Subj : How far I've come...
To   : MRO
From : Moondog
Date : Tue Jan 31 2023 01:10 pm

  Re: How far I've come...
  By: MRO to Rob Mccart on Mon Jan 30 2023 06:43 pm

 >   Re: How far I've come...
 >   By: Rob Mccart to MRO on Mon Jan 30 2023 12:53 am
 > 
 >  > similar in strength to those for Car Makers and such. I had some 'bad
 >  > habits'.. I was spending a Lot of money building up a muscle car (575 HP
 >  > Chevelle SS) and a custom Triumph Bonneville motorcycle so I needed as mu
 >  > income as possible. The best way to get called first for extra hours when
 >  > someone didn't show up was to be a very hard worker.. Long story short, I
 >  > was good enough that I earned a merit raise, the first one in the company
 >  > 15 years, for breaking company production records.. This earned me about 
 >  > more money than others
 >  > in my situation, and led to me being cornered one night in a remote
 >  > staircase and threatened by the local union rep. for making everyone else
 >  > 'look bad'..
 >  > I told him to get stuffed but after that I had very little use for unions
 >  >
 >  > Admittedly, at one time, they were needed and in some places they maybe
 >  > still are, but I always found that hard workers are difficult to find so
 >  > most companies take pretty good care to keep them happy because there are
 > 
 > i dont know where unions are still required.  we have osha, we have the depa
 > ed to threaten to strike for every little thing. each time the contract was 
 > 
 > i've been told not to sweep when i have nothing to do. i was told to drink a
 > t hold people back now.

You're viewing a union as a ceiling regarding what you cannot do, but it is
more or less a window.  There is an upper limit, but there is also a lower
limit as to what they can do to you.  If polies are well made, consistently
enforced, and predictable in outcome, then a union isn't necessary. 
Unfortunately some shops don't play by those rules, and policies and
procedures are adhered to or ignored on a whim.  The bargaining unit
agreement protects the employees from random stuff that cannnot be enforced.


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