the unions are past their prime
I would add that the fat-cat union bosses have had a nearly equal hand in destroying free enterprise in our manufacturing industry. I work with a former engineer at Maytag (now bankrupted/taken over by Whirlpool) and he's told me stories about union rules that make the hair on the back of your neck stand up. One in particular that stands out is how union workers would head across the street to a convenience store and have their lunch from a brown bottle in a paper bag (the classic 40 oz. lunch) and then return to the warehouse and hop back on a forklift. The union contract prohibited any action against the employee until there was an accident of some sort.
Gee, let's wait until someone is injured before firing the noontime drunk on the job. Thanks, unions, for your contribution to quality!
