Read this blog long enough and you'll realize that lots of things in life piss me off. Unions are one of them.
I can remember as a kid hearing my uncle brag about how great his job at the Chevy truck plant in Michigan was. He was supposed to spot weld truck beds to the frame all day. But he would get tired and let a few slip through without being welded. He said it was no big deal because one of the "new kids" in quality control would fix it. And besides, he had over 15 years on the job. Nobody could fire him for not doing his job because he was a union shop chief. In other words he got paid for fucking off and was proud of it.
Americans finally began to figure out in the 70s and 80s that unions were a thing of the past. Yes they got us the five day work week, but they haven't done jack shit lately. In fact, they've become more harmful than helpful over the past 40 or so years. All a union does now is take money out of your pocket and jack up the cost of labor. Tired of Mexicans and Asians taking your job? Thank your union rep.
Now it seems that unions are being forced to lie to get people to sign up. Which is not anything new for them, just now they are getting legislation passed to let them do it legally. This new law is Jimmy Hoffa's dream come true. It makes it legal to unionize with out declaring it, and prevents the companies from making life better for employees who don't want a union.
Let me ask you this. Why would you trust someone else to get you a raise or more time off instead of getting that for yourself? That's the purpose of a union (supposedly) to get you better benefits. But all they really do is take food off of your family's table. If you aren't man, or woman, enough to stand up for what you deserve at work then maybe you don't really deserve it after all. Go back to being a part of the teeming masses that are afraid of independent thought.
Those of us with a set of balls don't need you. And we damned sure don't need your union.