Originally Posted by Ellen

Don't forget to subtract your Union dues?

Less your union dues (5 years) x 2% = 10% . . . So conservatively you are only getting 7.5%. Using your logic. So to get your 17.5% less union dues the company will have to pay you 27.5% more over 5 years. Might as well close shop, it's cheaper.

If unions are so great why isn't Wal-Mart unionized? If unions are so great why are UAW union memers getting laid oof at GM, Ford, et el? There are many scholarly articles on unionization. The reason many unions WANT you to join is to help pay for union officer's salaries. . . YOU WORK, Then YOU PAY someone to tell you that you are getting a raw deal (read Dear Abby it's cheaper), then the UNION LEADERSHIP doesn't get their way with the comp[any, so they organize a strike, YOU STRIKE, the company goes out of business, and YOU LOSE YOUR JOB . . . It's nice to pay someone 2% a year to lose your job for you. . . Yeah, I guess that sounds fair.