re: Why I hate Unions - BLET spends millions on resorts while members "can't afford bills"

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Corporate leaderships job is to make as much money as possible for

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themselves, period

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When I was in college, I got into a disagreement with my instructor about joining a teacher's union (I was an education major).

Her argument for was that I ever got into a legal situation, the union would be there for me as legal representation. An "invaluable" resource.

My argument against was that it seemed to me the easiest way to protect myself was not to put myself in that situation to begin with.

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Previously working in public education for 15 years, I won’t work in a school district without a union. Parents will sue over absolutely anything and everything.

I once needed union representation over a suit a parent filed claiming her child had nerve damage in his hand because he got a piece of pencil graphite stuck in it and we didn’t remove it at the end of the school day or contact her by phone (she hadn’t update her contact info at the school). It drug on for months because she hired the equivalent of an ambulance chaser for the school district and they were determined to get us all fired (myself, a clerk, and a teacher).

I understand frustration with unions in certain settings but they still have value in some situations.

I guess they learned about abusing the system from our government.

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Perhaps most notable, though, was the food spending, which came in at more than $20 million. This included $15.1 million on rib-eye steak, $1 million of salmon, 272 orders of doughnuts for $139,224, $124,000 for ice-cream machines and $26,000 for sushi preparation tables.

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Goverment spending abuse

As a union member for 41 years there were some things I didn't like from the leadership. For the most part they were there for the members. My wife absolutely hated paying the dues every month. But besides the money for Medicare every month, our secondary thru the union is $115 a month for both. Once we each meet our deductible for the year ( $300 ) we haven't seen a bill.

Thank you James Riddle Hoffa may you Rest in Peace where ever you ended up.

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blows my mind that Ford and GM are held hostage by $70,000 employees who literally just attach a door to a truck 50 times a day. We wonder why shitty trucks cost so much.

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They should just take the hit and let their union contracts expire and then hire new workers.

Over a decade ago, a Dayton area Kroger's UFCW contract leaked online.

Numerous positions started off at minimum wage and less than $10 an hour after five years.

I always thought it was dishonest for the union to get paid after accomplishing so little.

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They should just take the hit and let their union contracts expire and then hire new workers.

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They will have to or accept the end. Asian cars are eating their lunch because they aren’t constrained like that. The American brands attempted to price their basic tech like luxury brands and it’s backfired badly.

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I hate unions bc they are lazy af, and get mad when you do something that is "their job" that they weren't going to do anyways

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Yeah I remember there was some union folks at a plant I worked a turnaround at. One of the younger guys picked up a broom and started cleaning up the area. He got chewed out because he was doing the union laborer's job. He was supposed to just sit on his arse and wait I guess.

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One of the younger guys picked up a broom and started cleaning up the area. He got chewed out because he was doing the union laborer's job

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He or someone nearby should have told the union hand to get fricked and the kid to carry on. Dare the grown man to file a grievance on a kid for sweeping the floor instead of sitting on his arse. Its so very worth it for so many reasons. The frickers will usually do it, and then you get to laugh at a grown man for being such a pussy.

Unions are labor extortion agencies. Its much different than a big corporation. In a corporation, you are free to leave whenever you want, advance yourself by application of effort and display of talent. In a union, you are a cog in the machine in the most literal sense. They had a place once but now, after having to directly work with them, negotiate contracts, etc, I hate them.

Ive had them filed against me and it can be a serious problem depending on the union and who their site representative is and all that good stuff. I was lucky to only get myself a talking to once by my personal management, and it was ok once everybody in the room understood my position. It is interesting to watch grown men give a-hole answers to simple questions such as "why didnt you pull the pump yourself if it was your job to do it, you got paid to do it, you had the opportunity AND had direction to do it?"

Unions are the easy button for staffing maintenance crews, turnarounds, etc, and I get it. It takes A LOT of effort to make sure that "im not doing it right now but you cant either because its my job" attitude doesnt set in and spread. You have to nip that shite in the bud, and the good union hands will appreciate you doing it.