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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
#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that package delivery, such as Purolator, now constitutes about half of Canada Post's revenue now as letter mail has been replaced by electronic mail.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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First bold, you have a really coloured opinion because of who they are.
Second bold, yeah, except this really isn't true.
With Labour standards and Provincial Human Rights councils, unions are all but becoming redundant. There are plenty of resources you can use against your employer now, even if you aren't unionized.
Unions for the most part protect the weak and throw everybody but the long-term, senior employees under the bus. They do not think about the long term health of the companies in general.