I've been told aggressively by members that I am no allowed move my monitor or computer without scheduling it through the unionRequiring permission to move the computer doesn't seem nonsensical. Computer placements may have been coordinated with IT for maintenance and access reasons of the employee using the computer and all employees that may need to service the device or access the area in which the computer is located. For example, in a quad-style arrangement (common in many open-office arrangements with cubicles), the PCs are usually located in the center of the quad to minimize cabling so that maintenance can vacuum under the desks without accidentally snagging power/data cables.
One guy even said that we were not allowed to plug in cell phone chargers in without approval.
At my last job, people used to plug in a bunch of crap into the electrical outlets all the time. The building, which was an older building converted into an open-space office, did not have the electrical wiring to support everything that was plugged in, and consequently many fuses were blown. One cell phone charger might not seem like a lot, but it might be the one straw to many for that particular part of the building's electrical grid.
I also look at teacher unions as holding back vital innovations such as longer school days and shorter breaks, which disproportionately hurt the most vulnerable in society.
Teachers unions are fine with longer school days and shorter breaks. As long as they get paid for them. K12 teachers (in CA) start their workdays at 7a, so the "standard" 8 hour day for them ends at 3pm (4pm if including an hour break for lunch, which is common for hourly workers but not salaried workers). Requiring them to work until 5pm, i.e., when parents get out, would effectively be adding 10 hours a week of overtime to their schedule.