I worked union in a factory and IMHO it's just another layer of buearacracy. And if the "shop steward" doesn't like you forget it. IMHO you don't have much more clout than with out a union.
I worked at Danbury Hospital in Danbury CT . One of the nurses in the dialysis unit was a "shop steward" and none of the nurses hardly spoke to her. She was all union..Sure she was she was trying to get out of work alledging all these different allergies to the air filtration system, the mop water the housekeepers used. But she had been "voted" in and until her term was up the other nurse were at her mercy. And IMHO again she was only looking out for herself.
JMHO..
WR,,, three commas for Becca
I will voice my own issues, vote with my feet, and talk to my boss and his boss all on my own.. I am a big girl now. I don't need/want any one else speaking for me. Thanks but no thanks.