Ah man, I don’t think you could be more incorrect. I’m a retired Union Electrician after 22 years of service. If not for my Union, my employers would’ve been like non union employers and do things like keep the weekly clock under 40 hours so they don’t have to offer health benefits. Straight time on the weekends, no collective bargaining, protocol where without a Union, you’re helpless. Whereas regardless of the hours or day, a Union backed employee is compensated according to the rules they’ve set by voting as a group. Not to mention basic idealogies the working class people of America depend on today were fought for by Unions. Men and women actually fought and died so you’d have the rights you do now, such as: women voting, paid family leave, disability insurance, health insurance, double time on the weekends, paid training, occupational safety and the list goes on for quite some time.
Thanks for asking the question though! I’ve seen and heard all the Union negativity for a couple decades now and I don’t mind sharing what I know, I don’t disapprove any of their opinions.
I have a lot of friends who are in their 40’s and they’re just now starting to fund some type of consistent pension for themselves. While their really good friend of the same age, thanks to a Union, retired with 4 pensions and 1 annuity which his wife will continue to receive should he be the first to die.
Thank you Union people! Please continue fighting for what’s right in the work place.
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