Bernas had originally been an ordinary engineer at Qualcomm Electronics. He was 35 years old this year and had joined the company after graduating from college. However, due to his average technical skills and abilities, his rank had never advanced beyond that of a mid-level engineer.
But over the decades, as others came and went, he remained, for a variety of reasons.
While he wasn't skilled at flattering and currying favor, he found a sense of superiority among the junior engineers and assembly line workers and, to his surprise, actually managed to become quite close with them.
When the Qualcomm Electronics workers' union was formed, he received the support of the majority of the workers and became the President of the Qualcomm Electronics union!
In many capitalist countries, companies have labor unions. These unions are not established by the companies themselves but are spontaneously organized by the employees and are not directly managed by the company.
