# Unions= Fucking Extortionists

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unions-fucking-extortionists/148674>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 15, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unions-fucking-extortionists/148674 "2003-01-15T03:21:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unions-fucking-extortionists/148674/101 "2003-01-17T01:22:16Z")

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> assholes get the same benefits and perks as quality employees. And if they’re assholes with seniority, they get more.

Sort of like treating them as if they were upper management? 😉

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unions-fucking-extortionists/148674/102 "2003-01-17T01:25:18Z")

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Very funny. (Really, no sarcasm.)

Except we’re different. Our upper management is usually the first to go.

Maybe they need a union.

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