“This company has got to get its priorities straight.”
Union to AB — “No, you cannot close money-losing breweries. You must keep them open.” That, in a nutshell, is what’s wrong with unions. Well, one of a million things wrong with unions.
All of my experiences with unions in power plants in the early 70s were awful. My favorite was the featherbedding electrician’s union in Longview, Washington. You could not get them off the job at the end of construction. They proudly called themselves the “Fleas” which stood for “Fat Lazy Electrician” and you couldn’t eradicate them. It was disgusting, but all a game to them.
Look at what they did with hostess. Even when hostess showed them the financial situation they were in and said, basically, this is the best we can offer you while still staying in business, and keeping your jobs, they decided to go on strike, then get all curious when hostess filed for bankruptcy, and they all lost their jobs.
In that case, it was just such a bloated operating model it was not sustainable. As an example, I believe they said the guy delivering Wonderbread could only deliver Wonderbread and a separate truck would have to deliver the snack cake, line to the same store, etc.
I’ve had similar experiences with union workers. And, they are NOT all that proficient at their jobs.
I worked in a Whirlpool factory one summer after high school.
Union workers were lazy theives and druggies.
They would sabotage the line to force paid overtime, run and hide when the call came, then file grievance to get paid for nothing.