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Given that the union will insist on gaining something during collective bargaining negotiations - completely regardless of whatever personal concessions an empl
by Alupis 4y ago
Given that the union will insist on gaining something during collective bargaining negotiations - completely regardless of whatever personal concessions an employer has made during the fiscal year - an employer has zero incentive to just give away anything for free to a unioned employee.
That's the deal you made when you joined a union. If you did not understand that deal, then I'm not sure what to say. Being in a union isn't some automatic path to employment nirvana or something...
In fact, there could even be a doorway to a lawsuit against the employer for treating a specific employee differently than all the other unionized employees. Unions make things... difficult, despite whatever nostalgic views some may carry towards them.
- dontlaugh 4y agoUnions are democratic organisations. If they’re insisting on gaining something, then a majority of the members are insisting on it. Employers are already not giving anything for free to employees. They do it when forced, either by market forces or the threat of organised workers.
- ejb999 4y agoI find my employer quite generous when times are good, even when they don't need to be, less so when things are tight. Maybe you should work for better companies?
- Alupis 4y ago> Unions are democratic organisations. If they’re insisting on gaining something, then a majority of the members are insisting on it. This is not how unions operate in reality. But regardless, you either get something because your employer thinks it will make your happier, or you get something because your union insists on it. Why would you get special treatment just because you're in a union? Your union has to negotiate and accept things on your behalf... not you. You lost that right when you joined the union.
- spoonjim 4y agoLOL. This is not how "democracies" work. They are co-opted by the same mechanics of power just like any other governance structure.
- Alupis 4y agoThe bureaucracy exists to serve the bureaucracy (a play on the infamous Oscar Wilde quote). It's inescapable and unavoidable for any sufficiently long-lived bureaucracy. By the time you have full-time, professional union employees running things, the disconnect between what actual workers need/want grows uncontrollably.