“America would be better off without ANY unions whatsoever.”
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Yup. All my working life, I never belonged to a union. My relationship with the employer was simple: if I do the job well, I get paid; if I louse it up, I get fired. That should be all there is to it.
Every employer I ever had was generous in pay and benefits and when I needed time off (rarely), I could get it without a problem. Be fair with your employer and your employer will be fair to you.
Employers aren’t stupid, for the most part. They know they need to do certain things to keep their workforce. I really don’t like working for large corporations though. They try to exact too much power over their employees.
For the most part, I’ve never had a problem with being unfairly treated except for once. The department I worked for tried to FORCE me to go on a United Way tour with them (the corporate big-wigs wanted 100% employee participation). I refused on principle. I had previously withdrawn or ended my payroll deducted donation to UW over the Boy Scouts/homosexual scout leaders issue. My money. My choice. The issue was resolved (I didn’t have to quit over it) shortly thereafter. I was laid off. Lucky for me...since this was also right after the Enron scandal and 9/11. The company’s 401k dropped like a rock shortly AFTER I managed to get my money out. Sometimes things do work out for the best.
And yes, loyalty works both ways. Like you said, if a company is good to you, you should be good to them and vice versa. If not, you can always walk (always, except for in a climate like today, caused by the leftist idiots in charge of ruining the country).