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Originally Posted by ILBMF
Oh I have educated myself on unions alright. When the GM plant was in Baltimore my dad's buddy was a forklift tech there way back. If he had to pull an engine out of a lift he would sometimes have to wait up to 4 hrs for an electrician to come from upstairs just to disconnect the battery before he could yank the engine. he would sit on his ass and wait. The union at the USPS has mechanics on the 3rd floor at the main post office in town. They make over 100k per year with OT and don't lift a finger. The work piles up and they call outside non union contractors to come clear the broken shit out...even replacing headlight bulbs.
At the Allison transmission plant here, the outside forklift companies have to come in repair the shit the GM guys can't or won't fix and they make the outside guys rollback the equipment out to the street to do the repairs so the babies won't cry. I did some warranty work on new equipment we sold to Giant foods and they told me that I work too fast and make their mechanics look bad. My buddy works for a union and when he started his job he was surrounded by the other techs and was told to slow the **** down and that a brake job should take 1.5 days to complete.
I could sit here and type all night, so don't tell me how good unions are. They are only good if you are a member while everybody else has to actually work hard which is the way it should be. This country is full of shit and cry babies, just look around. I'm glad I work hard and have to produce on a daily basis.
If GM was bought out back in '08 and the contracts were re-negotiated by new non union owners it would now be a better company IMO. Unions were good back when there were sweat shops and very unsafe conditions. Now they drive up costs and drive down productivity so don't preach to me about educating myself. What a joke!
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visit the Corvette plant in Bowling Green if you get the chance...observe