I worked for the USPS for 30 years and only joined the union because of the healthcare benefits. I was and still am anti union but was forced to join the union because of the health benefits. I'm more of a management person. I personally saw union personel slow down the processing of the mail because of minor preceived contract violations. These people raised their hand and asked to be hired by a good paying employer. So once they joined the union that wanting of a job went out the window and they only thought of how can I get overtime, do less work, create more union positions, and get paid more. It was unsettling because I worked in a small mail processing facility where there were only about 20-30 workers. You either loved the union or hated it. I chose to see it for what it is, a communist organization dedicated to foment ill will between the workers and management. Heck, in the facility we had two mail handlers (guys who would unload trucks and take the mail to processing stations). The postmaster stated that this facility didn't need mail handlers and forced both guys to sit in a room all night long. For eight hours they did not work, yet during that time they filed grievences stating their rights were being violated. Every single night they would write up the same grievences, with a pencil in long hand. Eventually the Postmaster won and the two employees were transfered to a larger facitlity an hour's drive away. They got to keep their jobs, yet they had to travel two hours a day to go to work. The post office did just fine without them because the clerks picked up their workload. The postmaster was right. This is just one example of how unions work, or don't work to better the system.