Verizon Wireless employees see a nice boost

I partly agree with your comments and then partly don't. I have no problem with unions who work for the betterment of employees, but the problem comes when they won't negotiate with a company that is having financial difficulty, or when it gets to the point as in the auto industry that you have three men doing the job of one, taking four hours to do a 5 minute job. That is the real evil here. Plus, the legality of unions is pretty set, but again, they should be limited in what they can do in terms of political influence and overall stronghold on the corporation. It's one thing to lobby for FAIR pay and FAIR benefits and working conditions, another thing entirely for having the power to bring a corporation to it's knees and putting people in other industries at risk or the general public. It's an imperfect system and I don't think there is any easy answer. Thoughtful comments though and I definitely agree with you in part. Oh, i'd also add to those that whine about "American Jobs" going overseas...this is why. Unions have FORCED corporations to outsource jobs to other countries by demanding unreasonable pay and benefits in troubled times as well as good times. Therefore you simply allocate your human capital to a place that it's cheaper. Simple logic and it is corporate leaders doing their job...which is doing whats best for the bottom line and investors. That is what they are hired to do and what they should do, popular or not.