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Name a unionized company where this kind of utopia exists i.e. company pays literally all of its profit as salaries. Most of pro-union comments incorrectly ass
by kjksf 8y ago
Name a unionized company where this kind of utopia exists i.e. company pays literally all of its profit as salaries.
Most of pro-union comments incorrectly assume that unions create some worker utopia.
Name unionized company that offers salary and perks comparable to Google.
Not to mention that pretty much all unions have very strong pro-seniority rules. Work harder than others? Produce more value than others? Doesn't matter, the guy that has been 5 years longer gets paid more, gets more vacation time etc. How is that fair?
In context of programming jobs, this is a case of "be careful what you wish for"
- EliRivers 8y agoNot to mention that pretty much all unions have very strong pro-seniority rules. I've not heard that about the UK's second largest union, Unite. I know people who work are part of that union (the people I'm thinking of work for BAE) and when they've talked about promotions and so on, they've never mentioned any kind of union-driven pro-seniority rule, and there is certainly no different vacation allowance for union members.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> Not to mention that pretty much all unions have very strong pro-seniority rules. Work harder than others? Produce more value than others? Doesn't matter, the guy that has been 5 years longer gets paid more, gets more vacation time etc. How is that fair? As a tech worker in a union, about the only union negotiated pro-seniority rules apply to layoffs; my employer does have tenure-based rules that apply to vacation, etc., but those apply equally to non-union employees, and tenure-based vacation formulas are common in non-union shops, too.