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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TedKennedy" data-source="post: 2014971" data-attributes="member: 25419">Unions are bad because they tend to use the workers' dues to contribute to politicians campaigns that workers may not themselves support. They also tend to protect workers who are lazy. These are two issues I had when I was in the union, and I hated that part of it. That said, my net income was still much higher as a union employee than it had been, doing the same job as a non-union emp. Four big improvements - income, forced overtime was controlled by rules, ability to voice opinion without fear, absent/tardy rules were same for everyone.We had a guy (friend of boss) that regularly missed work/came in drunk. He was my relief at midnight, so if he didn't show, I was stuck til morning. This guy should have been fired YEARS ago. Union came in, rules are rules, he was gone. Girl got killed at work. Bled everywhere. Shift super tells employee to clean up mess - employee refuses (no health hazard here!) super fires him. Union get employee's job back.</blockquote>