[Army_of_One]

The unions go far, far beyond lobbying for better working conditions etc. The Unions represent...the union and only the union and could give a rats ass less about the company in my opinion. IN a union there is no competition as it is bad. Wage increases are negotiated for everyone despite job performance. There is no incentive to "be the best ____ you can be" because you are going to get paid anyway. Companies spend mucho dollars to unions who bring lawsuites over ever little thing for their members. Here is an example...... A guy working at KCP & L in KC wired up some stuff that injured some guys. The guy was older and had been there awhile. They pulled him off the job and retested him...and he failed. The UNION stepped in and said it was wrong to single him out to be retested (despite the other men being injured) and that the company needs to retrain the guy and pay for that training....the guy went back to work.

Another story. In unions there is a seniority list for overtime. Attempts were made to contact a certain guy about overtime and when he couldn't be reached they called the next guy who took the job...it ended up being several weeks worth of overtime. The guy above him on the list filed a complaint via the union saying that the company didn't make a concerted enough effort to contact him. He was paid all the overtime he missed out on.... I could not be paid for something I did not do..... These are just a FEW of the examples.....if you heard some of the stories. AND people wonder why our jobs are going over seas? At KCP & L a janitor makes double digit money to sweep.......it's a joke.