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They don't get a choice usually, partly due to protections set in law and partly because there isn't enough labour competition for them to only pick non-unioniz
by lumberjack 11y ago
They don't get a choice usually, partly due to protections set in law and partly because there isn't enough labour competition for them to only pick non-unionized workers.
Also in countries with well established unions like Germany, the employers expect the union to be equally responsible for some [productivity guarantees in return. It's less of a one sided deal. I believe in the recent recession, many union workers there agreed to a lesser pay in return for the employer to retain the whole of them employed.
- Frqy3 11y agoDoctors and lawyers provide a good example of how unions (though they don't refer to themselves as that) can be embedded into the legal framework. With these unions also having control over the number of newly qualified workers admitted each year, supply is also sufficiently curtailed.
- aianus 11y agoLoads of law students and recent graduates are unemployed but legal costs are sky-high all the same. That's a very dysfunctional labor market there.