Re: How far I've come...
By: MRO to Rob Mccart on Mon Jan 30 2023 06:43 pm
> 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 mu
> > 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
> > 15 years, for breaking company production records.. This earned me about
> > 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 depa
> ed to threaten to strike for every little thing. each time the contract was
>
> i've been told not to sweep when i have nothing to do. i was told to drink a
> t hold people back now.
You're viewing a union as a ceiling regarding what you cannot do, but it is
more or less a window. There is an upper limit, but there is also a lower
limit as to what they can do to you. If polies are well made, consistently
enforced, and predictable in outcome, then a union isn't necessary.
Unfortunately some shops don't play by those rules, and policies and
procedures are adhered to or ignored on a whim. The bargaining unit
agreement protects the employees from random stuff that cannnot be enforced.
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