[r-q-tek86]

In a sense I have a soft spot for unions conceptually, because to say unions shouldn't exist is to say that management, which surely has the advantage over any one individual, should have to face no equalization in their bargaining power, which seems wrong.

Management does not always have the advantage. I own an architecture firm in Fort Worth. Over the past few years, finding good employees was very difficult because the market was so hot. We decided to give pretty hefty raises to keep the people we had since we couldn't find anyone even marginally qualified. People were moving from firm to firm all over town. Employees had the upper hand.

Now the situation is different. We, as management, have the upper hand as the market cools. It's that same old supply and demand equation.

[Still Thinking]

Well, I’m glad you get a turn at the helm, RQ. The first firm I mentioned was an AE firm doing mechanical.