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<blockquote data-quote="AneroidOcean" data-source="post: 1200328" data-attributes="member: 4406">Thanks for highlighting some of the good that unions can do.Do you think that most unions in current times (I'll say in the US) actually have the average worker's interests in mind when it comes to working conditions?I think there are good unions but that especially the public sector unions tend to be bullies and force draconian protections for their workers that screw the public out of hard earned tax dollars.As for being programmed to dismiss and laugh at unions, actually it's much the opposite.&nbsp; The vast majority of teachers in our educational system are members of unions and I can't think of a single person that didn't have a neutral to positive view of unions due to their education and societal influences during their upbringing.Unions were essentially laid out as holier than thou and once I started to realize how far that is from reality (essentially some are very good...mostly ones that existed in the past) and that some (maybe many nowadays) are more on the bad side.RvF'ers did you have the opposite experience in the US educational system/society while going through childhood?&nbsp; I'd be fascinated to hear otherwise, but I just don't think it's that common.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AneroidOcean, post: 1200328, member: 4406"] Thanks for highlighting some of the good that unions can do. Do you think that most unions in current times (I'll say in the US) actually have the average worker's interests in mind when it comes to working conditions? I think there are good unions but that especially the public sector unions tend to be bullies and force draconian protections for their workers that screw the public out of hard earned tax dollars. As for being programmed to dismiss and laugh at unions, actually it's much the opposite. The vast majority of teachers in our educational system are members of unions and I can't think of a single person that didn't have a neutral to positive view of unions due to their education and societal influences during their upbringing. Unions were essentially laid out as holier than thou and once I started to realize how far that is from reality (essentially some are very good...mostly ones that existed in the past) and that some (maybe many nowadays) are more on the bad side. RvF'ers did you have the opposite experience in the US educational system/society while going through childhood? I'd be fascinated to hear otherwise, but I just don't think it's that common. [/QUOTE]

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