I remember working at co-op back in the day. Because of the union rules, it was nearly impossible to fire slacker employees. Raises were based on hours "worked" rather than good work. People with seniority were first in line for promotions...
I really liked the job (gas bar) and did it all thru high school, but then I got promoted to supervisor and the lack of available disciplinary action caused me to quit.
I'll never forget one girl that I worked with. The absolute queen of slackers. She'd claim to have carpel tunnel syndrome and therefore couldn't do anything like open a hood, wash windows (the squeegee aggrivated her wrist), definitely no filling barbecue tanks for her.
Everytime I worked with her, I basically had to let her operate the cash register for her to do any work.
God, she was so ugly too. I think of her when I think of unions.
However, I do think that trade unions are a completely different and much more useful thing. Its these little ****ant unions that take over 10 man warehouses and grocery stores that are more like parasites to the company.
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