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Originally posted by houndawg:
I work for the Illinois Department of Corrections. Without our union we would be much less safe, lower paid, have no or little healthcare, and be forced to work overtime to the point of exhaustion. Try watching a line of inmates when you are too tired to give a shit. The state government has tried to screw us over many times. I won't even get into the pension crisis that was caused by the state misappropriating pension contributions. The union is required to keep management from getting out of control. This might not be the case in the auto industry, but it is in the prison system.