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Show THIS WAY GUYS - Assistant Coach, Darold Henry, watches Coach Doug Bluth demonstrate a technique during Monday'ssTwo k "Hell Week" (two a day practice sessions) continues through tomorrow. The Vikes are optimistic about the coming season. ' "1 As I See at J. FORD ANDERSON I have heard it said that about 25 percent of the work force in America belongs to unions. That means that 75 percent have very little bargaining power to force their employer to increase their wages, or benefits or whatever. The only bargaining power they have is their own efficiency and the need that the organization has for their services. When the wages of the strikers are increased it is usually the people that get stuck for the bill. The enterprise en-terprise is forced to increase the sale price to compensate for the wage increase, hence John Q. Public pays the bill. I don't have the figures, but I would like to know what percent of the wage money in this country is paid to union labor outside of administrative ad-ministrative funds, and what percent is paid to non-union labor outside of administration ad-ministration funds. Every time wages are raised it means that inflation gets another boost. The cost of producing the product is increased in-creased when labor is increased in-creased so we have more inflated prices. And who pays the increase? The people pay it. It gives me a very good feeling to know that we have a - president who is not afraid to stand up to the unions. Maybe America has a chance to get back on its feet. Unions above anyone should respect the law of this land. If the aeronautical controllers can't get what they want without breaking the law, then they got what they deserve. No, I don't think strikers should lose their jobs unless they break the law or take unreasonable advantage to increase their income. According to the reports on the news, it takes about 17 weeks to complete the course to enter the field of aeronautical controller. Granted, they are fresh out of the course but, no doubt, will improve with practical experience. ex-perience. When you compare this to school teaching or farming or practically any field, the time of training is much different. I don't see Why they feel they can demand such large salaries as $25,000 to over $40,000 per year. It appears to me that they are very much overpaid. They have received most of their training on the job while receiving a salary. Most of the technical fields require many years of training before they go out into their fields. I feel that unions have caused much of our inflation problems in this country. They have gone way beyond reason in their demands for increased , income and it has thrown our economy out of balance. |