Chazz 0 Report post Posted April 2, 2006 My place of employment currently does not have a union, although we may get one by later this summer. While i have heard some good things about union's, i've also heard my share of bad things as well. I was wondering if anybody here would be willing to share their opinion of unions' through personal experience or otherwise. Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest NYankees Report post Posted April 2, 2006 Be prepared to pay your union fees. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted April 2, 2006 With the wages they can get, gladly. The GM workers nearby make nearly the most money in the entire region outside of the doctor/lawyer types. There's much more troublesome things with unions otherthan dues. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted April 2, 2006 I do actual work at my job, so naturally I don't belong to a union, nor would I want to. Seriously though, even though I'm usually anti-union, sometimes I think they are a necessary evil. For me it depends on what the job is and how a union treats pisspoor workers. Police unions = OK, although one danger is the union protecting shitty cops. Union for cashiers = N*gga plz. Don't get bitter when managment gives you the boot and replaces you with a self-checkout machine because you are expecting to be able to support a family and pay a mortgage in suburbia just by scanning groceries. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted April 2, 2006 I actually agree with kkk there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted April 2, 2006 The first time is always the hardest, but in no time my young apprentice you'll be pitching pennies at pregger teen-agers just to see them waddle over from the table they're waiting on and try to pick the money up from off the floor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRant 0 Report post Posted April 3, 2006 Speaking of unions... Plumbers Protest Installation Of Waterless Urinals Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Art Sandusky 0 Report post Posted April 3, 2006 Unions and this country don't work well together. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hogan Made Wrestling 0 Report post Posted April 4, 2006 I belong to the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation at the University of Oregon. We are the 3rd oldest union of graduate student teachers in the country. I'm currently a steward for the mathematics department and this coming year I am probably going to be nominated (unopposed) for the position of overseeing our health trust (i.e. the fund that pays for our health care plan). We have a really strong union that has done a great job earning us strong contracts with the university and an effective health care plan. We are also a major force in AFT-Oregon (despite the fact that a lot of the other unions hate us and think we are "just a bunch of kids making trouble") and at the most recent AFT-OR convention we pushed through most of our agenda. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
