[I see my hands]

"I have no idea why the rank and file have not been bitching about this for years"

Because they are rank and file. Unambitious and not given to thought.

[cripplecreek]

Because they are rank and file. Unambitious and not given to thought.

As a former union member I gotta say you hit that target dead on. Its not that they're naturally that way but because the union intentionally encourages it.

In my former shop, if you were told to work on a job that payed beneath your payscale, you got your regular pay. If you volunteered to work the lower paying job, you were paid at the lower rate because the union wanted it that way.

Unions suck the life out of ambition and creativity.