Interesting choice of words and highly accurate. There may have been a time in our young country for the benefits of orgonized labor but it has come and gone now that it has taken this form of "monster". I dropped out of the labor union because my employer was slow and I missed my accumulated hours requirement by 80 hrs to continue recieving benefits. When I asked my BA for some help as the insurance benefits was the original sell point this particular BA to get me to sign up and help pay for his shiny SUV, he said that qulifying me was not a possibility and I should have convinced my employer to help me stay current, but he would call arounnd and try and find me some work. Guess what ..I never heard from him about that job and I lost my benefits. 4 years of dues and when things got slow, and when I needed the union the most they bailed on me. I'm not alone as several of my co-workers from the same company also lost theirs. Funny because my employer nearly went broke trying to find hours to help us qualify but when things went bad it just did'nt happen. Thanks Laborer Union.
...and for some irony ...i'm now an estimator for a small "union" concrete company. I have a decent paying non-union position in the company with benefits and I am amazed with the ever increasing request for non-union only bids and we are in Chicago. Unions ..to big to fail?? I think not. I feel for all the workers that were sold a song and dance that the unions could care less were ever delivered. Just dont miss your dues payment..LOL .. thats all they care about.