[SamAdams76]

I was in a union during the mid-1980s (airport ramp worker). Paid a lot of dues and caught a lot of crap from co-workers for working too hard. When you are in a union, you are expected to go "slow and easy" and working harder than the next guy is extremely discouraged.

"Don't kill the job" was a popular expression.

Soon as I left that job and I was able to negotiate and work for myself, my income and opportunities broadened considerably.

[Fiddlstix]

[MileHi]

"Don't kill the job" was a popular expression.

I worked with electricians (I was HVAC) who bragged about jobs where they carried conduit back and forth to "look busy" until break time. Then resumed "looking busy" so no one would get laid off on an over manned job site.

[fhayek]

I use to be a non-union concrete contractor. Occasionally, I would make a sales call to someone who needed some work done who was a member of a union. A lot of times you can tell from bumper stickers on their vehicles. This would be for their own home. Sometime, when I was in a smartass mood, I would ask if they are getting bids from union companies. They would look at me as if I had two heads. That would be way too expensive!