Why is there so much hate associated with Unions?

Not all unions operate the same way and not all have the influence some seem to have. In the days they were first created, unions were nessesary, labor law was non existant and work conditions were atrocious. However, it seems unions in a lot of cases have gotten far too big and their power and influence rivals congress. Many have become lobby power houses. I have also seen case after case of unions that have been the ruin of business, the direct ruin.

Well this is the opposite of what the right thinkers feel, but I think anything that slows the greed and exploitation of the workers is a cause to want to stifle growth. Some people look at it as a cancer. But the unions created the middle-class and if we lose them we lose... period! I've worked in the manufacturing area in the south, there are no unions there, and not much of a middle class either! Someone has to keep the exploitation of the Corporations under check! tdemex

Look at what happened in Fon du Lac, WI. The union "leaders" lied to the union members.. a lie that almost cost them their jobs. Lies that almost chased over 1000 jobs from the city and state. Union leaders don't care about jobs, they get their bloated paychecks either way. I ask all union members the same questions: When will your union dues support the same lifestyle for you that they do for the union "leaders"? If the union insists that you are worth a "living wage", why aren't strike wages a "living wage"? Unions are based on bigoted "class warfare". They do nothing but preach hate.

I'm not totally against unions. They are needed in many instances. One company that desperately needs them is J.C. Penney. I've worked in their warehouse and can't count how many days I worked 8 hours straight without a break because the workload was far greater than it should have been.

Thegreatdebater, In my opinion, and many others, unions have outlived their usefulness! Today there are laws in place to prevent the sweatshops and unfair labor practices that gave the unions their beginnings. Now unions exist solely for one purpose, the union! They will throw their membership under the bus in a heartbeat. They are unneeded and in most circumstances breed a lower quality worker because they are "protected". Another thing you might take notice of. If you live in a community where there is a good sized union, next time they renew a contract and get that sizeable raise, check out your grocery and consumable goods and see if they don't jump with the union raise.

Maybe the hatred is based on being forced to submit to a standard that is below what the individual is used to. For instance, I know a guy who owns a construction business. His is not a union shop. However, when working within a city limit, such as Philadelphia, he is required BY LAW to hire at least TWO union members, and to pay a union scale wage to all across the board. Generally speaking, those two union schlubs are the laziest, sloppiest, ill mannered and unappreciative jerks the union can find. More than anything else, they are planted there to slow the process down, thus breaking the non union companies contracts. back in the day (first husbands day that is...) X worked for Ford, union (UAW) membership paid in full. X had some co-workers that didn't work, slept on the job, were not safety minded etc. The union protected those cretins and the jobs they were hired to do, allowing them to continue abusing the system that was put in place to protect workers from bad management, instead of firing them and hiring some one who COULD AND WOULD do the job properly. These are just a few reasons to dislike unions. They (the unions)are certainly NOT what they were initially intended for in this day in age.