I'm so sick and tired of this whole "99%" twaddle. Stevo, we're hardly "jealous" of private sector unions. Frankly, so long as they don't start manipulating the political system to achieve some sort of special interest set, I don't really give a damn what they do. I'm certainly not supportive of them, but on the other hand, I'm not combative either. My problem is with unions in the public sector, because with a co-operative government they have the ability to essentially put a gun to my head and demand higher wages, whether I agree to it or not. If they have unrealistic demands they are not made to suffer the consequences, because they have an almost limitless coffer at their disposal.
By the way, last I checked, the poor, deprived, non-unionized workers at Honda weren't starving in the streets of Alliston. And ditto for the equally impovrished Toyota workers in Woodstock and the Dark Land of Cambridge. In fact, I'm pretty sure the other 68% of Canadian workers who aren't unionized are also somehow avoiding inhumane working conditions and run-down tenements.
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Originally Posted by MolsonExport
UWOSA is the staff union.
UWOFA is the faculty union.
both have their share of underperforming/overpaid dead weight.
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I thought the secretaries and administrators were under the staff union?
And yes, I realize UWOFA has some very serious deadwood problems as well. Luckily the worst prof I've ever had was a monotone woman teaching compsci, but some of my friends have had downright nasty tenured profs that you just can't get rid of.