sparks wrote:
The various unions that work the trade shows at McCormick Place have been granting concessions to keep the work in Chicago. However, when the unions asked the trade show organizers to open their books to show what kind of concessions the organizers were making, the fat cats refused. Typical corporate America behavior, sticking it to the working class while paying the corporate brass multi-million salaries and benefits. That being said, as long as the shows are staying in this country, unions will have the opportunity to organize the workers in Orlando and even the playing field.
You want to make the "millions" the trade show organizers make? Organize your own show. You won't do it of course. That sort of work involves working past the traditional eight hours and sometimes even forsaking lunch and breaks. You and your cookie-cutter union buddies have no business complaining about the salaries anyone else is making. Remember: we all make decisions that have consequences throughout our entire lifetimes. You're just really beginning to regret yours.
sparks wrote:
That being said, as long as the shows are staying in this country, unions will have the opportunity to organize the workers in Orlando and even the playing field.
....and if Orlando laborers overplay their hands like you Chicago-area gorillas did, the shows will move again. That's the problem with having chosen a career (like yours) which has relatively low barriers to entry and in which bloated old guys like you can be easily chucked aside for some 22-year-old fresh out of Ivy Tech.