Nope not jealous dude. I can look in the mirror and know I am providing for my family and not stealing or screwing someone over! I have had 5 union jobs offered to me, I have turned them all down! The biggest reason is that I make around 29 an hr, 40 hr week, no need for benefits since the wife has great ones at work. But the biggest one is, I don't have to worry about the BS in the union hall! Like I say to a coworker...DON'T hate the player hate the game! I hate the union game! I wouldn't mind some of the benefits, but I don't have to play the game! The first sour union experience that I can remember was a good buddy of mine got a job at a pillow factory moving pillows from the sewing area to the packaging dept. A few fell out and hit the floor around a sanitation engineer(janitor, but can't call him that due to contract!) My buddy picks them up and goes on his way. He gets pulled into the office and reprimanded! The sanitation engineer filed a grievance! Since he was on probation, he got treated like shit even with the union rep there! It really is great that your a good union solider and support the cause! Lets just hope that the union stands by you if or when the economy tanks the rest of the way and UE goes up to 15% or higher!