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<blockquote data-quote="refineryworker05" data-source="post: 3572948" data-attributes="member: 66082"><p>I used to be in two unions, the Brotherhood of Railroad signalmen, and USW when I was an outside operator at a refinery. I now work as a console supervisor/board operator at the same refinery.</p><p></p><p>At the railroad, we worked years without a contract because Congress/Federal government said that railroad workers are too vital to the nation's economy and they will not allow us to strike.</p><p></p><p>So railroad companies have no real incentive to keep contracts current. So to me it is clear that the threat of a strike can be a motivator for companies to negotiate union contracts in good faith.</p><p></p><p>But I will say one of the things I disliked about being in the USW was that our contract negotiations always came down to the last minute, and it was a little unclear what the issues of contention were.</p><p></p><p>I was never a huge union guy, even though I support unions in general, but one of the things I really really disliked was the fact that contract negotiations always came down to the wire. It seemed so unnecessary to me.</p><p></p><p>I never knew if it was the company or the union or both that always forced these negotiations down to the wire.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="refineryworker05, post: 3572948, member: 66082"] I used to be in two unions, the Brotherhood of Railroad signalmen, and USW when I was an outside operator at a refinery. I now work as a console supervisor/board operator at the same refinery. At the railroad, we worked years without a contract because Congress/Federal government said that railroad workers are too vital to the nation's economy and they will not allow us to strike. So railroad companies have no real incentive to keep contracts current. So to me it is clear that the threat of a strike can be a motivator for companies to negotiate union contracts in good faith. But I will say one of the things I disliked about being in the USW was that our contract negotiations always came down to the last minute, and it was a little unclear what the issues of contention were. I was never a huge union guy, even though I support unions in general, but one of the things I really really disliked was the fact that contract negotiations always came down to the wire. It seemed so unnecessary to me. I never knew if it was the company or the union or both that always forced these negotiations down to the wire. [/QUOTE]
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