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Originally Posted by The_Bishop
You know, when I read stuff like this I get pissed off.
There has been so much anti-union rhetoric pumped out to the general public, who generally have no idea what actually goes on, especially in public employment.
I've been a firefighter for 21 years. Every one of you that thinks we live high on the hog thanks to unions should walk a mile in my shoes before talking. Unions are not 'all powerful'. In fact, we barely hold our own against the politicians that run the department, who regularly wipe their ass with our contract and tell us to 'grieve it.' That entails lawyers and filing appeals with state work agencies and the department of personnel who just happen to be largely appointed by... politicians. This costs us a lot of money that we pay for out of our own pockets, and a lot of time that's not compensated at all.
Yep, we're all-powerful and just run everything. That's why I took a 12% pay cut to pay for medical with no negotiation whatsoever, and that's why the minuscule raises we've been getting don't even cover the rising cost of medical resulting in a loss in pay, year after year.
I know our union officers. They bust their asses 7 days a week at all hours of the day handling union business. They're not living large on my dime, and what little compensation they get hardly makes it worthwhile.
elle, you can feast on a bag of dicks. I work hard, risk life and limb, and wonder if I'm going to develop cancer from the god-awful crap I work in to save lives. Not a day goes by that I'm not haunted by memories of people I couldn't save at fires, or the twisted remains left in the wrecks of vehicles that cry as we're trying to cut them free. I see and deal with stuff that the average person couldn't (and shouldn't have to) handle.
LTB1low - Man, I sure hope you're kidding. I thought you were better than that.
Screw this, I'm out of here.
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I was just busting chops and don't even think of preaching to me about health insurance. Walk a day in my shoes as being self employed with paying taxes and health insurance.
It was far from a serious post and I think you took it the wrong way.
Chill out and get a different career if you can't handle the one you have.