well yea and up here its led to higher costs of living, numerous strikes, bankrupt companies and companies moving south for cheaper labor. I know i worked for one in South Carolina now. So please dont tell me how great they are today!!!!!!!!!!!!! they lost touch with what they were all about ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Heuman" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 5:46 PM Subject: Re: unions in Museums > James, > > Since when has the focus of unions ever shifted away from fighting for > workers' rights? The ideals - and reality - of what my > great-grandparents fought for during the 1920s and 1930s has not been > lost: fair pay, fair hours, fair treatment for and of all workers. > > That few workers unionize today is indicative of workers' fears that > they will lose their jobs if the union fails, and they are left in the > spotlight as the "trouble-making union organizer." It's also evident > that Big Business learned that if they "give" some control to the > employees (i.e., "employee-owned" corporations), the polarization of > 'management versus workers' is minimized . . . thereby limiting the > desire for unionization by linking workers' profits to business profits. > If the workers go on strike and productivity drops, so too do > stockholders' (including the worker-owners') profits. It is > capitalism's concession to a communist ideal which no cannot survive > very well in a free market economy. > > Just my point of view . . . > > Sincerely, > > Jay Heuman > Visitor & Volunteer Services Coordinator > Joslyn Art Museum > 2200 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE, 68102 > 342-3300 (telephone) 342-2376 (fax) > > "You can't lock up art in a vault and keep it frozen for posterity. Then > the artist is betrayed, history is betrayed." > (Walter Persegati) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > > On Behalf Of James Schulte > > Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 7:29 pm > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: unions in Museums > > > > > > Do we really need unions. They were good at one time, > > however now they have really lost their actually focus > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).