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appalachiablue

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2. The corruption can be watched, and isn't a reason
Sun Nov 5, 2023, 02:50 PM
Nov 2023

to abandon the push for collective bargaining power and unionization for American workers.

A longtime friend and lifelong Democrat likes to point out union drawbacks, esp in industrial organizations. He worked as a fulltime state government employee with job security and a good salary for decades. He's now retired and living on a comfortable pension.

The situation for employees in the US has deteriorated to the extreme esp with labor abuses and the rising cost of living. Something has to give and soon.

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