I don't like Unions. Or should I say I GENERALLY don't like Unions?
After I graduated High School I joined one because it was a prerequisite to getting the job I wanted.
I joined another more recently when our employer refused to pay pilots time-and-a-half for overtime.
(Stupid employer. The company ended up losing more than just fair pay in that negotiation.)
I've been watching an "American Experience" episode on coal mining in West Virginia from just after the "Civil" war until just after WWI. It's a very interesting episode in the life of the country.
When the Governor of the State of West Virginia threatened to deport miners who were trying to unionize, those miners started buying guns and ammunition and fought back against coal company thugs and even the WV National Guard, and after a very bloody period, won their rights to a better life.
When idiots tell you that you're stupid to think you might need firearms to protect yourself against your government, ask them if they're aware of the "Paint Creek" and "Cabin Creek" uprisings in 1912 West Virginia.
Those "Union" men could not have succeeded if their 2nd Amendment rights had been infringed!
21 August 2020
Guns, Unions, and Freedom
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Unions are like governments in a way. They are a reflection of their members and citizens. I've been (briefly) a shift steward at TWA and was a precinct committeeman for years. The level of apathy among our citizens is horrible.
Colorado had the Ludlow massacre. Defenseless women and children, mainly.
Greedy and indifferent management is the cause of unions, IMO. Greedy and criminal union "leaders" are caused by lazy members, IMO.
That is also where the term 'redneck' came from, as the miners wore red bandannas around their necks.
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