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<blockquote data-quote="Keith McElroy" data-source="post: 568243" data-attributes="member: 63212"><p>I was a union member (UFCW) for about 8 years and all it ever did was make it impossible to get promoted unless the more senior members were promoted first. Most (not all) of the senior members were as worthless as crap and only had their jobs because of the union. Several of them were actually functionally illiterate as well.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The union tacked a note upon the bulletin board one day that stated: "Workers must leave premises IMMEDIATELY after clocking out". I tacked a note under it stating: "This is why the Japanese are kicking our butts." Sure enough, the next day I was called into an office with the union steward and berated for my "bad attitude".</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My father is a retired union electrician (IBEW 881) and he only considered it good company to drink with (union meetings) and a way to get a week or two off when they went on strikes. Beyond that, it was just something he paid for. I should note, however, that he worked at the same power plant for about 35 years, then was forced into early retirement when the power company wanted to replace the older workers with cheaper, younger workers. The union didn't even voice a protest.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Keith McElroy, post: 568243, member: 63212"] I was a union member (UFCW) for about 8 years and all it ever did was make it impossible to get promoted unless the more senior members were promoted first. Most (not all) of the senior members were as worthless as crap and only had their jobs because of the union. Several of them were actually functionally illiterate as well. The union tacked a note upon the bulletin board one day that stated: "Workers must leave premises IMMEDIATELY after clocking out". I tacked a note under it stating: "This is why the Japanese are kicking our butts." Sure enough, the next day I was called into an office with the union steward and berated for my "bad attitude". My father is a retired union electrician (IBEW 881) and he only considered it good company to drink with (union meetings) and a way to get a week or two off when they went on strikes. Beyond that, it was just something he paid for. I should note, however, that he worked at the same power plant for about 35 years, then was forced into early retirement when the power company wanted to replace the older workers with cheaper, younger workers. The union didn't even voice a protest. [/QUOTE]
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