Anyone here a part of a union?
What's working for a company like when a part of a union? Are you less scared that you will lose your job? With all of these layoffs happening wondering whether union workers feel more secure in their jobs.
Like anything else, it depends on the contract.
Me. Just heard my old work center laid off every lineman back to 1999. What this means is that the least-tenured person there has 20 years with the company. I could have been part of that. The oldest has 40.
My dad was a Teamster. I grew up with him being laid off 1-2 times a year as business slowed, then they would bring them back on when business picked up. Most senior guys stayed and it didn’t impact them. He finally retired with 30years working for 2 different places (same union). As someone mentioned, it’s all about the contract. Because of that, I think you will find opinions vary on job security. For my dad, there was zero.
That’s what you learned from his 30 year career? No wonder so many people are anti-union. You don’t understand it. Without that union your dad would have been laid off once. And never called back. That union kept his recall rights to save his seat when the slow season was over. Else, they’d have hired off the street and he’d be out on his ass.
Expect lower pay check if you are part of a union though
Keep thinking that buddy
It all depends in my opinion, some unions are great some not so great (they suck) I’ve been on both sides of the fence good union and not so good union. But I believe it makes a difference when the union is one that does what it says it will.
They just sentenced some city officials to 20 years for pressuring people to use union labor or they denied permits. That’s what the union is. Corruption. Union leadership is like any other corporation and worse. I’ve seen time and time again union people doing aggressive and corrupt shit and think they’re in the right. Another thing - they don’t care about anyone else but themselves. Literally anyone.
Unions are not magic, they usually only delay the inevitable.
I work in a unionized environment. I'm management not union but yeah they are less scared they will lose their jobs, but it can still happen. Its just hard or requires facility shutdown situations
What are unions like in oil and gas? Pretty amicable between contracts? Or is there threat of a wildcat strike on any given day? Lol