He reminds me of my Dad. The people always came first and there was no politics. The unions have always been about the people and their well being. It was important to have a healthy, skilled and dedicated work force. Within that definition was health care, education of children, good pay and a future retirement to enjoy with family and friends. There is nothing exploitative about that.
The labor in any business is vital to profits and share or stockholders. Union leaders bring the company's interests to the performance of the labor. It is a vital connection and it is a place to mitigate that relationship with equity. Union leaders have a great sense of purpose. They have a great sense of purpose for their role in the company's product and that great sense of purpose to elevate the people in their achievements within their work and their loyalty to their jobs by attendance and good humor during the work day.
I had a great Dad. He was admired and considered important to the people he worked with. He never had more than a high school diploma, but, he was a leader. By the time he reached retirement he was the Plant Manager's right hand man.
He had no other boss by the age of retirement. When he retired after working in that plant for 30 years he was called back within two months as a consultant. During that time as a consultant he wrote volumes of text. He would write it by hand and give it to the secretary in the Plant Manager's office. The text was about the production line, the safeguards to product and personnel and the entire fire department of the plant was codified by him. They had the only chemical foam truck within 100 miles of the plant. He was chief of that fire brigade for a long time. He would travel to Texas for regular educational and application training. He was great.
He was more than a worker, he was a great friend and enjoyed the company of his fellow employees and their wives would bring a holiday party to life. Of course, my Dad always brought the cake.
Union leadership is about life. It is not about money. Money enters into the picture because we live in an economy based in capitalism. Wall Street makes it expensive and the cost of living increases. Good employees need to feel a sense of appreciation to make this entire scenario work. It is a profitable picture and it is America.
It isn't going to do Mr. Trump any good to victimize the working man and the leaders they admire. Chuck is telling the truth, not defaming anyone and given the fact Mr. Trump has wrapped his victory to the presidency in the average person and their struggle to live a happy and healthy life' he needs to be honest and truthful. That means people like Chuck receive respect and not ridicule. It is extremely important the truth win out in the USA, today. The truth telling will continue.
December 8, 2016
Last night, (click here) United Steelworkers 1999 president Chuck Jones became instantly famous when President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter to attack him. The Trumpian tweets were the result of Jones’ appearance on CNN, talking about the criticism he had lobbed Trump’s way over what he felt was the incoming POTUS lying about the number of jobs saved at Carrier.
Following Trump’s insults, the Twitter hashtag #ImWithChuck began trending, with Jones getting a lot of sympathy and support for being targeted by the President-elect....
