Unions are great, not the one I am in but they are great.
I wish they were held to account better.
Our union has allowed for the hollowing out of the job and conditions and seen a massive staff cut over the years and still wont act in the workers favour.
Dojan@pawb.social 1 day ago
Always be in a union.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
They dont deserve it sometimes, I got a bigger raise cutting them out in January than they secured me.
Dojan@pawb.social 10 hours ago
I don’t see how those are mutually exclusive. Where I live the guaranteed raises are negotiated by the work seller and the work buyer unions, but we still have individual salary discussions (which can be with or without union support, of course) where you can negotiate further raises. I’ve never heard of unions getting a cut from one’s raise before.
Unions aren’t supposed to be a they, they’re supposed to be an us. They’re workers joining together to be able to negotiate with buyers of work on more equal footing about everything that pertains to the work life. You might be able to get better deals individually for yourself, but you’ll never be able to do things like negotiate down to a 4 day work-week for your entire company, or everyone in your sector by yourself. That’s the work of unions.
ramble81@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I wish managers could be in a union. But after a certain point you’re expected to side with the company no matter what.
gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 hours ago
That’s not true, you can still join a union, and you can always make a choice
noxypaws@pawb.social 18 hours ago
That’s what you signed up for tho.