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      <![CDATA[mat, ever the deluded, intellectually dishonest propaganda machine.<br>
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IPY - as usual, nailed it!!
        
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      <![CDATA[Unions fought background checks by DHS check your facts. Union was the only entity able to do any background checks as they negotiated in their contract,u
        
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      <![CDATA[I was born 3 miles north of Detroit and saw what unions and entitlement do. I hope the girls at your wine club enjoy your prose and that you get laid with that bleeding heart blather if it was your goal.
        
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      <![CDATA[@regroce,,those multiple indiscretions took place long before DHS took over the screening,and yes the local knew about them as they do many others committed by members, the local knows of crimes committed on SPA property by members. To say otherwise is either blatant dishonesty or ignorance of the facts.
        
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      <![CDATA[the only "propaganda" on this page seems to come from you, gfryesc. You're typing from some handbook, but that doesn't give you any references, apparently.
        
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      <![CDATA[Anthony, at that time the law said the most SPA and the union could do was a license check, and because Dept of Homeland Security was supposed to be over the screening. That was DHS' fault, not the unions.
        
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      <![CDATA[Here is a good example of Union concern for safety..... in 2005<br>
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William E. "Bill" Hughes, 42, was killed Feb. 12 when he was hit by a container-hauling truck while directing traffic at the Wando Welch Terminal of the Port of Charleston.<br>
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On Wednesday, Archie Porcher of Cainhoy was charged with reckless homicide. He is accused of making a U-turn while driving the truck and running over Hughes.<br>
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Porcher has at least 24 convictions for moving violations in South Carolina, along with an armed robbery conviction and several drug convictions, according to court records.
        
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      <![CDATA[Excellent post IP. Keep up the good work.
        
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      <![CDATA[Mat draws no distinction between public and private sector unions, rendering this column as little more than pro union propaganda.<br>
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Most people, when given all the relevant information, will support a private sector union's right to organize. The same is not true of public sector unions.<br>
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A union's only real power in negotiating for benefits is to call for a strike or a work slowdown.
        
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      <![CDATA["Thugs, thugs, thugs! The unions are full of 'em!
        
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      <![CDATA[I always love the argument "unions had uses back in the old days, when workers were constantly abused, but we don't need them anymore because we have legal protections and the like." That's like saying, "well, crime is down, so we should abolish the police department."
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Ron Liberte]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[That's great anecdotal evidence. It's like saying "hey, I saw this poor person buying butterfingers and magazines with their EBT card once, so therefore let's end all social programs forever."<br>
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Unions have their problems.
        
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      <![CDATA[@TruthrUs has it right. I am also a former union member and while I benefited greatly from the stranglehold my union held in the industry I always felt bad about it.
        
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      <![CDATA[We, as a nation of the middle-class are creating our own end. Soon there will be nothing but owners and thier serfs who believe they will become the next owner before fertilizer.
        
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      <![CDATA["We're no longer in the coal miners safety era or Upton Sinclair's Jungle."<br>
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Incorrect. There are still egregious health and safety violations within the coal industry in this nation.
        
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      <![CDATA[Mat, it is what you do not talk about that turns people against unions. Lack of accountability for ones actions.
        
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      <![CDATA[union membership is in a nosedive. Even public sector unions are in decline, and these are the worst, even FDR understood the inherent conflict of interest of Unions electing government officials that they then sit across from and 'negotiate' (with the representative supposedly taking the taxpayer's side).
        
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      <![CDATA[Unions function just like any other "entitlement" program; the lack of incentive to do better for yourself.
        
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