Comments on: On Unions http://www.qwertyuppy.com/2008/08/on-unions/ Now with 90% less monkey Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:04:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Scoob http://www.qwertyuppy.com/2008/08/on-unions/comment-page-1/#comment-47753 Scoob Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:02:43 +0000 http://www.qwertyuppy.com/?p=738#comment-47753 I can agree to some point that Unions can be use to protect the useless, but then so does nepotism. Unions are not what they once where or what they where originally created for, much like our country. I do have personal experience with the good and the bad of unions, through my father and through myself. I don't believe that unions are for every company, some workplaces do actually seem to have a benevolent employer and have no need of a union. In my field of work I believe in a union as I have seen our administrator go head hunting and seeking out or even creating situations through intimidation to get at one individual. The union stepped (me as it's representative) in and it was squashed. I have represented people and they where in the wrong, I've told them to fess up and take the discipline that merited their transgression. I've told my constituents that they need to tell me all the truth and I'll help them with their discipline but that they will be disciplined for what they have done and they will have to take it. Our administration has a habit of listening to accusations of those that we watch (already a very unreliable source) over the officers who are polygraphed, grilled over interviews and pre-employment evaluations, and heavily ingrained with training to be the most professional that we can make them. That is not to say that some bad apples do slip through the cracks. Of course as a side note our jail administrator has most of her family incarcerated with us anyway (the union had to fight to have them housed in other jails, though we fought to have a policy that any family of any employee be sent elsewhere). This was largely implemented due to the fact the the admin in question use her authority to protect her family and they in turn used their relation against officers. I agree that there are those that take advantage of the union and what they represent. I hold faith that those that due will get caught and when that they are that I and other union representatives will be without power to help them. As for the space program! Yeah it is rather useless. I can agree to some point that Unions can be use to protect the useless, but then so does nepotism. Unions are not what they once where or what they where originally created for, much like our country. I do have personal experience with the good and the bad of unions, through my father and through myself. I don’t believe that unions are for every company, some workplaces do actually seem to have a benevolent employer and have no need of a union. In my field of work I believe in a union as I have seen our administrator go head hunting and seeking out or even creating situations through intimidation to get at one individual. The union stepped (me as it’s representative) in and it was squashed. I have represented people and they where in the wrong, I’ve told them to fess up and take the discipline that merited their transgression. I’ve told my constituents that they need to tell me all the truth and I’ll help them with their discipline but that they will be disciplined for what they have done and they will have to take it. Our administration has a habit of listening to accusations of those that we watch (already a very unreliable source) over the officers who are polygraphed, grilled over interviews and pre-employment evaluations, and heavily ingrained with training to be the most professional that we can make them. That is not to say that some bad apples do slip through the cracks. Of course as a side note our jail administrator has most of her family incarcerated with us anyway (the union had to fight to have them housed in other jails, though we fought to have a policy that any family of any employee be sent elsewhere). This was largely implemented due to the fact the the admin in question use her authority to protect her family and they in turn used their relation against officers.
I agree that there are those that take advantage of the union and what they represent. I hold faith that those that due will get caught and when that they are that I and other union representatives will be without power to help them.

As for the space program! Yeah it is rather useless.

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