Wow, Mick, where do I start ?? For starters, if I didn't hit a nerve, you sure acted like it. Read your post. What exactly am I supposed to be a shill for ? All Im saying is the thief kept his job because he was a union member, that's all. Anyplace else, he'd be out of a job. Why can't you admit this ?? Your story states what I have been saying all along. C'mon Mick, you're better than this, you must be holding back or something, I expected a better exchange of ideas. All I see is a union member who is defending fellow union members from criticism, saying they get equal treatment, even though he openly admits this fellow 'brother' kept his job after stealing, because he was a union member. Hmmmm...... Oh yeah, almost forgot, I do believe in just cause. I just don't believe that when a company demonstrates it, it should be ignored for union members, but not non-members. I mean, he did steal, didn't he ??