planefixer
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- Colorado Springs, CO
IMO unions had their place but that was a long time ago.The whole mentality of "oh, you cant change that light bulb or sweep the floor because that takes money away from some else" is a fine display of inefficiency and is total BS.It just makes things take longer to get done.I also see a lot of the unions a being greedy.Most union jobs seem to pay more, and offer more benefits than the average non-union job yet they still see the need to go on strike to get even more pay and more benefits.If unions were more concerned with the safety of workers than how much more $$$ they can get I would have a little better opinion of them.Some may argue that they help insure people aren't over worked and get fair hours & pay , blah, blah, blah, but I've never worked union and I haven't had any problems with pay, hours worked, etc.-ever.They're going to end up pricing themselves out of business someday (like the UAW is trying to do) and I wont feel sorry for them at all.Normally I wont discuss the union vs non-union arguement with union members because it seems like they all drank the Kool-aid to the point of sounding like they're brainwashed, especially multi-generational members.My best friends dad was/is a union glaser and I remember ,when we were growing up, him sitting on his ass way more than working because the were no "union" jobs.I'll be damned if someone is going to tell me when and what jobs I can work.I think the big union heads are a bunch of palm-greasing crooks.I know some pro-union people will be upset with my opinion, and claim I don't know the whole story but I really don't care.Every time I've tried discussing this issue with pro-union workers they themselves absolutely refuse to see the other side of the equation as well.
Just my $ .02
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Just my $ .02
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