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> How else do you think the company should determine if it wants to interact with the union or not? Pretty simple. Check how many employees are part of the un
by pastacacioepepe 4y ago
> How else do you think the company should determine if it wants to interact with the union or not?
Pretty simple.
Check how many employees are part of the union. Does the union represent a majority of the workforce or at least a minority but made of important employees? Then you better listen to what they say, or they could go on a strike.
The only way to make companies agree to your demands is to promise them a larger loss if they don't agree.
- jcrawfordor 4y agoUnion elections are how that check is performed. Microsoft appears to be skipping this process though and voluntarily recognizing the union, presumably because they know it would win such an election. This is probably only coming up because as a part of the acquisition process they are terminating and rehiring all the employees, which removes the existing union representation since the old employment relationship no longer exists. This is of course mostly just a paperwork exercise but is common in acquisitions since the acquired is not necessarily legally taking control of the acquired corporation itself, but rather its assets.
- chrisseaton 4y agoIsn't this an answer to the original question then? > Since when a company has the option to “recognize” or not a union? The company has the option to ignore the union if not enough employees are members, or the employees aren't important enough. How does it know how many are members? They have to tell it or they ballot them. If the union doesn't have this support, the company ignores them. I don't get why that's so hard to understand?