actually, i did see both facilities first hand...during both interviews, the managers walked me through the floors of both facilities...i'm pretty sure the fed ex manager didn't tell his employees "hey! we've got some college kid coming in for an interview, act like you're real careful!"...
if someone works hard, they should be fairly compensated...i don't scorn those people at all...my problem with unions is the lack of accountability for those that don't do the job they're paid to do...since i was apparently too young and naive to understand what i was subjected to before, i can give you an example of what i'm seeing currently
at my fiance's work, they have a contract with some union janitorial service...they do absolutely nothing which pisses off the employees because that leaves them to take out their own trash and clean up...no big deal right? it shouldn't be hard to clean up after yourself...UNLESS YOU HIRE SOMEONE ELSE TO DO IT...they wanted to hire non union janitors instead, but couldn't because of some union agreement...and because of this union agreement, you can't even threaten these janitors to do their work
i'm not very clear on the whole mafia business, but doesn't it seem strange to anyone that jimmy hoffa jr. is the head of the teamster's union?