Back in the early 90s my dad worked for a large yellow and black company and there was a massive union strike that went on for months. My dad and the other office workers were pulled into the factories on a rotational basis to keep things running. The machine that he worked on had been set to the slowest possible speed by the previous (union) worker. Once my dad learned how to run it he was producing parts almost twice as fast.
The workers on strike would also write letters to the newspaper with these ridiculous claims. One guy said that [big evil company] had fired him for fixing a poster on a bulletin board that had fallen down. Another guy claimed he was fired for picking a tomato in his garden.
Needless to say, I don't exactly have a super positive view of unions....
My dad was an engineer at a nuclear plant. He wasn't union but told stories about dealing with unions. During a battery replacement project the day shift intentionally cut the metal that holds batteries in place down to the concrete, extending the project. He reported it and the union workers basically threatened to screw up more. He went to management to get some kind of intervention and they basically said not to pass off the union. A threat to a nuclear plant in the USA and they bent the knee to the union.
On the flip side, when the union went on strike and the plant kept non union workers operating the plant they flew in lobster and filets to feed those who were working. Unions suck.
Back in the early 90s my dad worked for a large yellow and black company and there was a massive union strike that went on for months. My dad and the other office workers were pulled into the factories on a rotational basis to keep things running. The machine that he worked on had been set to the slowest possible speed by the previous (union) worker. Once my dad learned how to run it he was producing parts almost twice as fast.
The workers on strike would also write letters to the newspaper with these ridiculous claims. One guy said that [big evil company] had fired him for fixing a poster on a bulletin board that had fallen down. Another guy claimed he was fired for picking a tomato in his garden.
Needless to say, I don't exactly have a super positive view of unions....
My dad was an engineer at a nuclear plant. He wasn't union but told stories about dealing with unions. During a battery replacement project the day shift intentionally cut the metal that holds batteries in place down to the concrete, extending the project. He reported it and the union workers basically threatened to screw up more. He went to management to get some kind of intervention and they basically said not to pass off the union. A threat to a nuclear plant in the USA and they bent the knee to the union.
On the flip side, when the union went on strike and the plant kept non union workers operating the plant they flew in lobster and filets to feed those who were working. Unions suck.