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Unions are necessarily political organisations (who are almost always corrupt), but they also do tend to defend the rights of their workers. Didn’t the UAW pro
by kranke155 4y ago
Unions are necessarily political organisations (who are almost always corrupt), but they also do tend to defend the rights of their workers. Didn’t the UAW protect their workers so well that they are partially blamed for the trouble at GM and Ford? This is a Union so strong that it managed to become a major part of the companies bottom line (instead of all being extracted by CEOs as usual).
- nix0n 4y ago> UAW ... blamed for the trouble at GM and Ford This is just propaganda. The counterpoints to this would include the Geo Prizm and Pontiac Vibe, which were cheap, fantastically reliable cars built by GM union labor from Toyota designs.
- macinjosh 4y ago> Unions are necessarily political organisations (who are almost always corrupt), but they also do tend to defend the rights of their workers. "My dad beats me but at least he feeds me once a day"
- malermeister 4y agoHow is corruption ~= beatings? More like: my dad wastes money on lottery tickets sometimes, but he always makes sure I'm cared for.
- kranke155 4y agoPretty much
- kranke155 4y ago“bad analogies I hate unions.” There’s a reason UAW workers are highly paid
- coin 4y ago“UAW protect their workers so well” Maybe it’s the UAW or maybe the auto manufactures that agreed to it, but in the 90s there was serious waste. Example 1 - if the Big Three laid off a worker, they were guaranteed to get paid 90% their pay. This is why there were so many rebates on American cars, because it didn’t make financial sense to cut production. Example 2 - the drafting workers that worked the CAD machines, their contract stipulated 54 hours of work per week (overtime of course for those 14 hours). There wasn’t 54 hours of work available, so these folks would come in (including Saturdays) and just sit there and read the newspaper.