Re: silca and Tariffs

On Mon, 05 May 2025 18:36:02 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:

On Mon, 05 May 2025 19:03:55 -0400, Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
>

Not salaries, wages, and yes the management went along with the
demands, partly because of laws that forced people to join the union
if they wanted the job and also the governments' refusal to protect
those who wanted to pass through picket lines and work. It was
government, management, and the unions.

>
The closed shop, which required employees to join a union, officially
ended in 1947.  Unfortunately, the unions found various ways to
continue the practice mostly by re-defining a "closed shop".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_shop#United_States>
"The US government does not permit union shops in any federal agency,
regardless of state laws."

I have twice been forced to join a union, the first, when working in a
machine shop during my college years was a ridiculous, eye opening
experience. I was chastised and threatened for working too fast. I was
chastised and threatened for cleaning my machine and putting my tools
away after the day's end whistle blew. The workers would stand in line
at the log in station waiting to get as close as possible to the "go
to work" whistle. Logging in several minutes before the whistle was
frowned upon, although I did it regularly. I hate standing in line
with nothing to do.

That machinist union had turned grown men into pathetic, compliant,
group thinking wussies.

--
C'est bon
Soloman