LABOR UNIONS:Support or Nuisance?What makes you agree or be against it?(from what perspective r u coming frm)?

Question

In highly industrialized countries, are there still even ACTIVE labor unions (I mean, what kind of protests do workers from highly modernized countries do they call for)?

Labor unions and protests carried out by worker unions are commonplace in our country. Supposedly, employees and workers' rights are upheld through worker unions and yet some employees detest unions. Why do you think this happens? But still many are joining worker unions and protest on the streets. Who are likely to join and STAY in worker unions?

Answer 1

i have been in a union 27 years
it has served me well

Answer 2

Money is power and corporate $$ is very big power
And without unions , corporations treat the workers like kleenex.
The reason there is dissenting in the union is the same as any organization, church or government. People have conflicting ideas about what the best way to achieve things is. Some believe in long slow negotiations (like US Congress) and others are for more immediate action like striking.
Some issues like changes in benefits may allow time to negotiate but
Some issues , like worker safety (many workers die on the job) are more immediate & may involve company bad practices because the company is greedy.

Ultimately, unions are the only reason people are no longer chained to their work machines for 12 hours (like they did in USA) and that they are getting some of the $$ they actually create . . . instead of the corporate robber barrons taking 99%.

In California there are a number of strong unions including the Port workers (Longshoremen), Commercial Electricians (IBEW), Airline workers (pilots, mechanics etc), commercial building maintenance engineers (Stationary Engineers) and many more of the essential, high skilled labors.
As it often takes at least 4 years to attain a journeyman skill level, they have more power when the companies try to shaft them.

Answer 3

all the union bashers listen up.
the unions were the ones that got the 8 hour work day instituted. they also got regulations for lunch periods, breaks, and safer working conditions. so if you really hate the unions so much go back to working 14 to 16 hours a day with no breaks, 6 days a week.

also unions provide expectations of what your labor pool is suppose to know and what skill they should possess. it also enforces polices in wages, scope of work for its members, insurance, and pensions.
Thank the unions for retirement benefits too union haters.
Strikes occur when employers violate or will not conform to the collective bargaining agreement they signed with the union.
People, usually the employer, dislike unions because instead of being able to screw each employee in wages and benefits, they must negotiate with the union representatives and their lawyers.

Answer 4

Nuisance - I grew up in Detroit and saw first hand.