Woot, I hate unions.

Now that laws are in place to protect the worker, there isn't a need for a union.

Unions screw people out of jobs and are as corrupt as any nations government. Unions are basically legalized Mafia, some of them will break your legs if you try to work without joining them. my former brother in law got threats for trying to be an independant contractor.

Unions are good and bad. I have been a union member in the past working in coal burning power plants; nuke plant and a paper mill. Unions are still needed today because of corporate business practices.

I once saw a dock manager at a non-union place I worked tell an employee who had hurt his back, "to go home, pack your back in ice and come in on Monday to see if you have a job. The guy went to the emergency room and was later let go. I myself actually took them to the National Labor relations board and easily won a judgement when they fired me for "union activities" and they even told unemployment that I let go "because I was hurt on the job and could not do my work" which is also illegal but the prime company was under fire for anti-union activities.

Or once at Peach Bottom Atomic Power Plant a weekend supervisor demanded that we remove a set of scaffolding in a radioactive contaminated area which was used to replace a bunch of asbestoes insulation. He was blowing up at us because we would not go in and do the job because it was all asbestoes related work. None of us had any asbestoes licenses...... state mandated 40 hour training course

Only fools believe that the NLRB and the corporate arbitrators look out for the working person. I also agree that unions have pushed the enevlope too far.....