re: #25 Scottishdragon

I remember when that non union plant in SC opened up. The union shot in Washington State went fucking ballistic. I didn’t blame them.

I have worked in both union and non union shops. Work rules in a union shop can be annoying and may seem arbitrary (I need to undo one screw on that bonding strap to remove the panel…but I have to send a work order over to the electrician shop to get a guy here to do that even though I have a screwdriver right here in my hand and my time is running on this job card)

But…

When somebody in management fucks up and all of a sudden you get the blame for some bullshit that was not your fault…you are real damn glad to have that union shop standing up for you.

That happened to me and I will never forget it. When I needed somebody to have my back…the union at the PEMCO aviation plant in Dothan, Alabama had my back.

I have a school-teacher niece who was quite down on the teacher’s union until someone wrongfully accused her of something and the union stood behind her 100%. She feels quite differently now.

South by dog carolina is so damned proud of being anti-union, but the idiots who rant about it the most are the ones who would be helped most by unions. Gah.