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I disagree with the statement that unions have a place in America. When they were formed they were needed to protect workers because there was nothing and no one else doing so. Now there are laws all over the place to protect workers rights, the union is a completely outdated idea. Their main function now seems to be to get ridiculous benefits for their workers by pointing a financial pistol to the heads of the companies they work for. Some of the things they ask for boggle the mind. Getting paid after you get laid off?!?! Job guarantees?!?! How preposterous is that? What company could possibly know what their market will be like in even 5 years? If you went to GM 5 years ago and told them they would be slashing big truck production because no one is buying them because gas prices more then doubled they would have laughed in your face. Now look at where we are.
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