Posted by willie in mn on February 27, 2015 at 02:04:46 from (67.142.178.25):
In Reply to: Right to Work. posted by lfure on February 25, 2015 at 14:36:12:
Interesting thread, some good points made for both sides, some facts, some outright wrong information.
Henry Ford was a latecomer to the 8 hour movement. Also his $5 a day was only about $2.50 in wages, the rest was shares of stock & such. Through sloppy paperwork when a union local that I had been in merged with a larger local, I lost pension credit for 8 years of service. Seems that a provision when I joined got lost in the transfer from paper to computer records, & nobody that could remember it is still alive. Pension at 24 years service would have been about $2000 a month, but with only 16 years credit, I get $250. Minnesota is not a "right to work " state. Minimum wage law- Mn raised the minumum rate in 2014 by 25%. A popular reataurant added a 35% "minimum wage raise" surcharge to all food tabs. Reasearch showed that wages were ~40% of total cost, ~20% of his employees were at minimum rate, so the total added cost was 2%, not 35%. The surcharge didn't last long. Employees have to petition for election to get union representation. Then a majority have to vote to approve it. Also employees can petition for election if they want to decertify a union & join a different union or go open shop. One poster below retired from a job at age 40, retired from the next job at age 46, but ~15 years later is actively farming trying to earn a comfortable living. There are benefits and drawbacks to both sides. Study the facts, make your choice, & go with it. Willie
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