[Jewelry making - Article 00271] - Re: [Orchid] Should Goldsmiths unionize/organize

[Nancie Fisher]

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Linda,

    I have been following this thread with interest- and felt it was
    time to throw my 2 cents in. 

    No one is asking for a free lunch, Linda. I am glad you made it
    through your tough times and are coming out ahead. Your story is not
    unusual - there are many of us who have had tough times, are or were
    single parents, and struggle with issues like health insurance or
    feeding their families. Kudos to you for making it through without
    filing bankruptcy - but realize that would not even be an option for
    you anymore. 

    A few here don't seem to understand that unions have made our
    working conditions, in every industry,  far better than the
    generations before us had to deal with. I need only to look in my
    own family, not too many years ago, for examples of this. 

    I don't know what the answer is, but the discussion to somehow
    organize is a good one. Health insurance, as an example of a
    necessity, might be more easily affordable as a huge group in such
    an organization. 

    I didn't see anyone complain about the rich - I think the point is
    the growing gap between the poor and the super-wealthy. We would
    only have had to watch our TV screens a couple weeks ago to see this
    disparity, and how dangerous it really is. 

    And Michaelangelo did not kowtow to his patron, as was discovered by
    the recent restoration of his work at the Sistine Chapel. He painted
    many things which greatly displeased the hieracrchy of the Catholic
    Church, and were subsequently painted over by someone else. 

Nancie
www.moonfishdesign.com

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