Gotta Hate ‘em.

They served a purpose in the 1930’s when work gangs consisted of 8-22 year old men/boys working 16 hour days in unmanageable conditions. Wages were harmonized and a standard work day was more or less established. People doing the same job now get “relatively” the same pay (not going down that rat-hole), and there are at least some standards across North America as to what you can and cannot do to your employees.

But now, with the Unions having taken over education and every manufacturing and trade industry, we have people working in manual labour positions getting paid $27.59 an hour to put 5 bolts on a wheel for 8 hours a day, and apparently Teachers at the college level who still haven’t learned that in the 21st century there is no guaranteed job, nor is there a guaranteed raise. In my opinion if you do a good job, better than Sally or Joe beside you, your pay should reflect that. If they don’t like it, then find another job work or work harder.

My Mixology course? Yeah – not so much. The teachers won’t sign a contract because they want a guaranteed 2.5% increase over the next two years. Never mind all the laid off and unemployed people out there who can’t go to school to reducate themselves because they cannot afford it…My contract is up at the end of the month – can I go on strike and ask employers for guaranteed income? No. So why does a Union get to?

My last class will likely be next week and the week after that the Teachers have voted to go on strike. Will I be signing up again if they do? Not likely.

Happy Thursday all. At least tomorrow’s Friday.