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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 826139" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>Here's something you don't get. Once they've gone after the public employee unions, where do you think they're going to go next? If you guessed private unions, you get a Twinkie. I'm not familiar with your marriages, but does your ex-wife deserve a pension? Do current teachers deserve one? And how about public employees?</p><p> </p><p>The Right wants to do away with unions entirely because "they're bad for business", as in employers actually have to pay a living wage. That's how it is over here, where FedEx <strong>eliminated</strong> the retirement plan and replaced it with an annuity that is worth about one-fifth of the retirement plan. Our <em>original </em>plan was about half what you get, and the new one is far less. Our Right-Wing CEO pays-off his Right Wing pals in politics so they vote <em>his </em>way, and he loads his Board of Directors and lobbyist corps with ex-Republican politicians who will do his bidding and kill-off any chance of a union. And there's nothing we can do about it.</p><p> </p><p>How would you like the same situation to exist at UPS? You're retired, so maybe you could care less, but what if the Right succeeded and made UPS non-union? Your jobs could be out-sourced, your pension eliminated, and your rights as a worker basically ended.</p><p> </p><p>That's the plan. If you think they're going to stop with public employees, you're dead-wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 826139, member: 12508"] Here's something you don't get. Once they've gone after the public employee unions, where do you think they're going to go next? If you guessed private unions, you get a Twinkie. I'm not familiar with your marriages, but does your ex-wife deserve a pension? Do current teachers deserve one? And how about public employees? The Right wants to do away with unions entirely because "they're bad for business", as in employers actually have to pay a living wage. That's how it is over here, where FedEx [B]eliminated[/B] the retirement plan and replaced it with an annuity that is worth about one-fifth of the retirement plan. Our [I]original [/I]plan was about half what you get, and the new one is far less. Our Right-Wing CEO pays-off his Right Wing pals in politics so they vote [I]his [/I]way, and he loads his Board of Directors and lobbyist corps with ex-Republican politicians who will do his bidding and kill-off any chance of a union. And there's nothing we can do about it. How would you like the same situation to exist at UPS? You're retired, so maybe you could care less, but what if the Right succeeded and made UPS non-union? Your jobs could be out-sourced, your pension eliminated, and your rights as a worker basically ended. That's the plan. If you think they're going to stop with public employees, you're dead-wrong. [/QUOTE]
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