They do risk their lives, yes, but that doesn't mean they need to have a union to secure that level of pay.
The benefits and pay given to people who risk their lives to save others is different than the pay and benefits given to people who do not. That is why firefighters and police are special cases.
EDIT: Also, afaik, they cannot strike.
Are any unions supportive of the GOP?
I see stopping the power of the public employee unions as the priority. Private unions have some good reasons to exist, but being tax free is just silly.
That doesn't mean it shouldn't be done. I'm sick of Republicans making excuses for Walker on this.
Private-sector unions are usually warm to the GOP... certainly much more so than public unions.
They do risk their lives, yes, but that doesn't mean they need to have a union to secure that level of pay.
Who will give it to them? We can look at the military pay (no union) and see they pay poorly...so we cannot trust the government to give them good pay for risking their lives.
Which public unions are warm to the GOP?
So, which budget-busting thing do you propose? Keeping unions for police/firefighters or providing a union for soldiers?
Taxpayers in a community can demand or agree to higher pay for police/firefighters. They shouldn't be forced to do so by a union contract, whether or not such raises/benefits are justified.
Police, firefighter, and state trooper unions.
It was an example to show why they need their unions. Nothing more, nothing less.
Taxpayers want everything for free, and want it to be of the best quality. Most people agree we underpay our military, yet the military remains underpaid.
It is what it is. The police and firefighters risk their lives to save the lives of others. This causes them to be treated differently than the groups who do not.
Sorry, meant to ask which private sector unions.
Police and firefighters are usually warm to the GOP because they understand self sacrifice for others instead of demanding others sacrifice for them.
Most skilled trades.
That's a partisan response.
Ah, so if you have skill you support the GOP, but no skill means you support the DNC. Odd you would say that...
Interesting that you consider the truth to be partisan.
It may be the cause, but that doesn't mean the cause is justified or right.
Oh look, you attacked the source.
Not sure if you're serious. Surely you know what is colloquially referred to as the "skilled trades"...
Interesting that you believe only the GOP values and understands self-sacrifice.
Sure it does. The same reason why veterans get many benefits non-veterans do not get. When you are routinely willing to sacrifice your life to save the lives of others as part of your job, you gain benefits for doing so.
Those who are unwilling to sacrifice their lives for others simply do not get the same level of respect as those who do...and respect earns you benefits. It is the way humans work.
From what I gather, you do not place any importance or value upon the willingness of someone to sacrifice their life to protect the life of another. To you, that is the same as removing bags of garbage from the street.
Those benefits don't flow from a union. Veterans are a prime example of why unions aren't necessary.
Earning benefits by being respected is entirely different than earning benefits simply by being unionized.
I just finished a google search, and maybe my google-fu is low today, but I could not find any unions (other than police and fire fighters) who support the GOP on a regular basis. An individual one here and there, but not on a regular basis.
Can you show me what unions specifically support the GOP on a regular basis?
http://naturalresources.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=277534
Private-sector union support for the GOP is usually centered around proposals like that one; things that bring jobs to the companies who employ tradesmen.
Pay does.
Correct, which is why their unions are treated differently.
*edit*Show the data of how much money the Unions are pumping into this election.