To strike or not to strike that is the question

Well it is not the question for me, it is a question for those working at Safeway, Fred Meyer, QFC, and Albertsons.

On one hand it is really scary to think about someone going on strike in this economy there are probably hundreds of people waiting to take a job. The workers have my full support if they decide to go on strike but I will worry about them. I can't help but think that management is using this bad economy to hold back on their compensation package. In my eyes this makes them idiots to do so. You can't tell me that executives making as much as $10 million a year are in their right mind to deny their workers pay increases.

I am not a member of the union and never saw the need to be one even though the state of Washington together with the union have tried to make all state employees mandatory union members. I have been able to dodge the union tax. I am not against unions I just have never seen the need to join one working in data processing or information technology as it's called today.

The unions served a very good purpose back when employers would abuse their employees, abuse children they employed, so much so that working for some of these folks was not real far from slavery. I know they serve a purpose today only because management or employers will act like idiots if not kept in check.

This is where I stand with the workers not with management or even the union bosses.