best friend is a member of the Iron Workers 721 out of Toronto. The thing about it is this tho....the unions them selfs have become big business more so about profit than members rights...Being from the Oshawa area I have seen a lot of good people be put out of work by the CAW. Mackie automotive for example. Workers there were getting a decent wage and benefit package then a group of people in there thought it would be a good idea to bring in the CAW within a year wages climbed from 16$ per hour (for sorting parts) to 21$ per hour. The Mackie family could no longer compete and had to close the doors boom 500+ workers now unemployed. Unions are a good thing but from time to time they do need to be reined in. Not to mention the fact that the big three didn't keep up with their market research. They were still making gas guzzling SUV's and the likes while the import company s such as Honda were building ecnoboxes I know our vette (while it was running) only got out on weekends our primary vehicle is a 2002 VW, and we are a G.M. family all of us from Oshawa. |
