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winterwar

(210 posts)

16. UAW does it again!

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Thu Sep 24, 2015, 07:54 AM

Sep 2015

If you really want to support American workers, support unions. They work hard to make sure workers have rights and fair wages. They pull wages up for non union workers as well.

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Fed Up with �Walmart Wages,� Workers at Alabama Auto Parts Plant Vote Overwhelmingly to Join UAW [View all] Ichingcarpenter Sep 2015 OP

K&R! Omaha Steve Sep 2015 #1

Good! nt Adrahil Sep 2015 #2

K&R! Sherman A1 Sep 2015 #3

Talking Union - Pete Seeger Alkene Sep 2015 #4

Well, there goes another 134 jobs to China. Indydem Sep 2015 #5

WOW classykaren Sep 2015 #7

Go apply rpannier Sep 2015 #8

Thank you winterwar Sep 2015 #14

+10 n/t whathehell Sep 2015 #24

You have no idea what I do. Indydem Sep 2015 #31

That $15 an hour is only paid to those LuvNewcastle Sep 2015 #9

Then go start a business. Indydem Sep 2015 #32

What right do I have? LuvNewcastle Sep 2015 #33

''what right or authority do you have to tell people how to run their business?'' Ichingcarpenter Sep 2015 #34

Many companies claim "unskilled labor" mymomwasright Sep 2015 #12

No skill? winterwar Sep 2015 #13

Try living somewhere other than the boonies for $27K a year hobbit709 Sep 2015 #18

Yeah, so lets all work for the lowest amount possible, so whathehell Sep 2015 #20

I can't even begin to understand your post. mountain grammy Sep 2015 #21

Aren't you special? nt Codeine Sep 2015 #23

American workers must draw the line. This race to the bottom is unacceptable. Enthusiast Sep 2015 #25

Thank you for your post, while I strongly disagree with your position.... daleanime Sep 2015 #29

Why don't they appreciate their Republican gifted Right to Work? Human101948 Sep 2015 #6

Great news! Finally, some red state workers are raccoon Sep 2015 #10

Good to see workers organizing inn the south! Lee-Lee Sep 2015 #11

UNION NOW roscoeroscoe Sep 2015 #15

UAW does it again! winterwar Sep 2015 #16

K&R! stonecutter357 Sep 2015 #17

Workers in the South have been brainwashed for generations over the japple Sep 2015 #19

Yes! Glad to see some are finally seeing the light! whathehell Sep 2015 #22

Yeayyyyy! Unionizing is one of the few things from the 1850s that is still a GREAT idea. merrily Sep 2015 #26

"Release the hounds!" K and R Smarmie Doofus Sep 2015 #27

Excellent! daleanime Sep 2015 #28

There are a lot of Americans these days asking "What good are unions?" DrBulldog Sep 2015 #30