No doubt that there are many hard workers that are members of unions; my father was one of them. There's also no doubt that there are many non-union loafers; the difference is that they are much easier to cull in a non-union environment - in fact, we had to do just that a few months back.
There is also no doubt that there are huge abuses in unions. One is the political clout they use to further corrupt our republic. Another is the fact that many unions have close ties with organized crime. Finally there is the fact that they protect mediocre workers, foster an environment that makes it difficult to reward excellence, and they throw roadblocks in the way of productive work. I've seen it happen numerous times with the CWA in cases where we've had significant outages that could have been quickly corrected by replacing a module. However, that was a union job and would result in a grievance if a non-union worker performed it, so it occasionally took hours to run down a union worker to restore an outage.
Bottom line is that every man should take pride in his work and give it his best, union or otherwise. However, if you choose to believe that unions are a wonderful influence on our economic well-being, then knock yourself out. I choose to disagree...
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Today's Featured Article - The Nuts and Bolts of Fasteners - Part 2 - by Curtis Von Fange. In our previous article we discussed capscrews, bolts, and nuts along with their relative hardness and thread sizes. In this segment we will finish up on our fasteners and then work with ways to keep them from loosening up in the field. Capscrews, bolts and nuts are not the only means of holding two parts together. When dealing with thinner metals like sheet tin, a long bolt and
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