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In the Nordic countries, those manual labor jobs are union jobs. Sure, pay is lower than other jobs, but thanks to collective bargaining and the union having yo
by Mediterraneo10 6y ago
In the Nordic countries, those manual labor jobs are union jobs. Sure, pay is lower than other jobs, but thanks to collective bargaining and the union having your back in case of unforeseen overtime, it isn't "shit pay" like it might be in, say, the United States. I worked some of those jobs when I was in uni, and many of my coworkers were older people who had decided to stay for the long haul, because it does feel like a stable, acceptable working environment.
- hellbannedguy 6y agoIn the USA, we used to have union grocery stores. It seems like every year we are loosing more union jobs than ever. Safeway has always been a hated place to work, but it used to pay their employees a decent salary with benefits. Now—they have a weird semi union status. They load up the stores with desperate people, and still manage to make them maybe the most angry workers I have seen. I overheard one manager tell an employee yesterday to drive to a store two hours away, and be there by 7:00 am! The employee just looked crushed. That kind of crap didn’t happen in union shops. I guess the future will be self checkouts, security cams everywhere, and facial recognition to track.