The story touched my heart!
This morning CNN was telling about the millions of under-employed we have in the US and used an adult male (head of a household) as an example of who is struggling to keep their families fed and housed with their new, lower paying jobs.
They told of how this one adult male who is now working at Home Depot has suffered a loss of over $100,000.00 in annual income and how that and a loss of benefits has impacted the family. Life is tough.
He went on to tell of how he had expected to keep his previous job for a lifetime, to retire comfortably at 56 year of age, how he even lost his One Month of vacation each year and how those days of his being a United Auto Worker (UAW) have past.
But what really burns my butt is how the News Media that is telling us this story today, refused to report what the UAW were winning over the years in all the disputes they had with the Big 3. I suspect, that had the public become aware of the super-sweet deals the UAW people were winning, the public's negative reaction would have helped keep a lid on their un-challenged and un-reasonable demands.
Then and as today our News Media has failed the public who looks to them for needed information. So who were the News folks working to protect with their silence? The UAW never bought any advertisements in print or TV. Perhaps it was the result of their Political affiliations?
They told of how this one adult male who is now working at Home Depot has suffered a loss of over $100,000.00 in annual income and how that and a loss of benefits has impacted the family. Life is tough.
He went on to tell of how he had expected to keep his previous job for a lifetime, to retire comfortably at 56 year of age, how he even lost his One Month of vacation each year and how those days of his being a United Auto Worker (UAW) have past.
But what really burns my butt is how the News Media that is telling us this story today, refused to report what the UAW were winning over the years in all the disputes they had with the Big 3. I suspect, that had the public become aware of the super-sweet deals the UAW people were winning, the public's negative reaction would have helped keep a lid on their un-challenged and un-reasonable demands.
Then and as today our News Media has failed the public who looks to them for needed information. So who were the News folks working to protect with their silence? The UAW never bought any advertisements in print or TV. Perhaps it was the result of their Political affiliations?
posted by Localfella at 9:44 AM
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