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The union will always be on your side, it's their reason for existing and what you're paying them for. They will support the most indefensible position you can
by creaturemachine 6y ago
The union will always be on your side, it's their reason for existing and what you're paying them for. They will support the most indefensible position you can throw at them because it's their job.
- chrisseaton 6y ago> The union will always be on your side This just isn't true. If I'm a junior worker in a union with a pay-by-seniority agreement because the majority of workers are senior, then they aren't on my side are they? They're on the side of the majority senior workers. They're on the side against me and my aspirations to get paid more.
- chc 6y agoIn that situation, you have a clear way of getting paid more: Keep working, same as everyone else did. You're not getting special treatment, but it's not like they're working against you either.
- chrisseaton 6y agoOr I could vote against unionisation in the first place.
- leesalminen 6y agoI’d recommend talking with employees of my local unionized Kroger, especially younger employees. The union is not always on their side. Benefits are heavily skewed to older employees by virtue of having more working-age years.