> I believe it, however, there's a huge difference between factory/shop unions
> (which can even include sitting on an assembly line packaging cheese, ffs) and
> construction trade unions.
> Either way, this was brought up because of dues and the negativity behind them
Actually, I made the initial comment because someone brought up learning
to do what could be considered "trade work" at adult/continuing education
classes.
It was not really meant as an anti-union swipe, but I do suspect that those
types of classes are frowned on by unions (and professional groups and
government agencies) because someone can learn to do work without (1) being
properly licensed and apprenticed, and (2) paying licensing fees or dues.
I think that is pretty much SOP so I didn't see it as a swipe.
I used to work in a shop that had two unions present. I was considered
"office staff" and was not a member of either. One of the unions seemed
very consciencious (sp?) of what they and the member employees were doing.
My experience with them gave me a better understanding and opinion of their
union despite previous bad publicity.
The other one didn't seem to care about their member employees, and those
employees were not always shy to tell you how they felt about that union.
OTOH, they were very happy to see the retired company HR rep (i.e.
non-union former member of "management") whenever he visited, even though
they once upon a time went on strike against the management team he was a member
of. They loved him.
I had never heard of that union before I worked there, so the opinion I
formed of that particular union is not good.
Neither of them were the UAW, BTW. ;)
My point being that some of them are good for their members, and some
really are not.
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