When a company tells a employer to ignore $SAFETY_CODE or to pretend $NORMAL_HUMAN_NEED does not exist, they do NOT negoitate. They tend to go all "my way or th

When a company tells a employer to ignore $SAFETY_CODE or to pretend $NORMAL_HUMAN_NEED does not exist, they do NOT negoitate. They tend to go all "my way or the highway" on these things. The making-demands-phase typically happens after employees and unions argued for a certain thing for years without any changes. You don't need to demand something if you just asked for it and they said "Yes, but it would be best for the company to do it that way" and you go like "alright, fair enough". If the thing you want is that agreeable, you'd be silly to put in the energy to protest. Companies are not the victims here, for that you just have to compare the groth of profits to the groth of median salary over the past years. Unions form when companies take too much. And yeah, unions can be a thorn in a companies flesh after they get active. There is one simple trick to avoid unions: treat your employees in a way they don't need an union to defend their interest.