Legal Bill

At lunch time today I walked past a picket line where union carpenters were protesting a non-union work site. It reminded me of the importance of the upcoming holiday. This weekend we celebrate the American workers and their contribution to this country. So whether you are a worker or are still looking for a job, here's to you.

Remember, it isn't all about cook-outs and back-to-school shopping.

valentine

Best wishes to all the laborers!

FLA-Vyk

Ryuu

I agree as well Best wishes to the American working man and woman.. the backbone of our great country...

RedY2KS2k

Whether you're the "individual contributor" or the "job creator" or somewhere in-between, take some time this weekend to celebrate the success our economic system. It has produced a pretty good standard of living for most of us.

dlq04

Matt_in_VA

I will not quote anyone in particular. However, I will post this statement:

I have real mixed feelings about the role that American Labor Unions have had on the American economy over the last forty years. For example: The UAW and GM paying workers NOT to work ?

About a score ago one started seeing bumper stickers: Buy American. My reaction back in the 70's and 80's after having a 69 Firebird that had a trunk full of water every time it rained, and I had to replace at least one of the four tail light sockets, and two back up light sockets about every six months because they would leak and rust out. Then I had a 1977 Chevy G-20 Van (to haul my road race bike around) that had a problem with the carpet in the "cockpit", it shrunk away from all of the perimeters all around the "cockpit" area. My thought then was I will buy American when American workers build something worth buying.

Then, I believe that America got a "WAKE UP CALL". IMO it was also driving by the new investment by companies like HONDA building their plant in Marysville, OH (which I toured back in the 80's). I will not make the statement if it was a Union problem or a labor problem regarding the approach to work that caused American productivity to fall off the edge of the cliff that opened the flood gates to imports. But, IMO there was a tipping point, in which American companies sought to exploit cheaper labor.

For about the past decade + I have been asking the question? When was it going to get to the point where American companies exported so many jobs off shore, that the now unemployed or underemployed American consumer can no longer afford the products that these same companies are trying to sell us? Well, I think that we now know the answer to that question.

FLA-Vyk

It has been a great weekend; my son and his wife are down for the week.