Some people have had good experiences having their unions extract part of their earnings from them.  Good for you guys.  The only time that I've had to work and belong to a union was in my teenage years when I worked at a grocery store.  At the time I had no idea what a union was, only that they took money out of my paycheck.

 

However, after hearing and seeing for myself some of the ridiculousness that unions bring to the workplace I have no use for them.  As an example, a co-worker of mine once worked for an electric company here in Jacksonville and was in the union at the time.  He told me that the only reason he joined the union is because they made it known who was union and who was non-union.  Non-union members were often threatened and harassed until they finally joined.  Union representatives pretty much "told" their members who to vote for during elections and in every case it was the democrat party.  My problem with that is it's not the union's business to "tell" anyone who to vote for at all.

 

Another time we were setting up a booth at a convention center and were provided a faulty power strip.  We asked one of the people at the facility that provided equipment if we could get a replacement from them and the answer was that he had to call a licensed electrician to do so... for a simple power strip.

 

If dues are collected just for "operations", then why do unions contribute so much money to the democrat party?  Where does that money come from?  If unions are so good why were the biggest ones primarily run by organized crime?  I suspect that many of them probably still are.

 

 

Quote:How do you feel about police and fire fighter unions?

 

I think that they should go away as well.

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