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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sdietrich" data-source="post: 435398" data-attributes="member: 879">Probably get roasted for this but I am personally not a fan of unions. They, at one time did have their place. Government regulations pretty much control what unions set out to do. To what extent, good or bad can be debated. I believe I have the power to seek employment that satisfies my pursuit of happiness and it is not the job of my employer to make me happy. Job sucks? Find one that doesn’t.   However my father was in a union while working as a journeyman lineman. He hated it. His disgust was the union sticking up for people who were also union members who were, in his words completely worthless and getting paid the same.  In his view people would make jobs take longer than it should, not show up on time and or not show up for days at a time with little to no repercussions. Meanwhile affecting customer outcomes and utility rates.   One place I believe unions should not be, without a doubt is government jobs. As I am not a fan of Roosevelt, he addressed unions in the public sector and knew the chaos they would cause. Basically it is immoral to hold the taxpayer hostage. <a href="https://nationalcenter.org/ncppr/2011/02/19/blog-text-of-fdr-letter-opposing-public-employee-government-unions/" target="_blank">https://nationalcenter.org/ncppr/2011/02/19/blog-text-of-fdr-letter-opposing-public-employee-government-unions/</a></blockquote>