Bob the Soviet Union was about communism, nothing to do with labor.
1 a : a theory advocating elimination of private property
b : a system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed
2 : capitalized a : a doctrine based on revolutionary Marxian socialism and Marxism-Leninism that was the official ideology of the U.S.S.R.
b : a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production
c : a final stage of society in Marxist theory in which the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equitably
d : communist systems collectively
Without unions, children would still be working instead of going to schools, there would be no overtime pay, no health benefits, no safety laws and thousands of other protections that working men and women have, plus the ability to make a living wage.
Do you think companies would give employees what they earn if it was not for labor unions? Non-union workers make as much as they because of unions.
Labor Union: an organization of workers formed for the purpose of advancing its members' interests in respect to wages, benefits, and working conditions.
Bob, you really need to brush up on your history.
Back in 1992 the fleet service and customer service employees were non-union, in one swift move those employees lost the following:
1. No more vacation time
2. No more sick time
3. No more OJI protection
4. No more pension.
5. No longer worked express flights, mail and cargo
6. Took 40% of the full time workers and made them part time, which
increased their health care coverage for families to over $300 a month.
7. Cut their hours from 40 a week to no more then 25.
So Bob don't tell me or anyone else that unions are bad, at the time they did this to those employees I had three years with the company and I enjoyed vacation, sick time, OJI protection, family medical, full time, a pension and many more benefits, because I had a contract and the company had to negotiate concessions, not impose them. Yes Bob back in 1992 the unionized employees at US Air gave concessions before.