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> Some unions are also just in the pocket of management. I honestly believe you on this point, but that is just so crazy that I'd be curious as to the turn of
by hyperdimension 6y ago
> Some unions are also just in the pocket of management.
I honestly believe you on this point, but that is just so crazy that I'd be curious as to the turn of events that would turn out to the union selling out its soul so completely. Unless, of course, that was their intended goal. It just seems so antithetical to the theoretical principles of a union.
- MiroF 6y agoI think it's not the union that has sold its soul so much as targeting specific individuals who are important in governing a certain local or something, and getting them to sell out. See, for instance, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/business/gm-fiat-chrysler-lawsuit.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/business/gm-fiat-chrysler... > General Motors has accused Fiat Chrysler of bribing union officials to get a leg up on G.M. in contract negotiations, contending in a lawsuit that its competitor paid for the union’s negotiating team to have a $7,000 dinner shortly after concluding a labor agreement. Fiat Chrysler has called the suit meritless. I think many are interpreting my comment as anti-union, which it was not meant to be. Unions can be coopted by management, but better to have some sort of worker council/representation than none at all.