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<blockquote data-quote="Whither" data-source="post: 4188334" data-attributes="member: 76643"><p>I take it you've seen Harlan County, USA? Yes, that's only one example of many in which it's clear that the rank and file's interest is not identical to the union's, let alone the company's or the government's.</p><p></p><p>It's hard to say that a fair portion of people don't face awful circumstances. How many children are considered malnourished in this country, by far the richest that's ever existed? How many people commit suicide or else wreck their lives via drug/alcohol addictions? How many people are on prescriptions for depression, anxiety, ADHD, etc etc etc? As RPCDs we still make good money, but that's the exception that proves the rule. And of course even our working conditions are very far from ideal, and we are correct to detest them. Last week I narrowly missed ending my career thanks to a set of 110lb irregs ... was <em>this </em>close to falling out the back of the pkg car trying to dislodge the second of 4 3x3 pieces that had been jammed on top of several other irregs and between the shelves ... was <em>this! </em>close to falling out the back of the pkg car trying to dislodge the second of 4 3x3 ft pieces that had been jammed on top of numerous other irregs and was stuck between the shelves of my P-1200 to boot ... would've hit my ramped hand truck on the way down to the deck ...</p><p></p><p>Since the Recession I have watched the midwestern city where I reside slowly but surely go the way of the coastal cities. More lofts and condos, more boutiques, higher rents, flatlined wages -- at a glance everything looks bright and shiny. But you walk and drive the streets, the bum population grows every year. The murder rates are almost as high as during the peak of the 80s-early 90s crime wave. People are working 3 part-time jobs with no benefits to hack it in an 'affordable' city.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whither, post: 4188334, member: 76643"] I take it you've seen Harlan County, USA? Yes, that's only one example of many in which it's clear that the rank and file's interest is not identical to the union's, let alone the company's or the government's. It's hard to say that a fair portion of people don't face awful circumstances. How many children are considered malnourished in this country, by far the richest that's ever existed? How many people commit suicide or else wreck their lives via drug/alcohol addictions? How many people are on prescriptions for depression, anxiety, ADHD, etc etc etc? As RPCDs we still make good money, but that's the exception that proves the rule. And of course even our working conditions are very far from ideal, and we are correct to detest them. Last week I narrowly missed ending my career thanks to a set of 110lb irregs ... was [I]this [/I]close to falling out the back of the pkg car trying to dislodge the second of 4 3x3 pieces that had been jammed on top of several other irregs and between the shelves ... was [I]this! [/I]close to falling out the back of the pkg car trying to dislodge the second of 4 3x3 ft pieces that had been jammed on top of numerous other irregs and was stuck between the shelves of my P-1200 to boot ... would've hit my ramped hand truck on the way down to the deck ... Since the Recession I have watched the midwestern city where I reside slowly but surely go the way of the coastal cities. More lofts and condos, more boutiques, higher rents, flatlined wages -- at a glance everything looks bright and shiny. But you walk and drive the streets, the bum population grows every year. The murder rates are almost as high as during the peak of the 80s-early 90s crime wave. People are working 3 part-time jobs with no benefits to hack it in an 'affordable' city. [/QUOTE]
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