[Displaced Flames fan]

I've seen both sides of the coin.

I had an experience with a fortune 500 company where the union was counterproductive and hung it's junior membership out to dry for the gain of its senior membership. I was initially a union member, but after the first contract negotiation (and subsequent layoff) I did NOT rejoin the union when I was called back.

Now I'm in a union that is prohibited by law from striking...so there is no real power there....and I can tell you that without the union I'd have a heart attack from the stress that management would inflict.

There are good and bad points to unions. I'm glad I have one representing me now though.