Sahara to re-open?

BTW how many decks did they use?

One problem Andrew. There are educated people out of work in Vegas.

I have never met a union worker with a good, humble, thankful attitude...ever....and my grandma was the head of her union for years. My dad kept union out of his factory and was a very good boss and his employees loved him. My husband has to go on jobsites sometimes and unions make those times hell. He is bored, can't work and never comes in on time.

Unions served a place in time, but they have long corrupted their purpose. We now have federal laws in order to keep gross negligience from happening and as for turning a profit....that is the purpose of business. Out with the old, in with the new. When you no longer bring a profit to the company, it is the only intelligent decision to give a pink slip...and yes, my husband got a pink slip from his company of ten years, a year and a half ago....they went one year without him and crawled back with a raise to boot after we received a nice severance package. I now have 4 w-2's from that year hiatus and he did not collect one day of umeployment. It will all work out in the end if you are a good worker. Look within for the answer. Have faith that a new and wonderful opportunity lies in your future.

Ive been in a union since 1972 and continue to do union work even though I also own a company. How's that for a combination? My key employees are not in a union but I pay them union scale and give them the same benefits they would get if they were in a union job. If management does not treat workers fairly then unions should be encouraged. If management treats workers fairly then the need for unions is cancelled out.

I would have to agree with you there Money. I have certainly met quite a bit union auto workers in my life since I have lived in the midwest for over 15 years. I have certainly met some who were thankful for their job and worked hard everyday until they could retire. The unfortunate part is I have met more of them that think they somehow are owed that union job and do the least amount of work they can get away with. I know a guy who works for Ford and is in the union. He gets overtime every week and most of his day at "work" is in the factory and he is using his phone to be on facebook most of the day.

I know a person who worked for Ford myself. His name is my DAD. And yes, he was a member of the union. He worked for Ford Stamping Plant for 35 years, in some of the worst, most harsh conditions I have ever seen. The factory was NOT air conditioned, and temps inside during the summer would hover around 120 degrees (and that is not the heat index) A daily 90 mile commute, coupled with lots of mandatory overtime, and 70 or 80 hour workweeks were common. And before the usual suspects wade in with the tired "but all he did was put screws into holes" BS, there was and is a hell of a lot more to that job that what some numbnuts like to imply.

When my father retired, he was making the grand total of $17 an hour. A far cry from the $93 an hour lie that members of a certain political affiliation like to spout out of their untruthful pieholes.

Yes, there were lots of years my Dad got overtime. Why ? Because Ford was selling the hell out of those SUV's, Taures's, and F-150s and management asked him to work that overtime......in order to meet the demands of the consumer.

Other years, not so much overtime. Maybe even 3 or 4 week layoffs. What did my Dad do during those layoffs ? Got a part time job at a filling station, bowling alley, ect.... to keep his family fed and a roof over their head.

So before you (the usual suspects) start your union bashing, just remember that it's not all a bed of roses for workers in those union factories, contrary to what some "fair and balanced" fake news network claims.

when did your father work for ford?

Also please lower your poltical tone or can't you read?

Wow retired at $17 an hour I guess Ford is paying a lower wage than most automakers. I know several people who started with Toyota this year here in the city I live in for $16.65 an hour non skilled labor non union.

Marcisdave, the $93 an hour that is quoted is pay and benefits. So that means the health care, pension, and pay are all added together to get to that $93 an hour figure.

At $17 an hour before retirement, your dad must have left in the 1980's as my uncle who retired in the early 2000's working for GM, was making about $65k a year.

Unions did serve a purpose years and years ago but they have become a symbol for mediocre workers who left school at grand nine and feel a sense of entitlement!