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Regardless of how adversarial it is, all work relationships are contractual negotiations. Without a union, one side of the equation has a boatload of money and

• jedberg 3y ago
  Sometimes employers use that money and expertise for good by figuring out ways to get employees extra benefits, for example inventing the 10 year option, which costs the company more but is better for the employee. When two people who get along negotiate a contract they don't need lawyers if they aren't trying to take advantage of the other party.
  • ath3nd 3y ago
    Corporations are not people.
  • coldpie 3y ago
    > Sometimes employers use that money and expertise for good by figuring out ways to get employees extra benefits A union doesn't prevent that. With a union, the employees have the power and expertise to have a say in those improvements too, instead of being at the whims of their bosses. > When two people who get along negotiate a contract they don't need lawyers I don't really know how to respond to this... above like five employees, every employment contract is drafted by a lawyer. My employment agreement at the big company I work for now is many dozens of pages long. I tried reading it, but it's just not my area. With a union, I would know that someone on "my side" of the table, who I pay and who works for me, has had a hand in drafting it.