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Well, let me turn the question around. Imagine I was a generally happy mid-level software engineer, making $400k/yr at Google. How would a union help me?
by umanwizard 7y ago
Well, let me turn the question around. Imagine I was a generally happy mid-level software engineer, making $400k/yr at Google. How would a union help me?
- claudeganon 7y agoBy giving you greater control and direction over the nature of the company, the kind of work they do, and who they work with, to check executive power from engaging in short-sighted or immoral behavior, to provide you with an alternate route for addressing workplace discrimination or harassment, just to begin.
- SpicyLemonZest 7y agoA union doesn't give me, personally, any control or direction or checks on executive power. Union leaders have those powers. And it's not obvious to me why the union leaders would be any more aligned with my interests than management is.
- yorwba 7y agoThose union leaders are hopefully elected by employees (otherwise, how do they get to be leaders?) so you can align the union leadership with your interests by voting for someone whom you trust to represent you. Of course you don't need that if management is also elected, but I don't know of any company that does that.
- SpicyLemonZest 7y agoIt's not about whether I trust the leaders. Even if they're trustworthy, their job is to work for what's best for the union as a whole, and that's often going to be different than what's best for me. As anyone who's worked in big companies can attest, there are all sorts of ways that facially universal policies can have disproportionate impact on specific people or teams.
- bakuninsbart 7y agoIf you are not interested in anything but your personal success and wealth, than it probably wouldn't give you much. Then again, that would also make you a pretty poor excuse of a human being.