Unions

Unions suck!  There, I said it.  What are they good for?  Well, I will give some unions credit in the areas of construction and such - they provide education and promote safety.  And you know, aside from that, I can't think of much else that is good.


What are unions NOT good for?  Unions protect slackers.  If you have been with the union long enough, you are set almost without regard to your performance.  Teacher's unions keep us from having better teachers.  Please don't take that comment wrong.  I know there are some WONDERFUL teachers out there and they probably HAVE to join the union to remain a teacher.  Problem is, there are a lot out there who are NOT so good and who do not seem to care very much about the kids who they are trying to teach.


So, as it stands right now, April 2010, the economy still is in tough shape.  There are a LOT of union workers (in the trade) who are not working.  I think they call it "on the bench."  That really bites.  Anyway, a few months ago on the way to work, I drove past a building where the parking lot/driveway was being repaved.  Not knowing anything about anything, I figured out that the contractor doing the work there was probably a non-union company.  How do I know you ask?  Well, I can say the loser a-holes across the street with picket signs and a giant fricking inflatable rat kind of made it clear to me.  What douche-bags!  Hey, you guys aren't working, why don't you go out and picket??  THAT, my friends, is my biggest bitch about the unions.  Really?  Do you honestly think you are getting sympathy from anyone because some hard-working non-union guys are doing work you think you are entitled to?  Do you think it is better to go out and try to make other people's lives miserable than it is to stay home wand wait for work to come up.  Well, maybe it is.  Regardless, EFF YOU!!


There was a time when unions protected people and were more necessary.  I think they came into prominence around during World War 2.  Maybe it was World War 1.  Either way, this is a different time.  Sure, unions today will argue that together they can speak with a louder voice and get what they want.


Sure, they can all speak together and the teachers can decide not to work.  Okay, I do agree that for the most part, teachers ARE underpaid considering they are there to teach the youth of America and often have to teach some of the other life skills that many parents are too busy to teach themselves.  Hope you picked up the sarcasm there.


Unions can go on strike and make us not have cabs, police, fire department, public transportation and much more.  Heck, they can even make sure your trash doesn't get picked up.  I remember those guys went on strike a few years back - the fricking dumpsters at the apartment building were overflowing and stunk like crap.  Did I sympathize with the union?  Hell no!  I was pissed at them.  Shut your mouths and do your effing jobs!


Do all these people really think they are entitled to something?  They are NOT.  None of us are!  I will say it clearly - NOBODY OWES YOU AN EM EFFING THING!  PERIOD!


Question for you - if you did not have to work, would you?  I am guessing many people would say no.  Of course not!  Most of us work because we have to.  We need to earn a living so we can have a home, a car, a family and so much more.  If I was rich, I would not work.  I would certainly find something constructive to do with my time.  But, it would be more on MY terms.  I would be my own boss most likely.  Okay, I would probably hire someone who is a good business person and then that person could run things.  I can tell you one thing I would NOT do - I would sure as hell not hire any union labor!

Unions in Chicago are very much responsible for the city losing so many conventions recently.  Yeah, the unions!  How?  One word - gouging!  It costs a FORTUNE to have an event downtown.  I cannot imagine what it is like for exhibitors at the various conventions and trade shows.  I have heard the following story from multiple sources, enough sources that I believe it and it will show you yet another reason unions suck.....

I've been told multiple stories about exhibitors showing up at trade shows in Chicago.  These guys come to the show with their display.  They go to plug in their lights and here comes some union clown to unplug it, make him pay and then plug it back in for him.  I have heard of exhibitors setting up their booths/displays themselves and then here come the union guys, tell them to pay for their services (which were not used) and if the exhibitors refuse to pay, the union people dismantle the display and wait.  Once they pay, they can get their stuff back.  I have heard a story about someone refusing to pay and the union guys waited until the end of the show to return his display to him.  Pretty unbelievable, huh?  Whether this is all true or not, no one can deny that it COULD be the case.  It's not really a well kept secret that this city is not completely on the level.


This was not really an example about Chicago.  And there are other reasons things are so bad in Chicago - but, if I said what I thought here, I could get whacked!  Anyway, I gave the preceeding example to show what unions are capable of.  Heck, another example before I let you go.  Can't believe I forgot this!  When my brother was having his first home built, there were some union picketers by the construction site protesting the non-union labor working on his home.  Not long after the shell of the house was built, the house strangely burned to the ground.  Coincidence?


Oh one more - same town.  There was a non-union paving company I believe.  And you know, these guys just might have done work at my brother's place.  Anyway, they were having issues with the unions and a strange thing happened - their pits were blown up.  Yeah, explosives or something like that! Fricking crazy!


Just want everyone to think about unions and how they might not be the best thing out there anymore.  Yes, SOME unions push education and safety.  But, more often than not, they protect slackers, stick their noses in elections (something we did not even talk about here), and they force costs higher for everyone.  Go ahead, deny it!  Unions effing suck!  And it's time for us to start getting rid of them.