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Are you in England? You have to understand a English Conservative is no where near as weird as an American conservative.Utility Workers Union of America- Brotherhood of Utility Workers. I’m part of a six local group which negotiates together with the. Company that employs us. We negotiate as one unit even though we’re six separate locals. It’s been this way for about 60 years now without any significant labor issues. Only one small walkout back in the mid 1990s, which lasted less than 48 hours. I’ve been officially or unofficially the Steward for my department since it was created in 2009.
I am both a fiscal and social Conservative. Always have been and always will be.
I, actually I’m in a pretty good union. One which understands that nobody wins when the workers aren’t working. I work for a large gas & electric utility company in Bee England; on the electric side of the house in a support role for Design, Operations and Distribution Control Center groups.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the six electric union locals (all UWUA) that were associated with this company banded together to create what we call the BUW (Brotherhood of Utility Workers) to negotiate with the company as one unit, to ensure that workers across the entire geographical area were treated equally by the company. They also realized that they only made out better when the company made out better, and that nobody ever wins when the workers aren’t working. There was one strike in the early 1980s and a 48 hour lockout in the late 1990s. Other than that there have been no work stoppages in our bargaining unit… because the union and the company work together rather than fighting over scraps.
You guys don't deny global warming is real. You aren't gun nuts and you don't think England should do away with your socialized medicine.
I'd be a lot more open to companies being able to fire whoever they want whenever they want if that person had healthcare while they were unemployed.