> If I don't think the union will force management to deal with brilliant assholes, or properly equip people for success who have aptitude but the wrong backgr

> If I don't think the union will force management to deal with brilliant assholes, or properly equip people for success who have aptitude but the wrong background, or acknowledge that poor management is the reason certain of my colleagues are underperforming, I won't join the company. The issue is not that the management will defends the bad employee, it's that the union will. How can you know if the union will? I got a friend that right now have to deal (ask re-do the work of someone else constantly) because they can't fire her because the union don't want to do anything about it. How could she have known that the union would be ready to not protect one of their member?