Guess it all depends on your union. Our union is not so great...
Sick days - 5 taken away from us, plus the first 2 days off are 1/2 pay
Holidays - 5 taken away from us
Retire medical - taken away
Pension - gone (frozen, so it won't get any better for us) and now the company puts in 5% Ina 401k instead
Jobs - gone to china and other countries
Pay - near the bottom of the industry (which effects my buying power) it's very sad that in order to receive a raise we have to give something up so the companies cost will remain the same.