Comments on: Fair Pay: What a Difference a Union Makes

By: Maryam Chambler Delossantos

Maryam Chambler Delossantos — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:01:19 +0000

THANK YOU!.. Erika
It is hard work. I have worked in both areas and it is very hard work so it sure does[ "needs to be well compensated"] ” being a noble cause ” doing it, yes! of course…! “But then again we are not charity cases .I am a full time undergraduate student now majoring in Pre- Law Track and Women Studies. So I have been out of the field for sometime but my credentials are still active with the State . however when I touch base with my Ex Co -Worker I still hear them complain of how low their wages have forced them to work 3 jobs. some of this co-workers are mainly womem. Maryam

By: Maryam Chambler De Los Santos

Maryam Chambler De Los Santos — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:43:30 +0000

Yes Christine your two cents makes a lot of sense to me it would be an awsome idea to get all the Union information and documentaries out that would be a great project that I would be very interested in joining with you and getting your idea off the ground . email me . Maryam

By: mahatma

mahatma — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 01:31:39 +0000

You will NEVER post this.
Unions for all? Really and who will pay for that? I would like to ask union women to give up some of their pay and contribute to my pension. Oh wait, i have to pay sky high taxes for union women to get a pension while i get zip. Bust the public sector unions and as Maxine Waters says: the unions can go straight to hell.

By: Erika Nicholson

Erika Nicholson — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 01:14:12 +0000

I wish people would understand that taking care of children (or parents or the disabled) IS work and should be fairly compensated! I want unions to get stronger and have more of them so we can fight the corporate greed that has taken over our global economy. As my husband said: “profits are just unpaid wages”.

By: Janet

Janet — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 23:51:49 +0000

The problem is that so many jobs now no longer have access to unions, and huge numbers of jobs are part-time, temporary, or (like I have), only sporatic and only under short-term contracts. The anti-worker forces have been very effective in the past 30 years at diminishing worker power, and it’s not clear at all what we can do to get back on our feet. The history is pretty frightening, when you hear about the incredible violence that corporations are very willing to inflict on their workers, so we need to learn how to hold together and support each other.

By: Dee Jordan

Dee Jordan — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:05:40 +0000

While I applaud your championing for women’s rights by putting more women in unions,I have to say that today, in a dying economy, unions can’t squeeze blood out of a turnip. Many manufacturing jobs are suffering and asking for higher pay at this moment in time is going to backfire on them. Big corporations have extra money, but we all know the outcome of asking them to pay fair wages. The rest of the business community can’t afford to pay high wages, and in fact, are systematically getting rid of the people making higher income by giving them only part time hours. They aren’t being mean…they just don’t make enough money to do any better than that. It’s less money, but still a job. This double digit economy is going to get worse before it gets better. Right now, people need to be grateful for the jobs they have when you hear of companies laying off 1,500 to 3,000 people. It’s a self perpetuating recession. People fear getting laid off so don’t spend their money. Thus places have to lay off people to weather this recession. There is a time and a place to ask for a raise…but now is not the time nor the place.

By: Virginia Mariposa

Virginia Mariposa — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:45:42 +0000

Thanks to the teacher’s union, disorganized as I am, I came out with a decent retirement and made good money while teaching, which I loved! Vive les unions!

By: Fred Nadelman, LMSW

Fred Nadelman, LMSW — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:28:33 +0000

A union makes a great difference. The National Association of Social Workers would be powerless without this political arm.

By: Lenore Wright

Lenore Wright — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:00:36 +0000

Unions are the only way people, especially women get paid equally for their hard work. I have enjoyed being in a union, more importantly, I enjoyed knowing I earned the same rate of pay as my male co-workers. Every company should have a union and practice equal pay for equal work!!!!

By: Hughie Nairn

Hughie Nairn — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 20:28:34 +0000

Yes, Unions do make a Differences