Cog in the machine...

QUESTION: Does a contract guarantee minimum protections, wages and benefits?
         Followup: Can the employer disburse more than these minimums, should they have the good will?

QUESTION: Without a union, can your employment be terminated without a just cause?
         Followup: So, like, if I somehow happen to wind up working for one of the petty tyrants around here and he gets POed at me one day, I could be thrown outta here, on his whim?

QUESTION: If you've received only the minimum $750 raises, does it mean that either you're a below-average performer or your boss is an @$$hole?
         Followup: Can the union help the company with the former and you with the latter?

QUESTION: Is the entire argument to decertify my union nothing more than "we might get a bigger 'performance bonus'?"
         Followup: Aren't guarantees better than "might?"


-- Bill, who'll be casting the fifth "Yes" union certification vote of his career...