[jims69camaro]

former union worker and former member of management. wanna know why those statements don't piss me off? because they are true.

unions are not what they once were, and certainly not what they were created to be. it could be said 50 years ago that a union shop was far better than non union for all of the reasons stated, but the reverse is true today. with all of the laws that are in effect that affect the workplace, the unions are little more than highly paid arbitors - in other words, babysitters.

in places where there is skilled labor - notice the oxymoron there - the starting wage is not as tempting as it once was. once you are there a while and the fringes start kicking in, then you add all of that up and it is a higher paying job than non union. it's still not a safer place to work. if it is a requirement to work on a job, then a union is little more than a paycheck siphon. if i cannot choose which is better, to be in the union or not, then it is not a democracy. unions don't find people work anymore, but they sure do attach themselves to your paycheck if you start working for a union shop.

unions are not what they once were.