Sunday, June 22, 2008

Jobs Worth Fighting For...

...but evidently not worth doing.

During the strike an oft heard line was that the union was on strike because the jobs were worth fighting for. In a year and a half since the strike ended there are still a few that believe their jobs aren't worth doing. "Work slowdowns" have been noted by coworkers and management, but nothing has been done about it. The union isn't solely to blame for this because management has not done anything about it.

Meanwhile, the employees that do take pride in the job they do on a daily basis have been forced to witness this lack of pride and lack of production. This is going to get us the money we deserve for the job that we do at the next contract? How? The union just keeps making one stupid decision after another.

Many of them seem to believe that this should be (or in some extreme cases, is) a union shop. Sorry, but they are wrong. Arizona is a right to work state. I have the right to work free of harassament. I have the right to work free of union propoganda. I have the right to get paid according to my abilities. That is why this union must go. That is why IAM NOT 933!