Quote Originally Posted by bluedogok View Post
Unions really don't care about how much the rank and file get paid, all they care about are union dues from those people. I knew someone who worked at Homeland 20 years ago, her union dues were three times greater than her uncle who worked for AT&T who was a CWA member, she also got paid a third of what he did. When I worked at Skaggs in high school on average we got paid more than the union members at Humpty Dumpty across the street. For the most part unions are nothing more than another corporation who acts as a middleman and makes their money off the same workers they claim to protect. They had their time and place and could still if they changed their methods but they hold onto the old union mentality which just doesn't work for most nowadays. The sad thing is there are still people who believe that the leadership really cares about them, they care about the rank and file about as much as their corporate bosses do.
The only people unions help are those who have little education and very few marketable work skills. Your average union workplace is full of dead weight not to mention the work conditions can stressful from constant driving from managers and supervisors. I have been working since 1992. Every place I worked at was a non union workplace. I was always well paid and well liked by almost all my bosses over the years. Just simply because I show up everyday. If I am running late, I call well before I am scheduled to start work. I rarely complain. When I do, I find a tactful way to take it to my boss. I always made it a point to be a good employee. When things got to the point to where the job was not fun anymore, I found another one and left on good terms. You can be well paid in almost any job out there. You just have to make the effort to prove your worth.

Anyway... Back to the topic.

I really like how Sunflower chose an existing big box to fill instead of building another one. I have a feeling Sunflower will have it's own loyal following for years to come. I just hope they continue to perform well and stay in business for years to come in that location.