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Originally Posted by ignitionet
I think unions are a relic of a bygone era that act as a comfort blanket for those who think they are entitled to a job for life with one company and who are too lazy / insecure / indifferent to risk changing their employer so the union tries to change their job.
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Inflammatory statements like the above do absolutely nothing to contribute to a balanced and fair debate, its the same sort of dogma you can read in the Daily Hate everyday.
I was a member of SLADE aka the print union for years, and at times they were very helpful indeed, to make a blanket claim that union members are lazy and insecure is not only pathetic but downright bloody offensive. I have never expected a job for life from any firm if ever worked for, far from it, I spent my career seeing if other print firms in my area can offer better prospects or conditions, aided I might add from the union.
As mentioned above you make some very good contributions to all sorts of threads ignitionet, but as soon as you get on subjects like the market you defer to plain old dogma each time, dogma that would make Norman Tebbitt blush.