If management treated their employees decently, they wouldn't have to be concerned with unions. This is a result of personal experience. At Piedmont Airlines, we were treated well by management, were paid a fair wage, and delivered great customer service. When we were bought our by Useless Air (US Airways), the relationship immediately became adversarial, employee morale went down the tube, as did customer service. Within 2 years we found a union to be absolutely necessary, and even today management tends to push the envelope of their contracts right to the edge.
Sorry for the rant Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 1:06 PM Subject: Re: Public Transit (was Speed Cameras) > Hi, > > graywolf wrote: > > > > Oh by the way, I think it was the same people who convinced the railroads to > > convert to diesel locomotives. That was great because about 50% of the railroads > > revenue came from hauling coal for the railroads. But instead of admitting they > > were stupid RR management managed to blame the unions for their lost of > > profitability. > > Now _there's_ a management technique that hasn't gone out fashion. > > mike > >
