Once upon a time, a very long time ago (well, 1958, t’be precise)....southern Ohio was in a not unusual period of recession, jobs were hard to come by, especially for the young ‘n inexperienced.....I heard about a company that needed two bricklayers. Ed Phillips ‘n I rushed to apply for the jobs.....the man interviewed us, asked about our experience and told us that he would hire us....both of us....immediately....t’say that we were overjoyed would be an understatement....he then went on to explain that these were ‘union’ jobs and that it would be necessary for us to join the union and he told us where to go ‘n who to see in order to do that......when we got there, the union representative told us that he’d be delighted to let us join the union but that we had to go back to the man who had promised us the job and get written notice that we were actually hired....so, back to the job site where we told that he couldn’t provide us with that documentation until the union representative actually enrolled us in the union....
ah well, you can probably figure out from what I’ve told you that while we were young ‘n naive ‘n not too long off the turnip truck, we managed to figure out that we were never going to get jobs laying bricks or for that matter, any other union job....I don’t think it’s any wonder at all why I would support Gov. Walker instead of King Trumka ‘n the AFL/CIO .....22 States have a ‘Right to Work’ law and all 50 States should have the same law. It is positively unAmerican to allow any union to dictate who is to work ‘n who is to starve.....
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