Quote Originally Posted by waterdog101 View Post
I worked the first 23 years of my Adult life for a none union company, and it was bad. the company superintendent had his 2 brothers, nephew and son working there. I can't name all the crooked things that went on with that company. different people doing the same job, and making different wages. I've worked the last 17 years on Union jobs. the Union has a set scale wage for different jobs, and if you and the foreman's son or brother, or his Mother are doing the same job. you will be payed the same wages. and your seniority, will change from job to job. you may be #1 on the seniority list on this job, and be last on the list on the next job. it's the most fair way to work a group of men that I have ever seen. I wish I could have worked my whole life on Union jobs. Union jobs are much better, than nonunion jobs, that are managed by superintendents that try and keep most of their family on the payroll.
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Same here, spent the last 35 years of my working life as a union member and I agree... Unions do a lot of the kinds of things a few of the fellas here accuse them of but the weakening of the unions seems to be seeing the return of the kinds of things you speak of, A shrinking paycheck is just one of the down sides... I hear people who work in manufacturing plants saying things like "if you want to keep your job you just keep your mouth shut" ... Working conditions had a lot to do with unions gaining strength years ago and the sad part is the folks who the unions are designed to stand behind will tell you how much they hate unions, the cooperate world has done a masterful job of turning people against unions and these same people now are working for half what union scale was 10 years ago and believing it to be a good paying job even though the person telling you that might be buying food for his kids with food stamps.