Shots Across the Bow

So watch out for SEIU thugs. They aren't at work (Are they ever?) so they may be at your tea party, ready to rumble.

Hooray Labor!

I've worked in three places that were unionized. In every one of them, productivity was negatively impacted by the union. I saw workers on probation being told to slow down and work less, because they were making the rest of the employees in their shop look bad. I saw shops file grievance after grievance against other shops in the same plant for doing their work. I saw union workers watch somebody do work, then file a grievance, rather than telling them it wasn't their work. I watched union workers commit major safety breaches, get fired, then rehired on arbitration, with full back pay. I saw union workers go on strike just because it was the third Friday of the quarter. I saw a union organize a hostile takeover of another union, resulting in a loss of pay and benefits for the workers involved. (BTW, that was the SEIU.)

I'm sure there are good unions out there somewhere. I'm sure there are shops where the union works with management for the benefit of all.

Of course, I also believe in the Tooth Fairy.

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