-=> Matt Munson wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 MM> Replying to a msg dated 29 Jun 12 16:12, from you to John Massey.

 MM> I do support the idea of the labor movement for fair wages and a
 MM> quality work enviroment, but it seems unions protect ineffective
 MM> workers over quality workers where if you molest a kid, call someone a
 MM> N* or assault someone that would be the only way you could ever get
 MM> fired.

Sounds more like civil service than a union. I worked in state gummint for 9
years (ran a print shop for the Illinois Department of Agriculture) and found
that there are about 5 to 8 percent of the civil-service protected employees
who give the rest a bad name. Most of the people I worked with were qualified,
reasonably competent, and good employees interested in doing a good job. But,
there were those who "knew someone" or were politically connected
... and those
were the ones who gave civil servants a bad name.

When you got into middle and upper-middle management is where you got the
"bureaucratic syndrome" in full bloom. That is, Always take the
credit, NEVER,
EVER accept the blame, and cover your ass at all times.

... Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad name.
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