The place I used to work voted in a union by a slim margin. However, those who voted against it still had to join and still had to do what the union said. So, in those cases, the union took away rights rom some.
When the union first started getting involved, I was still there as a manager. I was told I could not discuss the union with any employee, even if they came to me and asked for information. The union filed a complaint against me and the company becasue I mistakenly uttered the word 'unoin' to a group of employees and was taken out of context by someone who brought it to the union's attention. Basically, a union can do or say anythingto its perspective members, but we were very limited in what we could do or say, even if it was to refute claioms being made by the union. On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Ian Skinner <[email protected]> wrote: > > Scott Stroz wrote: > > I speak from experience. My father was in a union his whole life...and > it > > sucked. All they cared about was that he paid his dues. > > > > So you speak from bad experiences and I speak from good experiences. > > > > > You are painting with just as much of a broad brush, you are just using a > > different color. > > > So the part where I said "There are union abuses that must be watched > out for just as much as corporate abuses. Didn't indicate to you that I > understood that there can be bad things done by unions? > > I just don't think we need to throw the baby out with the bathwater just > yet. > > > When you join a union, you don't gain any rights, you give them up. You > > have to do what the union tells you. > > No you don't, if you participate in the union > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:292891 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
