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Re: Valid Observations. But Things Have Changed

"In my career i have seen several summer students or new employees injured due to their lack of experience, or inability to understand their surroundings." Yeah, changing the lightbulb would have put me at risk for injury. Only joking.

I think the overriding impression I took away from working in the closed-shop is the culture of doing as little as possible, and being proud of it. That was the philosophy of the entire place, heck, the entire town!

And you are absolutely right regarding the shortcomings of the supervisors and "bosses". You see, the supervisors were still union, while the managers or "whate hats" were salaried. All of the supervisors were in on the deception. They acted like high school kids pulling the wool over the teachers eyes. It frankly was embarrassing.

I did work in management for a company who "suffered" a union campaign. We successfully beat the union effort. You know that without exception, the employees who supported the union were the same employees that I had the most trouble with! The employees who took extra long breaks, who hid from customers, who avoided 'volunteering' to assist in projects outside of their immediate area of responsibility but were still required of them periodically, who were the last in yet the first to want to go home. The same employees who never understood the meaning fo teamwork, and were forever trying to get something for nothing were the staunchest union supporters. Kind of fell right in line with what I had experienced as a college kid in that mill.

I know my perceptions are probably scewed a little too far right. And I do believe there are some union members who are industrious and strive for better relationships with the companies they work for in pursuit of greater market share, more profits for everyone on the team, and better working conditions, wages, etc. They are just in the minority.

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