Would you cross a picket line?

Stupid me! I'm not talking any more about newspaper strikes or the notion of getting merit raises in a newsroom.

Instead, I'll be talking about things with more real-world application, such as the ever-popular pigs flying and my golden retriever asking me, in Yiddish, for another cigar.

 

אַ שיינעם דאַנק

 

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I wouldn't join a union unless I had no choice, and if I did have no choice, I'd have no problem crossing were it to arise.

 

Well, I'm not sure you gave enough thought to that then.

(Didn't see that coming, did ya, cran? )

 

To join a union you would need to sign a contract with your co-workers that says you will work collectively to resolve workplace matters. To then cross a picket line would mean you would knowingly break that agreement with your co-workers and actively undermine their group effort to improve working conditions. In other words, you would be an immoral dick.

Now, some people might say, well, my father ran a factory for 30 years and those awful unions didn't let him make as much money as he wanted. Fine, you're vehemently anti-union because your family has historically been on the capital side of labor disputes. That's fine. Just don't be a hypocrite taking a union job with union benefits.

 

For all those who would cross a picket line. Would you accept the raise and other benefits your co-workers stayed out for?

 

I would accept the raises and benefits I had earned by the quality of my work

 

You always have a choice. You don't have to work at a union shop. Maybe you'd do everyone, yourself included, a favor by staying out of them.

 

So you would have no problem collecting your full salary while your co-workers are collecting strike pay and then receiving the same compenstion and benefits that they, and not you fought for?

Wow, to each their own but I know that if that was me I would have trouble looking at myself in the mirror each day.

I think it's simple if you don't believe in unions don't work at a union shop.

 

JC, what if you're essentially forced to sign up for your union upon hire. I have 2 buddies who were put in that situation. Could have they worked elsewhere? Sure, but the answer's never that simple.