Are you in a Union?

sweetpotato
sweetpotato Posts: 1,278
edited July 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
I am SO PISSED OFF. I work for the State but have never been part of the union because my positions were always considered "confidential." But recently my job and several others whose jobs were previously confidential were "re-evaluated" byt the management and the union bigwigs and they've decided that we should be part of the union now. I don't want to be!! They SUCK. They take your money and give you shit in return. But I have a unique ability to irritate the shit out of people if I so choose to (some of you may have noticed that skill of mine... ;) ), so I plan to attend every union meeting and make their lives a living hell.

Anyone else here in a union? Mine is CWA (Communication Workers of America), which here in NJ has had its share of scandal, corruption, yadayadayada. What's yours, and have you ever benefitted from being in it in any way?
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  • timroth
    timroth Posts: 215
    I am not part of a Union..thank god. I think Unions had there day but now there cause more harm than good. I think the CAW (Canadian Auto Workers Union) was a big part of the reason GM shut down the Oshawa plant.
  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    im in a union. CAW local 310 or something. i wouldnt be making the money I am now without the union so im happy.
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  • share
    share Posts: 551
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  • appliedlesson
    appliedlesson Posts: 237
    I am in a union, and I enjoy many benefits I know we wouldn't get an opportunity to enjoy without a union.
  • share
    share Posts: 551
    appliedlesson wrote:
    I am in a union, and I enjoy many benefits I know we wouldn't get an opportunity to enjoy without a union.

    Rub & tug is not a union benefit.
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  • acoustic guy
    acoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    The unions in the old days were good. The general reasons for them was great for workers in the begining but now...for themost part from what I see in my area, they take total advantage of companies and most of the guys around here in labor unions are lazy fuckers. They get 4 breaks a day and get drunk at lunch. Lazy fuckers, I hate unions in todays society.
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  • CityMouse
    CityMouse Posts: 1,010
    some unions are probably good and others not so much. the teachers union confuses the hell out of me, for example.
  • comebackwoman
    comebackwoman Posts: 7,271
    Apparently I'm in the AFT even though I'm not a teacher. I think we're all automatically enrolled. I don't know of any benefits, but one of my co-workers always talks about "going to the union with this!" whatever tha means.
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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    timroth wrote:
    I am not part of a Union..thank god. I think Unions had there day but now there cause more harm than good. I think the CAW (Canadian Auto Workers Union) was a big part of the reason GM shut down the Oshawa plant.

    My thoughts exactly.

    Unions are their own worst enemy.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    restlesssoul wrote:
    im in a union. CAW local 310 or something. i wouldnt be making the money I am now without the union so im happy.

    I hope you're putting a lot of that money into savings for when you lose your job in the near future.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • Doodah972
    Doodah972 Posts: 146
    oh hell yes im in a union. UFCW...i work at a grocery store...fun times, fun times.
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  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    I used to be in the Teamsters.
  • NMyTree
    NMyTree Posts: 2,374
    sweetpotato wrote:
    I am SO PISSED OFF. I work for the State but have never been part of the union because my positions were always considered "confidential."

    Wow, that explains so much. How revealing.

    No wonder.

    Your job is "confidential"? LOL!

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  • riffrandall
    riffrandall Posts: 685
    I'm in the Writers Guild of America.
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  • Bathgate66
    Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    1199-SEIU

    one of the largest and strongest as far as memberships and benefits.

    if i took all my medicine and medical benefits, i'd probably have to tack another 15,000-20,000 to my yearly wage.
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  • dreaminincolor
    dreaminincolor Posts: 87
    was in the UAW....
    when i hold a teaching job-
    the NEA and state level and local level of teaching unions...i don't want to teach somewhere without a union...call me weird, but i like what they do
  • samick
    samick Posts: 373
    The kind of unionyou have depends a great deal on the membership..........if it's full of nothing but short sighted.....ignorant dumbasses....then yeah it will suck........or even if it is filled with people with out a back bone who fold like lawn chairs......then the company will probably take advantage of them (my current state)..........
  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    no union for me...they can do anything they want.
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  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,829
    I am all for workers's rights/safety, but if a union strong-arms an employer into paying a wage that is way above market value, then the rest of the working class suffers by having to pay inflated prices for groceries, cars and concert tickets.
  • Hawkshore
    Hawkshore Posts: 2,185
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    I am all for workers's rights/safety, but if a union strong-arms an employer into paying a wage that is way above market value, then the rest of the working class suffers by having to pay inflated prices for groceries, cars and concert tickets.

    Or they go out of business! or the jobs go elsewhere!
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