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Not just to the company. They aren't always good for all the people they claim to represent. I'm not American, and live in a place where unions have pretty stro
by lucumo 5y ago
Not just to the company. They aren't always good for all the people they claim to represent. I'm not American, and live in a place where unions have pretty strong protection and usually have industry-wide negotiating power. They are also gerontocracies and will screw over young people to favour the old.
I will no longer work for places where unions negotiate. I prefer the clear incentives of an employer over the unclear incentives of union negotiators. You never know when they're honestly standing side-by-side with you or when they're just there to pick your pockets.
- kwhitefoot 5y ago> They are also gerontocracies and will screw over young people to favour the old. This probably says as much about the wider society that you live in as it does about the unions.
- lucumo 5y agoMy wider society is much more balanced in is treatment of the age groups. There's definitely issues, but when the unions get involved there's no balance anymore. This society is not a gerontocracy either. There's quite a few 30-somethings in the government.