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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/29/us/29pot.html
Medical Marijuana Workers in California Join Union Local

In what cannabis fans were calling a high-water mark for their movement to legitimize the drug, about 100 employees of medical marijuana-related businesses in Oakland were welcomed to the ranks of unionized workers on Friday after voting to join the United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 5.

I guess that settles it. Once you are a union member, you have it made. You get paid more than non-union workers. You get better benefits than non-union workers. You get better working conditions. You work less hours. You are no longer required to have or maintain any skills to retain your job. You cannot get fired no matter what crimes you commit. You now dictate to the business owner how he must run his own business. You bribe government officials to do your bidding and protect the union.

Maybe that is the answer for gays in the military. If they join or form a union, then the government will automatically knuckle under to all their requests.

Union Refuses To Work, But Objects To Volunteers Doing Work For Free.

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/04/29/1167242/union-squelches-school-volunteer.html
Union squelches Tacoma school volunteers at weekend work party

Volunteers at a weekend work party at Fawcett Elementary School in East Tacoma came prepared to get their hands dirty.

But some say they felt like they were working with one grubby hand tied behind their backs last weekend due to school district and union rules.

The next time you want to volunteer to help make your child's school at better place for learning, don't. The schools don't want your help. Or maybe it is just the unions that don't want your help. In any case, as far as the unions are concerned, if they won't do the work, then nobody else should be able to either. If volunteer workers help out, it sends a bad message to the school board and the general public. The message the union doesn't want being sent, is that the union is not needed. That the union isn't getting the work done that they are being overpaid to do. So if the union can block volunteer helpers from doing the work, the union can then blame the system for not paying them enough to get the work done. Without volunteer help, the unions can then justify their enormous wages and pension benefits.

Now aren't you glad I explained why unions are a necessary part of preventing maintenance from being done at your child's school?

Businesses In Economic Trouble Terminate Staff. Except. California Employee Unions Want California To Hire More Staff.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-arnold-union25-2010jan25,0,97945,full.story
Schwarzenegger's budget plan puts unions in the cross-hairs

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has finally noticed that the State of California is running out of money. One of his plans to solve the problem is to cut costs of staffing the State of California.

One way to do this, is to reduce the number of people on staff, reduce the staff pay, reduce the amount of pensions.

The unions don't have any idea how to solve the problem, but don't think that number of people on staff, or their salaries or benefits are the problem.

I guess the only answer left is still more taxes on the few business and employees still left in the state. Unfortunately, once all the remaining businesses have been driven out of California, and the few remaining employees have moved out of state or been fired, there will be no one left to tax.

But don't worry, all the highly paid off politicians (millions in campaign contributions from the unions) will come up with some other solution that won't work.

Liberals Celebrated Wal-Mart Firing 11,000 Plus Workers.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/wal-mart-up-as-sams-club-to-cut-11000-plus-jobs-2010-01-25?reflink=MW_news_stmp
Wal-Mart shares up as Sam's Club to cut 11,000-plus jobs

Because of the failing economy, Wal-Mart chose to terminate some employees in an effort to avoid bankruptcy and firing ALL employees.

The liberals celebrate the terminations as proof positive that big business doesn't care about the staff. The liberals would much rather see Wal-Mart go bankrupt and fire 2 million plus employees, thus making space for some unionized business to take it's place.

What the liberals can't possibly understand is how the economy works, and what it would take for someone to be willing to start a business.

To start a business with any chance of success, an individual must gamble with their own (or borrowed) money that they can create a business that will make enough of a profit that they will be able to pay all their bills and continue into the future. How do you make a profit? Selling a product for more than it costs to make. Part of that cost is labor. If the owner is not making a profit on the materials and labor, the business loses money and goes bankrupt.

What do unions do to help a business succeed? They force the wages to be raised. If the owner doesn't raise prices when his costs go up, he might as well close the business and fire everyone. So he raises the prices he charges for his products. If the consumer can't afford the increased prices, the owner loses money and closes the business and fires everyone.

You may now be asking yourself, how does this help the business succeed? The answer may surprise you. It doesn't help the business to succeed. It helps the business to fail.

Look at the State of California. Many of the jobs are unionized. Even in this failing economy, many union jobs are getting raises.

Aren't you glad that unions are part of the solution instead of part of the problem?