Exactly this. Police unions should go. The UAW is pretty rotten too. The DoJ cleaned them up a little bit in the last few years with those corruption charges, but working with UAW in the plant is a crapshoot. Some are fine, some are shitheads just exploiting the fact that they can do basically anything and not be fired. And the workplace environment in non-union automotive plants is so much better than union plants and the pay comparable enough, it makes you wonder what benefit the UAW currently really provides.
But teachers, teamsters, actors, Starbucks even… Those unions are doing some good work.
Yeah, for decades a pro-corporate bureaucracy had control of the UAW. but recently they had a one member one vote election for leadership and they have a bunch of new blood that is hopefully more accountable to the members. They at least have a more militant attitude in upcoming negotiations.
Exactly this. Police unions should go. The UAW is pretty rotten too. The DoJ cleaned them up a little bit in the last few years with those corruption charges, but working with UAW in the plant is a crapshoot. Some are fine, some are shitheads just exploiting the fact that they can do basically anything and not be fired. And the workplace environment in non-union automotive plants is so much better than union plants and the pay comparable enough, it makes you wonder what benefit the UAW currently really provides.
But teachers, teamsters, actors, Starbucks even… Those unions are doing some good work.
Yeah, for decades a pro-corporate bureaucracy had control of the UAW. but recently they had a one member one vote election for leadership and they have a bunch of new blood that is hopefully more accountable to the members. They at least have a more militant attitude in upcoming negotiations.