[Greg Reimer 7376]

Thanks for your reply. My 30 years with the city was very uneventful and I pretty well stayed out of trouble. The union there was more interested in flying to Sacramento to hobnob with the liberal elites rather than deal with issues here. If you had an issue, and it wasn't revolving around something of political significance it wouldn't get noticed. The management team was pretty good about doing its job and avoiding the usual union problems a lot of workplaces had. The only issue I had was that the union seemed to feel the need to tell everybody how to vote and what to think and tried to achieve compliance with pressure tactics. About 35-40 percent of us didn't appreciate that and some said so. I enjoyed my benefits, salary, perks, the overall work environment was excellent, a few issues arose, but they got handled pretty well without it being a big deal. The workplace culture seemed to be that nobody wanted unnecessary problems and we didn't want any problems to start. In short, come to work on time, do your job, help others as necessary, and don't create a mess for others on the job site. It was a real good work environment, we were aware of that, and we didn't like troublemakers. I would have no right to complain about anything. I feel that I was very fortunate.