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dennis@home wrote:
I refused to join "the union", I didn't want them to have sole
negotiating rights over *my* terms and conditions.

Ah - right. Not many large companies would be willing to negotiate new
terms with every single employee on perhaps an annual basis. And I can
imagine you jumping up and down if you discovered someone doing the same
job was better paid than you...

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