tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-457126136075425000.post4149653514487142142..comments2020-01-21T11:53:30.394-08:00Comments on Carmel Conversations: Unions--Why Did it Have to be Unions?Noelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388455137986092747noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-457126136075425000.post-73150277919872047442011-02-19T19:01:02.354-08:002011-02-19T19:01:02.354-08:00Scarlett! Welcome to the conversation. Glad to hav...Scarlett! Welcome to the conversation. Glad to have you aboard. :)<br />As to HOA's I do understand your point. They just push my private property rights button. But no one is making me live in an HOA neighborhood...<br />As to unions, they have outlived their usefulness and just work in politics of violence and intimidation. Teachers' union: case in point. Why do they want raises? They're doing a rotten job. SEIU: pushing for card checks, which is just their way of intimidating employees into joining against their wills. NFL Players: apparently they don't make enough millions. I hope the owners lock them out this fall. I'll root for the scabs any day in any uniform over a striking, arrogant union flunky. Unions cripple our economy and the quality of our products. What do you think of when you think of American cars? junk. And you can thank a union for that.Noelhttp://www.carmelconversations.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-457126136075425000.post-23270887871680507372011-02-19T09:47:05.362-08:002011-02-19T09:47:05.362-08:00Noel, I finally figured out how to leave a comment...Noel, I finally figured out how to leave a comment--I have to disable our NetNanny completely for some reason and then it goes through.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-457126136075425000.post-10266900679423074312011-02-19T09:44:31.393-08:002011-02-19T09:44:31.393-08:00This is interesting. I don't have any experien...This is interesting. I don't have any experience with unions at all. In fact, the first thing I think of is "North and South"(haha!) --where the workers were dying in their early 20's or younger becuase of unsanitary conditions in the textile mills in England. I think Alex has a good point that early on, they seemed rightly motivated.<br />Oh, but I do like our HOA because I don't like looking at broken down cars or overgrown yards full of junk. "Free" neighbrhoods always seem to look run-down. But that is all a personal preference and if I really thought hard about it, I may see it differently.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-457126136075425000.post-1982799389999516792011-02-19T08:05:13.984-08:002011-02-19T08:05:13.984-08:00Anonymous: Agreed! We had an HOA in Florida we cal...Anonymous: Agreed! We had an HOA in Florida we called the Gestapo. Horrid organizations.Noelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10388455137986092747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-457126136075425000.post-86697090385946099342011-02-19T00:37:54.836-08:002011-02-19T00:37:54.836-08:00Unions remind me of HOA's.Unions remind me of HOA's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-457126136075425000.post-50225277502320301282011-02-18T15:15:44.017-08:002011-02-18T15:15:44.017-08:00I didn't mean that I agreed with them, I just ...I didn't mean that I agreed with them, I just meant that it appeared that their intentions were correct. Factories did have inhumane working conditions and did need to be reformed. And the union leaders did bring about some serious reforms. However, I also believe that their day has passed. Working conditions don't need to be reformed anymore because they've already been reformed! The power has indeed shifted from the business owners to the union leaders. Ugh.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08837830245388009455noreply@blogger.com