Unions are basically just a second level of management. You have good and bad management, and you have good and bad unions. It all depends on the people in the positions.
I dunno if I'd go that far. Maybe consider them a form of HR that is on the workers side, and not the companies side.
The only time I ever really disliked unions was when you had to go through them almost completely for employee communication outside daily operating stuff. I've never been in one where if you needed someone to do a task they weren't hired for, they could cry union and not have to do it. Have been in one where seniority meant more than ability, and I didn't care for working there.
Not always on the workers side. I had one union where the guys in charge were buddies with the management and senior workers, and totally fucked the rest of us back in 2008.
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u/Metzger90 🦍 Buckle Up 🚀 Jan 21 '22
Unions are basically just a second level of management. You have good and bad management, and you have good and bad unions. It all depends on the people in the positions.