Yesterday I was walking into the fancy Kroger across the street from my office for some staples (beer), and I saw a sign in the window on the front door that said something about Kroger and Union workers . That caused me to flash back to my youth when I was a bag boy at Kroger at the age of sixteen.
It was 1985, I had a driver’s license, a car and a job, and I was loving life. That is until I was approached by some creepy fucker from the produce or meat department who asked me if I was going to join the union. Union? WTF? I’m sixteen and making $3.10 an hour working part time. That FICA bastard is taking my money already.
Why would I join a union?
Him: The union will protect you.
Me: From what? Burglars? Boogymen? STD’s? I don’t get it.
Him: The Union makes sure you don’t get screwed by Kroger.
I walked away, but not before he shouted "You can’t move above bagboy if you DON’T join!!"
Now seriously, I understand that a LONG time ago, there was a need for unions. People all over this country were getting fucked by some mine owner or car manufacturer or sweatshop owner. They were working 18-20 hours a day in unsafe workplaces, getting shitty pay, no benefits and risking their lives.
But now, what use are they?
One of the main reasons the airlines and automakers are fucked is the unions. There’s no way some clown should get 55 bucks an hour for putting a bolt in a hole just because that same guy put the same bolt in the same hole for 30 years. And here in 2008, the employees at Kroger are proud to be in a union.
Why?
Stop taking people’s hard earned money and laundering it thru some fucked up pension fund just so a couple of Denny McClain wannabes can walk away with it. And you employees getting bullied to join unions, stop and think for yourselves and, if necessary, work somewhere else. Let those retards know the deal. I vote for the banishment of all unions (ESPECIALLY ALL UNIONS INVOLVED IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS)!
WHO’S WITH ME?
Ditto for NPR.
What say you?