Great OT Union story:
My brother-in-law ran the carpet installation division of a large office supply company in Detroit, he had a problem though, his crew was not union, so he could not bid on any "union only" jobs. To fix this he got his crew together and asked if they wouldn't mind organizing under the Carpenters Union, and that he would give them all a one time pay raise to cover the union dues.
They all agreed, so he called the head of the Carpenter's Union in Detroit, told him about the plan, and also told him of the one concession that he wanted in the contract. Since his crew did mostly business at night, he wanted their regular time pay to be the first eight hours they worked in any 24 hour period, anything above that to be over time. The union head said
no and would not budge, he stood firm on 8am to 5pm as being the only regular time, and any other hours were overtime.
So when they could not come to an agreement, he called up the head of the Teamsters in Detroit. The Teamsters leader was absolutely floored that a manager of any company would actually call him and ask for his crew to be part of the Union (
Management - Union has always been a hate-hate relationship around here). The Teamsters head agreed to the terms, contracts were drawn up, and everything was signed and done in two weeks. The head of the Teamsters even sent my brother-in-law a large screen projection television as a "thank-you" gift, everyone was happy.
Well, when he won his first "union only" bid (
a new construction project), the head of the Carpenter's Union heard about it and called him up, and my in-law told him that his crew were Teamsters now, and that there is nothing he can do about it. There was a lot of shouting, and they both got smurfed off, with the head of the Carpenter's telling him that "
You're not getting away with this"
When the time came for his crew to start work on the project, they could not get in. The Carpenter's Union was picketing and blocking the entrance. My brother-in-law called the Teamsters head and told him that the Carpenter's would not let his crew work, the Teamsters head said: "
Give me a little time, and call me back when they are let in"
About an hour latter my in-law's phone rang, and it was the head of the Carpenter's, he said to him: "
We have a little problem here". As it turns out none of his building materials were being delivered, and also none of his garbage was being picked up (
both jobs run by the Teamsters 
) My brother-in-law said to him "
We don't have a problem,
you have a problem" and hung up the phone.
Five minutes latter the picket line was gone, and never heard from again.
