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If the union has a structure with the company that rewards seniority then job hoppers are punished.
by kortilla 4y ago
If the union has a structure with the company that rewards seniority then job hoppers are punished.
- xg15 4y agoI think there are different definitions of what a union even is. German here and I was really quite surprised to understand that unions in the US are apparently per company. I believe in most of the EU, unions are per business sector - so while unions are in a sense stakeholders of the companies (if the company goes bust, it can't provide jobs), it usually doesn't have a specific interest in keeping employees in a particular company.
- JoeAltmaier 4y agoAmerican unions have 'shops', which often correspond to companies. But sure America has national unions. Most of them are.
- xg15 4y agoAh, that makes sense, then I might have misunderstood. So does that mean, when the headlines say "Amazon workers (from a particular warehouse) vote to unionize", it's really about bringing that warehouse under the umbrella of an existing union?
- ryanbrunner 4y agoOftentimes, yes. They could form their own union but it's common to join an existing union. Having universal or near universal union membership for a certain profession is limited to certain jobs, things like warehouse workers or retail employees aren't anywhere near that.
- ryanbrunner 4y agoI've always heard "shop" used in relation to a particular business being union or non union in terms of who they hire (i.e. "they're a union shop" means they'll only hire IATSE or something like that and no non-union people), and "locals" being the actual union you belong to, but that's from the theatre world which might be a bit different.