Snackbar is chillin'....at Shaffer

My family members were URW. A friend of mine was also a union member for the city of Akron, and not by choice.(Not sure what union) When one of his co-workers did something wrong(they weren't sure which person in his department actually did it), they blamed the entire night shift and terminated all of them, and when they went to the union to file a grievance against the city for it, the union did NOTHING to help them.

When I first moved to FL, there was a company called Occidental Chemical who had phosphate mines and a processing plant in the area. Their workers were union and went on strike. The guy who's job was pushing a broom in the shop wanted $30/hr (this was 20+ years ago). The company ended up laying off almost everyone and because of that it devastated the economy for a bunch of small towns surrounding it. They ended up selling that division to a British company, and has now been sold to another phosphate corporation.

Unions by and large are very similar to an organized crime syndicate, only legalized by the government. "Do what we say or you'll pay"... I have seen more harm than good caused by today's unions, and feel that all unions should be illegal and nobody can say anyting that will change my opinion on them. They're nothing more than legalized extortionists. When unions 1st started, they did help a lot of workers, but there is a huge difference between what they were then and what they are today.

Just because a company is profitable and makes millions(or billions) is no excuse to go on strike and hold the company hostage for a higher pay just because you feel like they need to give up some of their profits. If that's the case, then it should work in reverse, when the company takes a loss, then those striking workers should take an appropriate drop in pay. Personally I feel that if a worker doesn't like what they're being paid, quit, and find a better paying job. Or else get a bunch of their coworkers together and start their own company and see how hard being a successful corporation is.

 

So, it's "I'm not making enough so I'm gonna go stand in front of my boss' business, stomp my feet, throw my hissy fit, and make even less from the union's strike pay until I get my way!!!!!! ". That makes a lot more sense...and you pay union dues to have the privilege of doing this? Guess what, you can find a new, better paying job FOR FREE.