# Publix and Unions **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 9, 2000, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publix-and-unions/32584 "2000-09-09T06:17:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Deligirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@Deligirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deligirl)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publix-and-unions/32584/21 "2010-11-12T01:10:12Z")
1. No respect for people. 2. Ten cent raises a year don’t even cover the paper they spent processing it. 3. I’m tired of the cockroaches in the hall. 4. They don’t honor their own policy. 5. Mr. George is dead and would be ashamed if he were alive. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publix-and-unions/32584/22 "2010-11-12T02:06:45Z")
> [@DougC](#): > > but if the store offered the same health plan for twice the price and no union representation, I’d take it. That’s one huge “if”. I find it amazing that there’s this belief that corporations won’t do all they can to exploit their workers. If there were no unions, what do you think the chances that there would be any health plan? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publix-and-unions/32584/23 "2010-11-12T02:24:21Z")
Welcome to the board, **Deligirl**. We don’t automatically close old threads around here, but this one is ten years old and a lot of the participants have moved on. I’m going to close this discussion, but please feel free to start a new thread about this issue. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publix-and-unions/32584.md?page=1)