Tom Brady is Lucky That He is A Union Member

[louis c]

18. If there was not a union, he would not have recourse to arbitration

I know, I broke my promise to not respond, but old union habits die hard.

I will stay in this field. I settled a case in which a woman, wrongfully terminated, was returned to work with full seniority, back pay and $60,000 paid in a triple damages suit against the company, and I'm not even a lawyer. I negotiate 3 or 4 days a week Collective Bargaining Agreements at 19 various sites around Greater Boston and mitigated a case just this week, in which a female electrical worker returned to work with a 3 day suspension with pay. As a matter of fact, I am on the negotiating team for the maintenance workers at Gillette stadium for a contract that expires on Dec. 31 of this year. Members can choose an agent to represent them in the second and third steps of a grievance and I am asked for so often that I have trouble meeting a schedule. So, when you say I should look for another field, it seems that people who really, really do know what they're talking about would heartily disagree with you.

If you can't see the importance of a union, perhaps you are on, and have been on for years, the wrong political site.

I have been criticized before from people who really do know what they're talking about but who support people for public office that wouldn't be welcome here at DU.

And you surely don't know what you are talking about, at least not on this subject.

But, alas, everyone is entitled to an opinion, regardless whether or not is based in knowledge or merit.