[Billy_bob_bob]

You speak truth as far as bad seeds on both sides. I know about a lot of the dirty laundry the unions bring to the table. But when you are dealing with cutthroats who are willing to shaft you eighty ways from Sunday, you have to have some muscle on your side to make sure they play nice.

I used to side with management, now I side with unions. Perhaps someday you will change your mind, like I changed mine. Until then, be well, and thanks for disagreeing without being disagreeable.

[bimbo]

Perhaps someday you will change your mind, like I changed mine.

My mind was changed in 1993 when my company tasked me to train and mentor 4 new Asian workers who could barely comprehend English. Six months later, 4 hard-working Americans lost their jobs.

Those out there (whose jobs are not so vulnerable) who would support my employer's decision with comments like : "It's his business" ... "this is capitalism" would likely not favor the drive to unionize. But if the employers are able to look out for their own best interests, why shouldn't workers unionize in their own best interest? Why can managers be "self-interested," while their employees are exhorted to "act in the interest of the economy, the country," etc?