Dilla
Senior Member
As a note, before I look like a fanatic, my roomate works for a union and I support their work fully. I actually helped him yesterday obtain a list of workers in order to help organize a workplace. I have no beefs with private unions, although I find the set-up archaic a lot of the times. They are often their own worst enemies as Darkstar stated.
It's public unions which I can no longer stand. I don't see the mechanism which can quell their demands. There is no possible scenario where they can be reformed or changed, except for by their membership, which has no interest in doing so. As long as they're comfortable, consequences be damned. They know they can't be touched (for example driven out of business by a prolonged strike). This is where my current frustration lies. I really do see it as a situation where we are being asked to carry the weight of their problems. Moreover, their problems seem very trivial to many of the people who are now forced to deal with them, myself included.
It's public unions which I can no longer stand. I don't see the mechanism which can quell their demands. There is no possible scenario where they can be reformed or changed, except for by their membership, which has no interest in doing so. As long as they're comfortable, consequences be damned. They know they can't be touched (for example driven out of business by a prolonged strike). This is where my current frustration lies. I really do see it as a situation where we are being asked to carry the weight of their problems. Moreover, their problems seem very trivial to many of the people who are now forced to deal with them, myself included.