I rely on my Union to get what I get?

Entschuldigen zie bitte?

The Union didn't teach me the skills to get the job, didn't take the test for me, didn't go to interviews for me.

You purposely are failing to understand. I'm not being obtuse at all, I'm being clear as crystal.

I'm not beholden to them for anything. It so happened that a job I wanted was a Union represented job in a business which I have found much to my displeasure desperately needs a Union or Unions (look up the great postal strike and the reasons for it........).

There is work outside the postal service, there is life outside the postal service. It is a means to an end, not the end itself.