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Originally Posted by peanut
If not for union membership I could never have afforded retirement. 40 year member. YMMV. I have a nephew in Texas. 69 years old. Carpenter like me. Non-union. Still working - because he has no pension. Social Security pays his rent but he needs to work to eat. Couldn't afford health insurance until he got on Medicare. According to his mother (my sister) he actually got down on his knees and thanked God when he qualified for Medicare. Can't afford a decent car/truck. Can't afford a vacation. Can't afford much of anything.
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The benefits that a union provides, or lack thereof, is totally dependent on which side of the fence you're on - I've been on both. The bigger issue for the purposes of this forum is that "unions" and their benefits, real or not, have nothing to do with the discussion of RVing. It is a volatile subject that will bring strong feelings from both sides that will do nothing to further the pupose of RVing and needs to be avoided.