Re: How far I've come...
By: Rob Mccart to MRO on Mon Jan 30 2023 12:53 am
> similar in strength to those for Car Makers and such. I had some 'bad
> habits'.. I was spending a Lot of money building up a muscle car (575 HP
> Chevelle SS) and a custom Triumph Bonneville motorcycle so I needed as much
> income as possible. The best way to get called first for extra hours when
> someone didn't show up was to be a very hard worker.. Long story short, I was
> good enough that I earned a merit raise, the first one in the company in 15
> years, for breaking company production records.. This earned me about 35%
> more money than others
> in my situation, and led to me being cornered one night in a remote staircase
> and threatened by the local union rep. for making everyone else 'look bad'..
> I told him to get stuffed but after that I had very little use for unions.
> Admittedly, at one time, they were needed and in some places they maybe still
> are, but I always found that hard workers are difficult to find so most
> companies take pretty good care to keep them happy because there are
i dont know where unions are still required. we have osha, we have the
department of labor. if things arent good for workers they just go someplace
else. my mom was big on unions and my god mother was a union powerhouse. with
their employer they needed to threaten to strike for every little thing. each
time the contract was up. eventually that company pulled out.
i've been told not to sweep when i have nothing to do. i was told to drink at a
bar during our breaks (no prob with that!), i was told that i was not allowed to
work for a 2 week period during the holidays because i was not in the union yet.
unions just hold people back now.
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