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My friend worked at place with unions in Ireland: * Safety was 'important', every year they checked that chairs and screens are ergonomically positioned. Howev
by jkot 12y ago
My friend worked at place with unions in Ireland:
* Safety was 'important', every year they checked that chairs and screens are ergonomically positioned. However lab vent contamination with poison was swept under rag.
* Monthly union membership fee 50 euro. This was 'optional', but most people paid to avoid problems.
* union had huge income surplus. It was used to send union leaders to 'seminars' on exotic locations.
* in case of strike, union would not compensate first three days (except officials who were organizing the strike). All strikes very under 3 days. Basically extra holiday.
* that place had 10 HR persons on 120 personnel. My company had 1 HR for 110 people.
* People with permanent contracts were untouchable.
* 70% people worked on 6 month contracts extended for YEARS.
* This company spend fifty year budget on huge unnecessary building. There were no money left to hire people
- pjscott 12y agoMaybe the workers should form some sort of group to collectively bargain with the union.
- Apocryphon 12y agoIdeally, shouldn't there be multiple unions within a workforce, to compete with each other, just as there are multiple corporations?
- pjscott 12y agoAh, but then one of the unions could free-ride on the sacrifices of the others, and the whole system would collapse bit by bit! No, if you have multiple unions, then obviously they need to form a union-of-unions to allow the unions to collectively bargain.