A smoke break from work.
Hey Mike! I'm gonna take a union and also blow up a bottle of "The Works" in the parking lot. You should check it out!
by Duru Consigliere July 11, 2008
A black hole that you're forced to throw money into if you belong to one. One never really knows where it all ends up, and no one may never will.
by TheTopHat April 17, 2011
Outdated social construct perverted from a once noble mission into socioeconomic virus destined to usher in the next great depression.
In the 1920's, unions protected people from slave wages and conditions. Over time, they won the war and the American middle class boomed. Today, having fulfilled their mission, rather than fading away, they continue to fight in a kind of sad, desperate grasp at hanging on to their own existence. They are not unlike the ACLU. Having gained the major victories and won all the good fights, they seek out the most petty, trivial, and even downright morally reprehensible battles in effort to justify their continued existence.
In the 1920's, unions protected people from slave wages and conditions. Over time, they won the war and the American middle class boomed. Today, having fulfilled their mission, rather than fading away, they continue to fight in a kind of sad, desperate grasp at hanging on to their own existence. They are not unlike the ACLU. Having gained the major victories and won all the good fights, they seek out the most petty, trivial, and even downright morally reprehensible battles in effort to justify their continued existence.
How come Japanese cars perform better, get better mileage, and are safer?
Well, maybe it's because the Japanese don't have cut $2000 of features out of every car to fulfill rich union retiree obligations. Or perhaps it's because they have more money to hire the best engineers because they don't pay uneducated, unskilled workers $25-35/hr to do manual labor.
Wait. Wait. I got. Perhaps it's because they're workers haven't been poisoned by American unions and feel like a craftsman trading equally with their company rather than leeches trying only to suck out as much as possible while exerting the minimal amount of effort... hmmm?
Well, maybe it's because the Japanese don't have cut $2000 of features out of every car to fulfill rich union retiree obligations. Or perhaps it's because they have more money to hire the best engineers because they don't pay uneducated, unskilled workers $25-35/hr to do manual labor.
Wait. Wait. I got. Perhaps it's because they're workers haven't been poisoned by American unions and feel like a craftsman trading equally with their company rather than leeches trying only to suck out as much as possible while exerting the minimal amount of effort... hmmm?
by Fascist Pork August 08, 2006
Lazy American workers who, through their association with the mafia and south american drug cartels, claim they have "the right not to work."
Mike: "Hey Jeff I jost got word GM is laying me off!"
Jeff: "Have fun sitting around in the breakroom for 9 months on company time. Remember, the Teamsters Union afforded you the right to be a lazy ass."
Mike: "Oh great Jeff! By the way, hows that Indian call center job going?"
Jeff: "Have fun sitting around in the breakroom for 9 months on company time. Remember, the Teamsters Union afforded you the right to be a lazy ass."
Mike: "Oh great Jeff! By the way, hows that Indian call center job going?"
by right-to-work-is-right November 22, 2008
Known to be a group of closet-case men and their leader deemed the "fag-hag". They do not have friendships based on trust nor are they able to hold grudges against each other. However, they do choose a person as their target of interest. Also, they are known to hang out in the same places over and over again.
"So, where is Union. hanging today?"
"Where else? It's not like they hang anywhere else."
"True. Besides, they're all commanded by their one and only."
"Whipped . . ."
"Where else? It's not like they hang anywhere else."
"True. Besides, they're all commanded by their one and only."
"Whipped . . ."
by crazysweetycoolbutracy2 January 13, 2009
The downfall of the American automobile industry and quite possibly the downfall of American aerospace (those that exist in states where unions are mandatory). A lame excuse for unskilled and uneducated people to earn high wages, guaranteed wage increases and health benefits for little or no work done in a day.
Salaried employee walks around production plant and notices union worker riveting side metal panel.
2hrs later:
Still riveting same panel, same hole (now with a ghetto blaster blaring in the background)
2hrs later:
Still riveting same panel, same hole (now with a ghetto blaster blaring in the background)
by mrbgsf321 August 21, 2008
An extremely ghetto town in Ohio known for its flawless drugs. Rich folk look down on Union folk. The poor folk that live there don't really care because they can just get their buddies and pound the rich folk.
Shoot man, I can't walk around Union right now. It's dark outside and I got money in pocket, I'll most likely get mugged.
by Jackie Bo Backie June 16, 2008