The Working People....Nothing left to lose

I went to a labor history class over the weekend and someone brought up a great point. We, the working class of America, have nothing left to lose. Even if you are fortunate to have a job today, tomorrow it may be gone because the economy plummeting. I have to say that I totally agreed with what he said. Think about it, you here of another factory or business closing everyday on the news, if people are losing their jobs every minute in this country eventually there will be nothing. Nothing for us to work for, nothing for us to look forward to, not even anything for our children to look forward to. The American dream to go to school, get a job, buy a house and start a family well, that may very well be just a 'dream' for generations to come. 

I think it is time we have a voice and let it be heard. We, the working people of America, need to stand together, set aside out differences, and fight a battle that will help us all. We need to stop being greedy and stop thinking about only ourselves. We need to work on helping each other out.

I can remember when I was a child my father always drank a certain kind of beer, PBR. Well one day I was with him when he went to the store and he bought a different kind of beer. I asked him why and he said that PBR was on strike and he wasn't going to buy it as long as they were striking.

Now I didn't hear my father talk much about Unions while I was growing up although he was in the Transportation Union. But I do remember the comments he made when the airline traffic controllers were all fired for striking. I remember not only my father, but others too, saying that if everyone would have back the workers the working class would have made a huge stride in the workplace. But instead there were people there ready and willing to take that job away from them. Okay my whole point to bringing up the firing of the striking air traffic controllers is that when they were fired the people who should have stood behind them didn't, instead they stepped in front of them and took their jobs. 

The problem is people are greedy and only interested in getting 'theirs'. Which is exactly what big business has been doing for years. They make, and take, their profits, giving big bonus' to the CEO's and such. Then cry broke and blame the factory workers and unions for their downfall. And their are actually people out there who believe this, or some theory of it. Now I am not saying everybody is greedy, but the majority, in my opinion. And I am sure we are all guilty of it at some point. 

Now though is the time to think of the 'US' in the USA. So let your voice be heard, don't just sit back and let this country,(our country) crumble and fall. Write the politicians, buy only American made products when possible (it's sad that some things may be impossible to find made here in America) and help a fellow worker out. 

Well even though my thoughts may not have been put into to words very well, and usually I tend to ramble, I hope you think.......If people have nothing left to lose.......then what?