AtD/VL: The Traverse Clan

[Monte Davis]

Laura sez: 

> I was a member of IBEW, Local #3, Construction division, for 18 years.
Lots that was good 
> in the union, lots that was terrible.

It's built in, I fear: few unions can resist the "guild"  temptation of
raising barriers to new (worker) entrants, any more than corporations can
resist the temptation to collude against new competitors.

My personal experience is limited to relatively brief episodes with writers'
unions (talk about herding cats) and teachers' unions (seriously
depressing).

-Monte