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"I have met union workers who complain that the union leadership and management collude." I won't quibble with this and don't doubt it exists (though I don't k
by Frondo 11y ago
"I have met union workers who complain that the union leadership and management collude."
I won't quibble with this and don't doubt it exists (though I don't know how widespread it is, and would suspect it is not widespread) .. but there is a simple solution:
Vote out the corrupt management and vote in better ones! Unions operate democratically. If people are unhappy, show a little engagement with the process and do something about it.
- ryao 11y agoIf the problem is that people put in charge cannot be trusted, how do you avoid voting in the next corrupt union leaders? Also, if they collude and you decide to be a rabble rouser, they could likely just have you fired to maintain the status quo. If I were a Verizon employee and thought what I earned was unfairly low, I would opt to find another employer or if that is not possible, consider a change of career. Propping up a lousy company by letting them have access to my abilities is not worth it. If everyone left for greener pastures under such circumstances, they would correct things or go out of business.
- Frondo 11y agoWell, frankly speaking, that's a silly remark. If you vote in people you know and trust, it doesn't seem likely that your mates you've gotten to know, placed your confidence in will be corrupted only just as soon as you've voted them in. And if they are, vote them out! As for the latter remark, the world you're describing, frictionless job movement as a means of changing business practices and business-worker relations, obviously has very little relationship to the world we actually live in, or we'd never have these discussions at all.