Question:
Would you want to work for an employer who ignores your contributions? What about one who only promotes on seniority? The answer to these questions explains why union membership keeps falling: unions have not adapted to the modern workplace.-------like obee and kenobee
Fact:
Collective bargaining means one contract covers everyone. Such contracts do not reflect individual contributions. Instead unionized companies typically base promotions and raises on seniority, not merit. Unions designed this system for the industrial economy of the 1930s.-----it's now 2017----do the math, and remember the old saying can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Fact:
No individuality you all win or lose as one.
unions fight against individual recognition. In 2011 Giant Eagle grocery stores gave several employees in Edinboro, Pa., raises. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 23 promptly sued, arguing their contract prevented the company from awarding individual pay increases. The courts agreed and ordered Giant Eagle to rescind the raises. Local 23 wanted everyone to make the same amount, no matter how good they were at their job.-----to bad for the tech who does the extra work.
Fact:
In the past unions offset such concerns by negotiating higher pay for everyone. In today's competitive economy, they no longer can. If unions raise labor costs, consumers can shop elsewhere. Unions that insist on uncompetitive wages wind up like Hostess's Bakery Union - with unemployed union members. Consequently, studies find unions do not raise pay at most newly organized companies.----trying to unionize ATS would hurt many of us instead of help. IN TODAYS BUSINESS ECONOMY.
FACT:
Without being able to offer higher pay, unions have to sell workers on the value of collective bargaining itself. But that has proven difficult. The government already requires employers to provide employment protections like safety standards protections and overtime rates. Polls show that most workers feel their employer respects them. Unsurprisingly, polls also show that only one in 10 non- union workers want to join a union.-----CWA likes to take credit for what is already standard practice in employment laws. We were and are protected way before CWA stuck their nose in it. 1-10 employees don't want union for perfectly valid reasons in today's market. The difficulties in unionizing lie in the fact that they are useless in the overall process of ones employment.
Fact:
This makes it difficult for unions to organize enough new members to replace those lost to bankruptcy. Union membership has steadily declined over the past two generations. Today just 11.2 percent of employees belong to unions, fewer than when President Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act in 1935. The private sector figures are even lower - just one in 15 private employees hold union cards.
Again this is not because people are weak, sheep, or stupid, it's because UNION CANT HELP IN TODAYS WORLD.
fact:
Unions only remain strong in the one sector of the economy that faces no competition: the government. Government unions do not have to organize new members to replace those lost in bankruptcy. The government does not go out of business.----let that sink in for a minute. Think real hard about that means to you.
Fact:
Consider New York Public schools. No one currently teaching in New York voted in the 1961 union organizing election. Yet the United Federation of Teachers represents every teacher in the district to this day. This dynamic keeps unions strong in government even as they faded elsewhere. Today, most union members work in government. The U.S. Post Office employs twice as many union members as the domestic auto industry.-----so what does that mean? Why is union so awesome in government but failing in the private sector?
Answer:
Simply put. This explains why unions so strongly support higher taxes and more government spending - they directly benefit from bigger government. It is hardly surprising that government unions organize rallies like the one they hosted in Springfield, Illinois. There government employees protested outside the state capitol chanting "Raise my taxes! Raise my taxes! Raise my taxes!"
Few workers outside government feel that way.----this is what union has always been about your money, not your problems.
Final note:
The union movement needs to adapt to the 21st century workplace. That means replacing their one-size-fits-all collective bargaining model with a focus on creating value for employees and employers.
But that won't happen because you can't teach on old greedy dog to learn new tricks.