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Originally posted by Displaced Flames fan@Jan 14 2005, 04:33 AM
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.
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That is pretty much what unions can do. They can help one at the expense of someone else (and that involves replacement workers who are hurt the most).