Quote Originally Posted by Lady's Human
One case of a union that is still needed? The US Post office. The supervision and management is inept, and that's being kind. Contrary to what BM wrote, the USPS DOES award jobs by skill. They are awarded in most cases by senior qualified, not just seniority. Having had to go to the union more than once to correct inept supervision, I shudder to think what the work environment would be like without the union.

I don't know anything about the PO specifically, so, this isn't directed exactly at that issue. BUT, inept supervision is hardly foreign to non-union work places. AND, those workplaces still manage to carry on. I don't think a union is necessary to correct inept supervision. And, I do know some union places around here, and, from an outsider's glance, I think some of these people have jobs ONLY cause of the union protection afforded them, not cause they are stellar employees.

I have never been union. But, I have been blessed by the many achievements brought about by unionization- health care, fair pay, working conditions, labor laws in general. To that, I think I have only the union to thank.