Rant - Unions

My husband belongs to a Union, not because he wants to but because he HAS to. At the end of 2008 the Union will be negotiating new contracts with the company. In the mail on Friday my husband received his latest newsletter from the Union with the headline 'Help Shape Your Contract'. There is a lovely photo of members who will be part of the negotiation committee and they are posing with a burn barrel. For those of you who do not know what a burn barrel is, it's a 55 gallon drum that holds firewood to keep people warm while they are striking.

So what kind of message is this sending the Union members and the Company.