I am not a Union Lackey by any stretch of the imagination.
Do they have some use? Sure why not...Im positive there is the "odd" business that need them to ensure that employees are treated fairly....but they are few and far between.
One of the toughest things I have had to deal with in moving from Calgary to S. Ontario is dealing with Unions. In Calgary we got the job done period without worrying about silly little things....eg I was Managing the design and build of a Casino down here in the Point Edward area.
The Electrical Contractor had Distribution delivered to site...of course the Teamsters had to deliver it in their vehicles...another Union had to "unload" the vehicle...another Union had to unpackage the assembly....another Union had to "move" the unpackaged assembly into the Electrical room...and then finally the Electrical Union had to connect their product.
In Calgary the Electricals would have handled all of the process and had the connection done in a day. The Point Edward farce took 4 days. Of course when you are on a tight timeline to get a facitlity built this works to a Unions advantage because any work that needs to get caught up on 2nd or 3rd shifts are double or triple time.
I had many "serious discussions" with Union heads and Government officials trying to get this thing built on schedule and on budget. Wasted literally hundreds of hours discussing stupidity with these idiots as opposed to site instruction.
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