UNIONS suck........... yes all of them...
They suck like Vampires... parasites... tape worms, intestinal worms.. sometimes like lice, leeches and ticks.. but mostly like VAmpires..
If your a LEO, Firefighter, Teacher or Givernment worker..
I AM TALKING TO YOU!... (FIRST) and various construction workers second..
I’m in a public employee’s union in a Right To Work state. It takes $20 out of my paycheck each payday for dues, plus some BS “pre-paid legal” fee of $7.50 that is just a kickback to an attorney up north somewhere for services that are less useful than Legal Zoom.com.
I work as a SCADA Programmer for a utility company. I make the same money or a little less than I’d make if I was in the private sector. I do get good benefits such as a health care plan and a couple weeks vacation each year. And I could retire at age 55, except that I left the private sector when I was 42, so I have to work until at least 62 before I can retire.
I brought skills to this job and I do good work for my pay. Through my efforts, I automate an entire wastewater collection and treatment system so very few people are required to operate it, saving the customers a lot of money each month.
Our contract forbids strikes or slowdowns, and we have worked without a contract since 2010, which means no raises since October 2009.
We supply water and sewer to 600,000 people and have some of the lwest rates in the state. How am I an intestinal parasite?
And I pay 8% of my salary into the retirement fund each payday.