[QUOTE=vivalostwages]
Yes. The friends I mentioned in an earlier post cannot unionize, as they work, respectively, for a corporation and a private law firm. So they’re pretty much stuck if they choose to stay where they are. I don’t believe their employers give a crap if their employees are miserable and exhausted as long as they can save some money by not hiring any assitants. Sure, the employees could leave, but the situation shouldn’t exist in the first place.
My situation is different. I am at a college with a large, active collective bargaining unit ; and it seems to work and negotiate quite congenially with the administration these days. My former campus was not at all like this; there was nothing but bad blood and poor morale. That’s why I don’t work there anymore.
[/QUOTE]
I think the key words here are “That’s why I don’t work there anymore.”
[QUOTE=Shodan]
You mean the way non-union employees have no vacations, health care, or pensions?
As Antinor01 mentions, they can check to see if they have been treated illegally. If not, they can always start looking for another job.
Regards,
Shodan
[/QUOTE]
Non union empl;oyees get the same benefits as union. That would be in the corporate interest. It would result in more union activity. These benefits are there because of unions. They will slowly go when unions die. Non union workers are paying more of their heath benefits now. that is because they can get away with it.New hires dont get the same benefits as the ones already there.Their pensions are getting cut too. The move to cut has begun. Vacation time is getting trimmed.Health care gettting passed to workers.
[QUOTE=Sarahfeena]
I think the key words here are “That’s why I don’t work there anymore.”
[/QUOTE]
thats all well and good when there are other jobs to move to, and other employers who dont treat their employees like disposable assets. But as unions die, those choices of other employees die with them. Eventually all businesses get dragged down to the same deplorable standard…they will have to in order to compete.
[QUOTE=jsgoddess]
I don’t think that’s exactly true. Businesses want their workers content, and ignorance helps keep them more content in some situations. You don’t want miserable employees if you can help it.
[/QUOTE]
I’ve dealt with corporate executives who weren’t shy about telling their employees that the only thing that they cared about was excessive turnover, which cost the company money. If the employees weren’t quitting in droves, everything was A-OK.