In case you missed it, "What happens when Amazon opens warehouses in poor cities."

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22. I've seen both sides...

I've see both sides of unions. I've seen carpetlayers who weren't in unions get water on the knee because they had no knee protection and had to quit work because they weren't covered by medical. Union workers got knee protection at the exorbitant cost of about $10 per worker and got medical care. $10 per emplyee to save their knees and the cheap fsck employer wouldn't pay for it...

And I've paid IBEW workers $600 to replace an electric outlet and paid $125 for them to plug in a display at McCormick Place that took all of 30 seconds.

But overall, unions ARE necessary to protect workers from abusive employers. Wal-Mart said workers will get a $1000 bonus. What they didn't say is that the workers - most of whom don't work enough hours to be covered by health care - see the bonuses amortized over a 20yr work history. So, someone that has managed to last two years of Wal-Mart's grinding days while paying for their own health care gets a whopping bonus of - wait for it - $100. Wow! Now Mom can get that operation she's always needed...