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Originally Posted by Piscator
I could be wrong but my feeling is the Union as a whole takes care of the guys that are average or subpar but not much for the great ones.
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*THIS* is my biggest issue with Unions and is the source of most trouble when dealing with them.
Unions result in no incentive to excel.
Whether it is a teacher's union, Verizon union, Teamsters or any other Local union - the guys who excel are reprimanded (or worse) by their coworkers. If one guy works too hard or puts in too much effort, it makes the lazy bum in the other truck look bad. There's also no incentive to excel because most union contracts provide guidelines of the work required. The union employees are only obligated to do the minimum required work and then that's it.
I know a number of union truck drivers. They get more leisure reading done during a work-week than I do in a year. Why? Because when they are running ahead of their minimum schedule, they sit at the loading dock and kill time as opposed to calling in for another load.