Unions are only necessary if an industry has been effectively monopolized, or so entrenched that it is impossible for big names to come up. Even then, they erode their industry until it is a shell of its former self.
Unions have lost most meaning at least in the Western world, with a lot of the networks professions have set up, if one place isn't treating you right there's a lot of opportunities to switch to another without requiring paying monthly due to a Union.
Unions are a double edged sword. On one hand they do protect workers from abuse. On the other hand, they wield enormous power, and some workers who should be fired, aren't.
While the union I'm in while working for a certain brown company is okay-ish, there are certainly flaws with it. The above article is probably going to affect my work in some way or another, and it's an example of the negative side of unions that doesn't get discussed enough.
It's nothing compared to how corrupt teacher and police unions are though. In addition to all of the downsides of unions, they're funded by the taxpayers.
Unions haven't been necessary since they were called "guilds."
Unions are only necessary if an industry has been effectively monopolized, or so entrenched that it is impossible for big names to come up. Even then, they erode their industry until it is a shell of its former self.
Someone got the number for the old-school pinkertons?
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Fedora: $$
New oak axe handle: $
Being the change you want to see in the world: Priceless
Unions have lost most meaning at least in the Western world, with a lot of the networks professions have set up, if one place isn't treating you right there's a lot of opportunities to switch to another without requiring paying monthly due to a Union.
Unions are a double edged sword. On one hand they do protect workers from abuse. On the other hand, they wield enormous power, and some workers who should be fired, aren't.
While the union I'm in while working for a certain brown company is okay-ish, there are certainly flaws with it. The above article is probably going to affect my work in some way or another, and it's an example of the negative side of unions that doesn't get discussed enough.
It's nothing compared to how corrupt teacher and police unions are though. In addition to all of the downsides of unions, they're funded by the taxpayers.