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<blockquote data-quote="sanjuro893" data-source="post: 1984173" data-attributes="member: 4491"><p>My father-in-law worked at GM. He was part of the union as required and griped that they were very political, told him who he should vote for, threatened strikes for not having enough checkerboards in the break room or different flavors of ice cream at the cafeteria, etc. He figured most of the political wrangling wasn&#039;t to benefit the workers but the bosses in D.C. Anyway, when GM shut down and went bankrupt, they weren&#039;t even going to get their pensions until the union stepped in. All those years he didn&#039;t see the point, then they stepped up. It kinda threw him for a loop. I think they DO serve a purpose. I don&#039;t like the idea of being forced to join one in order to work somewhere and the nonsense that happened after Hurricane Sandy is a prime example of the crap they pull. But without them I think it&#039;s very easy to get raped by an employer if they ever decided to stoop that low. I guess I would consider them a necessary evil. Just my opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="sanjuro893, post: 1984173, member: 4491"] My father-in-law worked at GM. He was part of the union as required and griped that they were very political, told him who he should vote for, threatened strikes for not having enough checkerboards in the break room or different flavors of ice cream at the cafeteria, etc. He figured most of the political wrangling wasn't to benefit the workers but the bosses in D.C. Anyway, when GM shut down and went bankrupt, they weren't even going to get their pensions until the union stepped in. All those years he didn't see the point, then they stepped up. It kinda threw him for a loop. I think they DO serve a purpose. I don't like the idea of being forced to join one in order to work somewhere and the nonsense that happened after Hurricane Sandy is a prime example of the crap they pull. But without them I think it's very easy to get raped by an employer if they ever decided to stoop that low. I guess I would consider them a necessary evil. Just my opinion. [/QUOTE]

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