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What is the UPS end game with the current health care proposal?
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<blockquote data-quote="TechGrrl" data-source="post: 1094266" data-attributes="member: 4932"><p>There are quite a few states that have all-GOP governments, and in every one of them, the ALEC-written, plutocrat-funded policies are being put into effect. Right to work is the most damaging thing to union solidarity, and more states are passing laws to allow it. I don't know if you are paying attention, but the GOP has been ignoring the results of the election and continuing down their road of anti-worker legislation since. Go look at what happened in Michigan. Indiana passed right-to-work (really right-to-freeload); Wisconsin will be trying soon.</p><p></p><p>If the Teamsters expect something similar to '97, where the public was on the side of the worker, it ain't gonna happen this time around. The billionaire funded propaganda campaign against unions has created an impression in the public's mind of fatcat, lazy union workers with plush benefits and overly generous pensions. Meanwhile, the median wage has been falling, and pensions looted, and benefits taken away. Teamsters will be an easy target.</p><p></p><p>The GOOD news is, you won't be dealing with a Romney administration, with a Romney appointee running the Labor Department. But that will be cold comfort.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TechGrrl, post: 1094266, member: 4932"] There are quite a few states that have all-GOP governments, and in every one of them, the ALEC-written, plutocrat-funded policies are being put into effect. Right to work is the most damaging thing to union solidarity, and more states are passing laws to allow it. I don't know if you are paying attention, but the GOP has been ignoring the results of the election and continuing down their road of anti-worker legislation since. Go look at what happened in Michigan. Indiana passed right-to-work (really right-to-freeload); Wisconsin will be trying soon. If the Teamsters expect something similar to '97, where the public was on the side of the worker, it ain't gonna happen this time around. The billionaire funded propaganda campaign against unions has created an impression in the public's mind of fatcat, lazy union workers with plush benefits and overly generous pensions. Meanwhile, the median wage has been falling, and pensions looted, and benefits taken away. Teamsters will be an easy target. The GOOD news is, you won't be dealing with a Romney administration, with a Romney appointee running the Labor Department. But that will be cold comfort. [/QUOTE]
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