are you now, or have you ever been, In a Union

I'm in Mandate (snigger) - joined when I started this new job, where most of the workforce is unionised (private-sector but non-profit). We have a pretty sweet set-up in terms of pay and conditions, everyone's still miserable tho.

mandate snigger otm, couldn't work in tesco without signing up, lol freedom to disassociate

Currently with IMPACT, they are awful awful awful.

No. Don't think I *could* even join Unison since my employer is a private clinic.

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Was also a gay pr0n mag.

Yes. Journalists union.

Don't have an awful lot to do with them tbh. Although the phone-hacking course was really helpful.

was in unison (i think) for a while, was also the press officer for a student union heh heh

I give much props to unions, but sometimes they are completely ridiculous.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-25/-you-re-fired-doesn-t-mean-fired-to-four-of-10-air-controllers.html

that's not the union being ridiculous: it's job is to defend its members or mitigate the charges against them. it's the FAA being ridiculous for not making the charges stick - assuming that they're telling the truth about what happened.

The agency’s public-safety mission should allow it to fire more easily than other government bodies can, Scribner said. “Any time there is a greater risk of human casualties due to government error, those employees should be held more accountable,” he said.

oh yeah? tell it to the police and then come back to us.

I am currently a member of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers or USDAW for short.

My dad was in the IBEW, but "no" for me.

I am not currently but I was have been at both my past jobs at universities.

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City Blue

I've thought a couple of times about joining the University and College Union (UCU) but never got round to it. Missed out on a couple of strikes this year, though I think those were less rousing than I'd like to imagine.

nope, been in retail for 20+years and don't think anyone I've worked those jobs has been in a union either.

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i was once a manager in a bookstore that faced a union drive, which was kind of unpleasant.

one of the booksellers was a retired teamster -- he just looked at everyone and laughed