That pretty much sums it up.
They were big on getting folks to join the union, (SEIU) and when I finally did, I was told that my “grievance was only a complaint” and that “when the COLA came about, I should donate it to charity.”
That was the last month I paid union dues.
Good on ya. Never been a union stooge; never will be.
My attitude is this: When I go to work, I work for me; for the interests and priorities that I choose. I agree to be an employee at any given firm only to the extent that the arrangement enables that in an arrangement of substantially equal, mutual benefit to me and to the employer.
In this arrangement, I govern to maintain the balance of interests and benefits. If my employer should improperly mitigate my governance, they would be compelled to modify that situation favorably, or thereupon cease to be my employer.
I know who — and Whose — I am, and those are my non-negotiable terms.