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In reply to the discussion: Union workers who hate unions. I don't get it. [View all]hay rick
(7,607 posts)97. Very interesting. nt
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Sounds like someone needs to set standards and make people accountable, that's not union...poor lead
uponit7771
Dec 2012
#84
I am enjoying my union pension..and I liked making $16+ an hour (retired in '96)
SoCalDem
Dec 2012
#149
That's also true of non-union workers who have "connections". And there are plenty of them.
SharonAnn
Dec 2012
#121
And that's the problem with talking about "unions" in general. Different types of work...
Recursion
Dec 2012
#66
Sounds like the company you work for has a problem, not the Union necessarily.
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#39
Then your beef is with management. Union membership has little to do with how they perceive you.
Ikonoklast
Dec 2012
#50
if you have "lazy" coworkers, you have a management problem, not a union problem. n/t
Scout
Dec 2012
#62
I just had a argument about this on another forum where most folks there are RW, not all but most
Ya Basta
Dec 2012
#8
Talk about biting the hand that feed you. Do you talk to her often? Does she think she or her
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#42
Well, I figured it out. One time we got an extra year's vacation and another we got long-term
SharonAnn
Dec 2012
#120
I appreciate your clarification. Now, pretend they were telling *their* truth.
IdaBriggs
Dec 2012
#118
Eh, where I live you aren't going to get in a union in the first place unless you know someone
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#70
Why aren't you blaming management instead of the unions??? Really! No...really really?
ret5hd
Dec 2012
#112
They don't get that without that union they hate so much they'd have died at their post.
Arkana
Dec 2012
#43
As workers and unions decrease in power and influence, employers and management increase theirs...
YoungDemCA
Dec 2012
#64
Yes. The fact that the left doesn't get what turns workers off is a big part of the problem.
Recursion
Dec 2012
#65
"Being told to sit down and wait your turn when you're objectively better at the job
Piazza Riforma
Dec 2012
#101
Piss on all that!!! I should be able to push that old lady that's been casheiring for 10 yrs...
ret5hd
Dec 2012
#136
There were 4 openings for cashiers listed at the time I applied so nice try with the snark.
Piazza Riforma
Dec 2012
#150
Hopefully he hasn't lived his entire life Yet. But let's say he worked at Ford for
jtuck004
Dec 2012
#80
He thinks he has more rights than the union has fought to get him. ...Fool...
The Wielding Truth
Dec 2012
#90
I'm just so sad to make $30/hr and have Union representation. It just rages me to no end.
rDigital
Dec 2012
#94
The Unions are the key to President Obama's progressive transformation of our country
BanTheGOP
Dec 2012
#115
I don't know about other states, but in Texas we are a right to work state and we have lots of
JohLast
Dec 2012
#125
They aren't thinking (in answer to your question). One cruel legacy of McCarthyism and
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#141