Quote:There was a time when perhaps there was a need for unions.  However, in today's economy the need is gone and they only "serve" to make money.  It's funny how I happened to come across
this article
today regarding unions in government, and how it's nearly impossible to fire someone, even if they truly deserve it.


 

Case in point, at a VA facility for mental patients, a patient was able to walk out of a door that was left unlocked.  A worker had actually reported seeing the patient at least 3 different times after security cameras clearly showed that wasn't the case.  In a nutshell, the worker was fired, but the union fought and got the firing changed to a 14 day suspension, then got it knocked down to a 1 day suspension, and eventually got the worker re-instated with back pay.  What is really sickening is what the arbitrator had to say about it.  From the article.

 

 

Give me a break.

 

Regarding the part in bold from your remarks, it should be your responsibility to pay for your healthcare and retirement.  Healthcare and retirement benefits were first offered as an additional incentive to attract employees.

I guess some companies NEEDS are not the same as others...I would make the claim that while one company feels no need for Unions, another company feels the need  for Unions...If there was no need , no one would use Unions, so I would say that would be a decision made by the CEO and Board Of Directors as to the "need" for a Union, not to mention the thousands of people who elect to work for a Unionized company over a non Union company

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