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>I honestly don't get why you wouldn't want to form a union. The most common answer to this is that unions protect the worst employees, and tends to equalize w
by yucky 4y ago
>I honestly don't get why you wouldn't want to form a union.
The most common answer to this is that unions protect the worst employees, and tends to equalize wages so that the better employees are paid the same as the worst. If you're more talented, why should you expect equal pay to everyone else?
Unions reward mediocrity. They can (and have) certainly done good as well. But this is the most common critique of unions.
- xg15 4y agoAh, that makes sense - though I wonder who usually is making that criticism. At least, I don't see why a union couldn't negotiate a base pay that still leaves room for bonuses if certain employees are particularly high-performing. Unions have an incentive for the company to be healthy and profitable - just not at the expense of the workers. Also, "talented" seems very vague to me. Of course everyone would like to be exceptionally talented and be placed above the others, but who in the end decides of you are talented or not and on which criteria? This seems a bit like the "temporarily embarrassed millionaires" situation, where you can be tempted to give up security in the present for some idealized but highly uncertain future.
- yucky 4y ago>Also, "talented" seems very vague to me. The fact is, there are a ton of shitty employees. Anybody who has ever worked with others, knows that. In a union environment, those people are paid the same. That naturally grates on a lot of people. If you work with someone who does the same job as you, but poorly...you would rightfully expect to be paid more. I don't want this to come off as me saying unions are shit, but the question was asked why would people ever not support unions and that's generally why.