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I nailed it! AT my company I hear the complaint all of the time that "I should be getting a bigger raise. I've been here for X number of years."

Needless to say those making the complaints are the least productive employees. One particular complainer missed >30 days of sick time last year.

I have two little companies right now. I'd rather shut them both down than be extorted by a union.

Think of how absurd the whole idea is. I risk my money, my future, and put my family at risk to start a business. Jobs are created. People willingly fill those jobs and can leave anytime they want without restraint. Prior to their starting work we agree on their pay, benefits, and duties. Away we go, hoping to find Jesus and stay afloat.

In walks some guy a couple of years later who proceeds to inform me that my labor cost have just doubled, that I'll now be providing health insurance, and that I'm also throwing in 3 weeks of paid vacation per year. Then he presents a list of duties that my employees will no longer be performing (secretary will no longer be making the coffee, for example). If I don't meet these demands he threatens to have all of my employees stop working until I change my mind or go out of business.

No thanks. The doors to that place would be locked until I replace the mutinous workforce..........and they'd never find that bastard's body.