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Can you imagine pay, promotion, and assignment by seniority instead of skill? Doesn't sound very appealing to me.
by influx 8y ago
Can you imagine pay, promotion, and assignment by seniority instead of skill? Doesn't sound very appealing to me.
- walshemj 8y agoI don't know where you get that idea from its not my experience working as an M&P grade in a unionised company in the UK.
- mark_edward 8y agoDon't worry, the American Enterprise Institute and other business groups have produced plenty of educational material on how unions work.
- djrogers 8y ago> I don't know where you get that idea from Virtually every union in the US > its not my experience working as an M&P grade in a unionised company in the UK. Yeah. Tesla isn't based in the UK, nor are the wroker in question here.
- walshemj 8y agoActually worked at place with professional unions in the USA? And I suspect the vast majority of imported H1b's would love a seniority "buggins turn" system.
- vkou 8y agoThis is not a necessary requirement for a union. It is quite possible to charter a union which does not make any seniority expectations of their employer. You can, for instance form a union, whose sole purpose is bargaining for pay bands in a company with well-defined job roles. You can form a union that only fights 'arbitrary' dismissal of employees for their political views. You can form a union that only negotiates working conditions, and overtime rules and rates. Pointing at the worst example of a union, and claiming that they are fundamentally broken is like me pointing at the worst employer you can imagine, and claiming that corporations are fundamentally broken. Unions are democratic organizations, employers are authoritarian ones. You can decide what direction your union should go.