Opinion: Unions offer equal opportunity

(Source: Letter to the Editor by retired BLET member Joan Bockholt, published in the Las Vegas Sun on September 18, 2017)

LAS VEGAS — My union was the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and it guaranteed that I made the same hourly wage as any male engineer. The job you were able to hold and the money you made was differentiated by the amount of seniority you had, a fair system. I’ll always be a union supporter because I see how good pay and a level playing field benefits all of us.

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Tuesday, September 19, 2017