http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=3768 Tue, 20 May 2025 03:13:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=3768&cpage=1#comment-280629 Kona Tue, 07 Apr 2015 15:00:57 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=3768#comment-280629 Not arguing against unions; I said they have their place. Just not every place. I'm saying that management would be a lot smarter to put their resources into taking good care of their employees in the first place than wind up with the lose-lose situation that results from protracted brinksmanship with unions. Lost productivity, lost trust, lost harmony with management. I've worked in both kinds of machine shops, and the difference is overwhelming. Not arguing against unions; I said they have their place. Just not every place. I’m saying that management would be a lot smarter to put their resources into taking good care of their employees in the first place than wind up with the lose-lose situation that results from protracted brinksmanship with unions. Lost productivity, lost trust, lost harmony with management. I’ve worked in both kinds of machine shops, and the difference is overwhelming.

]]> http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=3768&cpage=1#comment-280623 Christopher Tue, 07 Apr 2015 14:46:01 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=3768#comment-280623 Arguing against unions because you worked for a good company that treated employees fair isn't much of an argument. Yes, they are after power, but the power they seek is for the employees. The fat cat unions leaders you hear about are almost all just stories told by the corporations to smear unions. Arguing against unions because you worked for a good company that treated employees fair isn’t much of an argument. Yes, they are after power, but the power they seek is for the employees. The fat cat unions leaders you hear about are almost all just stories told by the corporations to smear unions.

]]> http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=3768&cpage=1#comment-280532 Kona Tue, 07 Apr 2015 07:29:25 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=3768#comment-280532 OK, time for me to chime in. There's a really good way to beat the unions, just offer really good salaries and benefits, safe and healthy working conditions and a pleasant, inspiring atmosphere. I worked in a shop once where the union agitator was laughed out the door. It wasn't a perfect job, but we all knew that what he wanted to do would have resulted in a prolonged period with no job, and we would have lost ground overall even if we won. That's if it didn't put the shop out of business. I'm not saying unions don't have their place, but they're just as much looking for power as the companies they attack, and their methods are not morally superior. OK, time for me to chime in. There’s a really good way to beat the unions, just offer really good salaries and benefits, safe and healthy working conditions and a pleasant, inspiring atmosphere. I worked in a shop once where the union agitator was laughed out the door. It wasn’t a perfect job, but we all knew that what he wanted to do would have resulted in a prolonged period with no job, and we would have lost ground overall even if we won. That’s if it didn’t put the shop out of business. I’m not saying unions don’t have their place, but they’re just as much looking for power as the companies they attack, and their methods are not morally superior.

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