[Chair-Force]

Originally Posted by wrx_snobordr

HA HA For The Lose.

I do not HATE unions, some of them are run very well, but by and large they completely ignore some key business rules. One of them being the law of diminishing returns. They do not follow the accepted rules for employee levels so that each employee is utilized to their maximum extent. Instead of hiring one guy and training him to be proficient in many areas, they hire one guy and make him proficient in one. In some cases guys are not allowed to do a different job, it is forbidden. Some jobs that could easily be handled by one or two guys instead are handled by 5 or 6.

great example was the Philly convention center. Until recently, after some hard fought battles were won to improve its attractiveness to event planners, it was a mess. It took no less than 4 guys to put a poster on a easel. 1 guy takes the easel and poster off the truck, another takes the easel from the loading dock to the point of display, another guy to stand the easel up, a 4th to carry the sign from the loading dock and place it on the easel. Now, why does that take 4 guys? Obviously they realized this and cut it down, but many companies that are union still operate this way. You can't run that inneficiently and then when profit levels are not reach or worse, in SEPTAS case, you are running a deficit, go and complain that it is all managements fault. Managements hands are tied by the union.

woid, woid
I can't care what anyone says. Unions had a part in the demise of the American shipyards, steelmills and auto industry.