48.9% of Unions members work for the Government

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(02-02-2016, 10:34 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: But by doing this we allow a system where the unproductive workers dictate the wage to the productive.    That is what sucks.     Why should they get carried?  

I've been in a union shop for 27 years.
The only people that "the company" would deem to be "productive" are the brown-nosers/rats.
Without the union, those are the only people that would get paid reasonably.
I will concede, as a union steward, I have saved the jobs of quite a few people that didn't deserve it.
However, in doing so we continue the tradition of matching wits with the "brass".
The people that are not deserving of being saved will eventually hang themselves beyond saving, anyway.
Also, those kind of people tend to get a few hints that they are no longer welcome among the masses and encouraged to find employment elsewhere.