unions and politics

[Full Quiver]

I heard and saw the reports of the union violence and intimidation over the weekend at some of these town hall meetings. It's one thing to disagree and even raise one's voice in disgust and dissent but to assault another crosses a serious line. I only hope my union, the IBEW, has not dispatched peeps to do as the SEIU has done.

With that said I received my monthly newsletter this weekend from my union. I am not a heavy participant by any means by the way. In the letter, newspaper really, I saw where they marched on Washington in support of Obamacare. My question is WHY????

The union supposedly offers certain incentives to be a member. In our case we pay higher wages that non union electricians. Sometimes twice as much. Also we have benefits the best being great health insurance. The premiums are completely covered by our employers. We have a deductible that is very reasonable and we pay 15% on everything else. The plan is wonderful and I can choose virtually any doc and specialist.

If Obamacare goes through then the non union electrician will have free healthcare. No longer will the union be able to dangle the carrot, health insurance, in front of the unorganized electrician. Why would unions support this mess? The more the law mandates for all workers the less the unions have a reason to exist at all.

[dolfan]

FQ, the unions will have new "mandates" created for them that give them ever so many more reasons to be and grow. They're way ahead of me and you on how this benefits them. This whole thing is about power and control and not at all about good health care for people.

[free]

My wife is a union member becuase she works for the phone company...I look at every newsletter, etc. that she gets and its nothing but support for Obama and Democrats...She's not heavily involved in it and it drives her a crazy as it does me.