A while ago, one of my supervisors had told me about how the interviewing supervisors, for new hires, are always on alert, for what he referred to as a “salt”. For those of you that don't know, this is a person who attempts to join a company, with the sole purpose of convincing the employees to form or join a union. One the masquerading candidate actually represents. Basically, it's a way for the union to try and infiltrate the company.
He was the only person who ever mentioned this, and I've worked 8 years at this company. As a result, I thought nothing of it.
Fast forward to this past Tuesday, and there was a co-worker in a non-work-related chat, that said he was being called into an impromptu meeting with his supervisor. He thought he was being written up, or possibly even fired.
He returned, and said that the meeting had nothing to do with that.
Apparently, someone had overheard him saying that he was in favor of us employees unionizing. Nothing more than that, as he said he was WAY too lazy to try and organize a union.
I know unions have their own issues, but it was kind of an eye-opener, yet not surprising, all things considered.