Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
The labor conditions today are becoming similar to what brought about the unions in the first place, you young un's don't understand how unions have helped everyone who works...
There are problems on both sides. My 2 experiences/knowledge of unions have been bad.
1) One of my friends who was a flight attendant for Airtran was physically harrassed by 2 union thugs that threatened to slash his tires and key his car if he didn't join the union.
2) I consulted at a company called Timet that is under a Steel Workers Union contract in its Ohio plant, has a union contract in Henderson Nevada, and has 1 plant in PA that is non-union.
There are union guys STILL IN JAIL from the last strike in 1996 where they shot up people's houses that wouldn't join the strike, or weren't part of the union. Crossing the picket line meant a beating or even death even if you were a 'white collar' worker.
The steel workers union is all tenure based so the longer you work the more perks you get, has nothing to do with how well you do your job.
Do you know what the difference is in Henderson, NV for joining the union and not? (Nevada is a right to work state so unions are not legally binding) Benefit and pay wise there is 0 difference. You just pay union dues and therefore are 'represented' by the union. Now if you don't join the union, expect to get the shittiest shifts, crappiest jobs, and constant harrasment by union guys.
The funny thing is that the plant in PA has the highest worker satisfaction. And get this, the workers have asked the plant to take measures so that they aren't harrassed by 'union organizers' that try to come on-site all the time.
When the Nevada plant went on strike back in 1993 the workers were ' so excited ' that the president of the f-ing union was picketing with them for 2 hours. Guess how much of a pay cut he had to take to do that? That's right, 0. I wonder if the workers knew that.
Then just keep doing that until the union has nobody left.
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