If Everyone Knew This Astonishing Fact About Unions, We'd All Be In One

[quakerboy]

55. I appologize

It was not my intent to denegrate anyone. I was thinking back to my father, who always paid his union dues but held the attitude that "professionals" should opt out of the union. Maybe I should have reflected on the fact that my dad has always been an oddity before shoving my foot in my mouth.

I certainly agree with your opinion of middle management in charge of workers. I strongly believe that management should have experience with the hands on work of the people they are supposedly overseeing.

My intent was to indicate that unions are not only or even primarily for purely highly skilled highly trained persons. They are for the protection of workers, and often times the least specialized workers are the most at risk of abuse. I would imagine its easier to push around a grocery store clerk who can be replaced by any highschool graduate than an ironworker who knows his trade and knows how long it takes to train a replacement. Though when the conditions are set up against workers, anyone can be taken advantage of.