Reply #38: i was a union apprentice carpenter, and a chicago

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restaurant employee. the carpenters union was mostly good, although the females in that business were and still are treated like shit. they could have helped my out a little more, but it was a bad economy. still and all, it was good.
the restaurant workers union in chicago is a mob piggy bank that does absolutely nothing for their workers. they fought for our right to make minimum wages and that's about it. i was promised a raise when i was moved up to a higher station, and never did get it. it was something that should have been a part of the contract in the first place.
all in all, i think you area almost always better off in a union.