Reply #6: Until everyone realizes how they will benefit, [View All]

[tinkerbell41]

they will always talk Unions down. I belong, for 18 yrs. It's not perfect. But I get overtime after 8 hrs a day, not after 40 a week, i have a Pension plus an Annuity, I have been laid off since August and still have Health Insurance!! I also get paid a weekly Stipend on top of Unemployment paid for by the Union. Yes I have to pay dues, a pretty hefty amount but considering all the Benefits I have, why complain. I do have complaints but I view it as the fault of my Business Manager, along with various members who have the "I got mine, screw you" thinking.
I try to remember if you stick together, they can't take everyone down. This may not make sense but on the series "Friends" when they were negotiating their contract, they all stuck together, no one acted the "star" who deserved more money. They seen themselves as equal to the success of the show, hard to hold ego back I'm sure, but they ALL came out on top!!! This thinking has to apply to us all, these Corporations wouldn't fight so hard against it if it didn't benefit us. Most people don't seem to get that.