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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ez bake" data-source="post: 1983305" data-attributes="member: 229">So this seems to be a hot topic and yet a lot of misinformation going around about it and I'll be honest - I haven't spent a lot of time researching all the ins and outs of Union pros/cons.Let's try and post facts (the welfare thread did quite well I thought) with sources if you can.  If you have an opinion, then that's cool too, just don't post the same tired talking points we all hear on the news or drive-by trolling posts.Here's some questions I've always wondered (admittedly, my only source for unions is my dad always bitching about them):1. What is so bad about Unions (be specific and try and use facts)?2. Is the above problem really that wide-spread or is it just a few newsworthy events (like the New Jersey storm / Electric thing) that make everything look worse than it is?  Keep in mind this is the same mentality that anti-gun folks use whenever a shooting-spree gets sensationalized in the news.Edited to clarify what I meant3. What would happen if Unions suddenly ceased tomorrow (workers showed up, but no union to protect them) - no transition plan, no government regulations on what corporations can do to their employees?  Would American industry suffer?  Would workers be $#!+ on by corporations that no longer had to worry what they did to employees?4. How much damage do Unions actually do (employing scumbag do-nothings, wasting money, power-tripping, promoting bad work-habbits, etc.) and what is this amount compared to corporate fraud/waste/abuse (much of which is government-aided via tax-breaks, bail-outs, unfair regulation giving one corporation an advantage, etc.)?</blockquote>

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