No, not with a manager. I was co-chief negotiator for my union 3 years ago and we had assistance from another union that was an international affiliate, most of which was crunching numbers. At the end of negotiations, the rep claimed credit for all the results. What really, to this day, disgusted me about his behavior was (1) we are a team and had always presented the results as a team effort and (2) if the team had agreed to and followed his lead instead of mine we would have gotten 0.75% less in raises, among other things.

In this instance I think that I felt betrayed on the principal, the idea that as a union we were a group of people that together were working for one common cause. I suppose I was just too idealistic. :-(

Asker's Rating:

Permalink | Report