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You've highlighted a common union-busting tactic with the New York teachers example. The employer won't fund sufficient resources for arbitration, and so innoc
by mighty_bander 7y ago
You've highlighted a common union-busting tactic with the New York teachers example. The employer won't fund sufficient resources for arbitration, and so innocent and guilty alike languish for ages, and somehow this is the union's fault, as if denying the accused a fair hearing was a reasonable option.
Between you, me, and the internet, I agree the seniority system is horrible, but if you don't like it, you are free to elect representatives that will abolish it. Unless of course you're in a non-union workplace, in which case you can either put up with it or quit.
- zdragnar 7y agoI don't know of anyone who thinks that teachers unions- esp. in NY of all places- are going to be "busted", at least not by this. I also don't see how the administration benefits at all from paying 10-20 million a year in salaries to teachers who arent teaching; it'd surely be cheaper to speed up arbitration and get on with it. As for the seniority system, unfortunately, the tyranny of the marjority is how it stays in place. First in, last out, best perks. The nature and structure of unions enables this far more readily than any merit based system. Vote all you want, but it won't change that both the company and the union are trying to screw you over. At least, that's the mentality among anti-union types in the US.