clifp
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That's a rather odd point of view. If I'm a worker and management shows an interest in increasing my productivity, I understand that. That's management's job. But if my union rep does that, he won't be union rep for very long. The union is supposed to represent my interests, not managements'. Hey, did you ever work on an assembly line?
That is certainly true in the US, I understand (I could easily be wrong on this) that in other countries the unions try and work more cooperatively with management, looking at ways for instance on how to increase productivity. Rumor has it that the UAW is actually working this with the Detroit 3 since they are starting to understand that the real enemy is not management but foreign car companies.
Still I think it is telling that a retired public employee would find it so alien that management and labor should or could work to together to produce
a better product. Which in the case of of public employee should be better service, e.g. smarter kids, shorter DMV lines, easier recycling etc.
So yes our complaint is with management... Which is why in most of the country we threw the bums out and since unions do nothing but drive up wages for employees and cost for taxpayers, it is perfectly logical to try and get rid of them.