29th November 2008, 06:26 PM
Dave, I've been let down as well - horrendously so - and I've seen diggers shafted by union officials whose only concern was the interests of full time employees, short contract employees were thrown to the wolves (the Prospect officials who did that have nothing but contempt from me). but by not joining a union, any union, the individual has to take on the full might of the employer all by themself, at least with union membership they have free access to representation by employment law specialists