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Originally Posted by kane
One of my best friends is a police officer. He has been doing it for about 12 years now and he gets more paid vacation that he can take so he ends up selling a bunch of it back. He gets about 6-8 weeks per year, but because they area small department in a small town the schedule really only lets him take about 3-4 weeks per year so he ends up selling back about a month worth of vacation time each year.
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That is a union provision based on his local and their contract. My point is, that not ALL unions have those same benefits. My sister was in a union when she worked at a paper plant. She was there around 10 years and never received more than 2 weeks, and only one of them was paid. I work at the phone company, and yes, you had a scale of how many weeks you would get based on seniority. I also was a union steward, and worked for management in my time there to see all sides of the issue at hand.
What you get as a union worker will vary based on the contract. Not only in regards to time off, but what is covered for their pensions, healthcare, vacation and EP time, etc.. It's not uniform across the board and can vary wildly based on that union and their negotiated agreements.
That said, for workers outside of a union, they could get 2 weeks a year and work someplace for 30 years. It could be paid or unpaid at the discretion of the company. They could be allowed sick leave days or not, all depending on the attendance policy. A non-union job is going to be a complete mix bag in regards to benefits beyond the basic labor laws.
