and a little comment about unions...i like and dislike them...first off if your a complete dullard you still get raises every year maybe not the same as the guy thats working his ass off right next to you but they will get a raise...that complete dullard will almost never get fired...but then again the guy working his ass off probably wont either. On a good note if your in a decent union they will fight for you & your rights and again its nice to know what your raise is going to be year in and year out...im basically guaranteed 7% for the next 3 years until our contract is up. The only downside to unions is they can overpower a company/organization without the company knowing it for many years & then at the worst possible time can backfire on them...like in gm's case with the healthcare crap...they pay for healthcare for over 1/2 a million people that are retired lol at like $5k per person...thats alot of money considering they only employ 160k currently. As some may know I work for the state & im sure you all know how many days i get off 15 sick, 12 vacation, 3 adm. leave., 13 holidays...add that all up and even in my first year its probably more then anyone in here...im not bragging, personally i think its rediculous that I get this many days off and even my bosses do but if the state doesnt fight the union we'll keep getting it who the hell could use 15 sick days a year...oh and they keep rolling over & when you retire you get to keep a good portion of it...county workers can trade in their left over sick for $ in their check so they have it even better in that respect. I wont even go into my pension
Bottom line is until the companies start catching on and realizing its getting too expensive theres going to be issues.