"What does yeldub, dust, mistyrains, DaveR, head, kippa5, Denben and mark have to say about this?"
Fair enough question...Its all relative. I pay the union 12 bucks a week.When our last pay deal come up we were offered 25 bucks flat per hour by a smart-arse advocate...a loss of 8 per hour. The union man came in and we lost about 3. The bloke was a high ranking, loud mouthed little fat bloke....bragged about how he and the MRS fly to Sydney one week a month to help out the NSW branch. No doubt there is wastage around the unions...people at the top helping themselves. Is that any different to private enterprise? All i can say is i am glad my union is around. If anyone is doing stuff that is dodgy,dob them in!