Wah Wah Wah....I hate unions. they had a place 100 years ago , but today they are just legal stealing.
If I agree to work for you for $1 per hour, it is nobodies business but ours.
So you are in favor child labor? I get paid very well and it allows me to help poor people and do more ministry because I can provide for my family and have more time. Yoou could work for one dollar per hour in this country if you would like. There are places that would allow you to do that. You could volunteer your time year after year. The main reason why a company will not let you work for less than minimum wage is because their insurance will not cover you. If they let you work even for free they are open to law suits by the person who is working. That is the reason why insurance companies advise churches against hiring or letting people do work for help who are not employees.
Do you know the history behind unions? Why would most workers want to be a part of unions if they felt they were being paid well. I managed the branch of a company that was the largest company in America in its field. We paid the employees 16% more than they could make anywhere else and did business honestly. The only people who wanted a union to come in was an employee who was a jerk. The issues with unions goes both ways. There are both employers and employees who will abuse the system if they can. Years ago I was never in favor of unions until I worked for a school district in which the school board gave the administrators an 8% pay increase in one year and the teachers had not received a pay increase in 3 years. In fact they were told by the superintendent that they may have to receive a 1/2 cut the following year. When the teachers got tired they went on strike. When the teachers went on strike the community got involved in a big way. After three weeks things went to arbitration and the teachers were awarded 18% increase. The school board agree to provide the superintendent with a car and pay for everything needed to get a doctorate. The union was good because it put the control of the school back into the hands of the people. Until that time most of the people did not know anything about what was going on. It was basically legalized stealing by the school board and giving benefits to the superintendent that not one other teacher or administrator had.
Unions are driving our industry to China....don't you get that?
What business are you in? Never once had China ever competed with the businesses I started or managed. It was the insurance companies and their greed for 3 times the cost of living in profit.
Investigate the Caterpillar Company and compare that to any machinery in the world in terms of quality and lifetime costs.
My Camry and Tundra are the cheapest vehicles I have ever owned and they did not come from China. Do you know where the 8000 and 9000 series John Deere tractors are made and who imports them?
Do you have any idea how much a $100 swimsuit costs to make in America, Canada and China?
Have you ever looked at the homes around you and compared them to the houses last century at this time?
Ultimately greed and profit drives companies to China. Would you be willing to work in India under their safety laws? Look up Bhopal.
Do you know that in recent years the insurance agency's profits have exceeded the cost of living by three times?
