elfouquer – technically your wife is correct but that’s only in an ideal world where all managers are trustworthy and look out not only for their businesses but also for their employees’ job satisfaction and their needs…
Management ranks all over the world are full of selfish crooks and I guess it’s best to “trust but verify” to use my favorite president’s quote… (off the subject - I know he wouldn’t want me to quote him in a union discussion but I view him as the best president this country EVER had!)…
A balance is always best; when either the management or the unions have too much to say things usually deteriorate fast… I’ve witnessed unions getting too hungry in Europe where often they’d end up bringing some companies onto their knees but I’ve also seen how irresponsible and borderline criminal managers greatly “contributed” to pilots’ and other employees’ losing their pensions and benefits here in the good ‘ole US of A…
So I view the unions as necessary evil… Would be nice if we could trust each other but we can’t…
Remember - your company writes your paycheck but your union decides how big your paycheck will be…
However… ultimately your wife is right because she's your wife...
