Are you in a union for work?

Do you like it? Do you feel they have actually protected you and worked for you??

There is some union talk going on right now for dh's work.  Makes me wonder if it will really work, or is it alot of hot air being blown around by people?

These are the concerns that I have as well.  However, the working conditions are HORRID right now for dh.   the work load is impossible, the supervisors are unforgiving and make it impossible to keep a decent schedule.    His job was never this bad, but over the last year or so when new management took over for the company, it has gotten so out of control.   I don't know how else they can fix the problems, and keep employee moral up.   He IS a good worker, always has been and has the respect of every field manager in the country,  he has worked for most of them while he was traveling all the time.  Whenever they ask for someone, they 'request' my husband to come and save the day.   Unfortunatly personal problems has put his job on the line recently, but it was the respect of the HR director that helped save him right now, and help get him the help he needed.   They don't just do that for anyone. 

But its hard not to notice that it was the impossible schedule and the supervisors that put him in this stressful situation in the first place.  Its not an excuse, its the truth. 
 

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Originally Posted by aliadam 

My DH and I are VERY anti union people. He works for a school system and it's scary how they protect incompetent people. I just....don't....get...that. When I worked they tried to get a union, and I fought very hard against it. I am just very anti-union in general and would HATE to be in one. I feel if you're a good worker you don't need to pay dues to have someone protect you. Your work will speak for itself.
that's my main complaint about teacher's unions. I think they're one of the biggest problems in our education system (along with lazy parents). They protect and keep crappy teachers just because they have tenure or are in the union. Makes me sick. Bad teachers should go. who wants that for their kids.

The governor of our state has come up with a plan that will do away with tenure, and make it so good teachers are kept on and moved forward, and lousy teachers will be getting new education, certifications ect.  And the older teachers that are not progressive, and still producing the same old score will be encouraged to retire.  Alot of teachers are unhappy with this plan and they picketed the state capitiol.