Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 8/22/2007 9:51:00 AM Author: bobbi Subject: why union, part 2 Why unionize? Yes, cost of childcare would rise. However, look world wide. Jobs are lost in the USA due to finding the cheapest help (to increase profit, so consumers can afford the goods). Yes, you can blame unions high wages shoving jobs out of the USA, but could YOU afford to care for your family on the average pay of $23000 a year ?? Even if both mom and dad work? No, costs today are so high. And the goods are made oversees with non-union slave wages. So, why are our costs so high? We need a WORLD-WIDE solidarity effort. NAFTA and GATT were sold as a way to level the playing field. However, all it is doing is lowering our paychecks in the USA. Workers rights are being trampled on like never before. There is NO company loyalty. I disputed with a fellow co-worker on this point, who hated unions. She worked at the center from opening for 15 yrs. Ha ha, one day they shut the doors, cleared out the bank accounts, and failed to pay us for two weeks. (the owners went on a long-deserved vacation, in their words). Employees are disposable. Name: Email: Subject

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