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>> Some measure of nonsensicality exists here in the idea of a union composed entirely of warehouse workers that is somehow magically acting against the best in
by icelancer 8y ago
>> Some measure of nonsensicality exists here in the idea of a union composed entirely of warehouse workers that is somehow magically acting against the best interests of those warehouse workers.
...is this hard to believe? This happens all the time with unions. Professional sports unions fall for this all the time, most notably Major League Baseball and the National Football League. The former butchered their negotiations so bad in the last Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that they screwed themselves out of hundreds of millions of dollars due to their own ineptitude and the latter settled a concussion lawsuit that didn't require ownership to admit that they negligently and criminally lied about the safety (or lack thereof) of union members at their job.
Unions regularly act against their own interests; rarely do they have legal/arbitration representation nearly as good as ownership, and this is only one factor that causes it. Oftentimes they have leadership that prioritizes the needs of the few (seniority) over the needs of the many, or are just outright corrupt.
- yial 8y agoNEA has some great negotiators depending on the state. But of course they do hire lawyers and people to represent for bargaining.