#1) I read somewhere that package delivery, such as Purolator, now constitutes about half of Canada Post's revenue now as letter mail has been replaced by electronic mail. And I don't see package delivery disappearing anytime soon, unless you just patented a Star Trek-esque transporter.
#2) My brother was never unionized and has been laid off twice. My mother was never unionized and was laid off 3 times. My father was unionized and was never laid off. I am unionized and have never been laid off. I have been offered more money to work elsewhere, but I stay where I am because we are unionized and the union has done well at protecting our job security.
#3) I have learned that the non-unionized private sector doesn't work perfectly. As in the case of my brother and my mother, two of the hardest working people on the planet, sometimes it is the best people that get screwed over by short-sighted managers. I could work my ass off for a company and still get the short end of the stick. The only time I would ever consider leaving my current job would be to start my own business.... given what I've seen and experienced I would never go back to a non-unionized shop and be at the mercy of a Dilbert-pointy-haired-boss's every whim.
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