I take my hard-earned money and invest it in a business. From the ground up, I do all the work until it grows large enough to employ staff. I pay them within reason, treat them humanely and expect them to work for me.
The company grows and prospers. A few people decide they want to form a union! Wait a minute. It is my money, my investment, and now employees want to run my business! They haven't invested a red cent. They have no risk or insurance costs. They come to work and go home free. My concern is there 24 hours a day and my pocket-book is always at risk!
I thought America believed in free enterprise. I was fooled! I thought so many Americans were opposed to socialism! I was fooled again!
The above is not fiction. It happened to my father who saved 5 men's jobs when the owner decided to close down the business. My father bought the business and it still runs "union free" to-day, some 40 years after my father's death.
When two employees talked union, my father sent everyone home and locked the doors. He said it would be open at half seven next day. When people arrived he had the company books laid out on counter and the accountant with them. He had all the employees walk by the books so they could see my father and other family members had no wage. My father then said, "Youhave a job and a wage with benefits, but look at the books! Now, if you don't get off your backsides and start working there won't be a job, period." There was never talk of union again to this very day.
This is what I think of unions. Invst nothing, do as little as possible, and steal all one can.
Cheers,
Jim
