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<blockquote data-quote="Jackburton" data-source="post: 827023" data-attributes="member: 34538"><p>The balance of power is always shifting, the age of manufacturing jobs in this country, along with unions, is becoming very very small. The general population is now sitting behind the desk ordering those items that used to be manufactured here from China. Some people blame that on unions for overpricing the labor to make said items, other say it's the big business's wanting more money on their bottom line to insure their own jobs. Car manufacturers going under while the news blames the unions doesn't help. Public unions getting the spotlight furthering the sour tastes of unions in the public eyes. </p><p></p><p>Don't fool yourselves guys, we are under the microscope right now in the public's eye. People out of work while we're making more money now then ever with the crazy workloads. People see that and the natural tendency of the average person that I deliver to is "We just deliver boxes, I could do that". When they hear how much we make and see us only at that one stop where we are delivering to them, they then become jealous or envious. As people began losing their jobs in the recession, they still saw those big brown trucks running down the road while they were going to their mailbox getting their unemployment checks in the mailbox. </p><p></p><p>Perception is reality to those people. They see that we have jobs and make a lot of money doing what we do. As time goes on, people lose their homes, news reports on public unions arises, and posts such as these make headlines we are appearing to those without as the "fatcats". You could tell these same people to come and apply, but as we well know, the workforce of today isn't inclined to do the labor that my dad or my grandfathers generation did. Like it or not, unions in general are a dying breed unless we can show the public why unions are still needed to a certain extent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jackburton, post: 827023, member: 34538"] The balance of power is always shifting, the age of manufacturing jobs in this country, along with unions, is becoming very very small. The general population is now sitting behind the desk ordering those items that used to be manufactured here from China. Some people blame that on unions for overpricing the labor to make said items, other say it's the big business's wanting more money on their bottom line to insure their own jobs. Car manufacturers going under while the news blames the unions doesn't help. Public unions getting the spotlight furthering the sour tastes of unions in the public eyes. Don't fool yourselves guys, we are under the microscope right now in the public's eye. People out of work while we're making more money now then ever with the crazy workloads. People see that and the natural tendency of the average person that I deliver to is "We just deliver boxes, I could do that". When they hear how much we make and see us only at that one stop where we are delivering to them, they then become jealous or envious. As people began losing their jobs in the recession, they still saw those big brown trucks running down the road while they were going to their mailbox getting their unemployment checks in the mailbox. Perception is reality to those people. They see that we have jobs and make a lot of money doing what we do. As time goes on, people lose their homes, news reports on public unions arises, and posts such as these make headlines we are appearing to those without as the "fatcats". You could tell these same people to come and apply, but as we well know, the workforce of today isn't inclined to do the labor that my dad or my grandfathers generation did. Like it or not, unions in general are a dying breed unless we can show the public why unions are still needed to a certain extent. [/QUOTE]
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