Well, very sorry for your bad experience & I sympathize. We all know the type of course; you get some in each & every walk of life. / But I think the key is, just as you say, it's "a handful of people". Having BEEN a Union steward myself, believe me I know what you mean about even the Union rep getting fed up with the sort. But I also know that there usually ARE ways, as there should be, in a union shop to remove folks who wilfully refuse to perform and reject all efforts at counselling, remediation, etc. And the union's "duty of fair representation" does not entitle nor empower it to forever block such action. // Anyway -- you make good & valid points. Best of luck.
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