I’m not sure we can legally force people to join unions.
You can legally force people to do anything. That's how government works. But that's besides the point. Unionization is better for both members of the union and non-members since it raises the floor
I am very much pro union It’s just that this suggestion gives me a little pause.
It’s one thing to make a worksite a union shop, but I don’t know. Forcing people to join a union in order to have a job just raises a red flag for me. I need time to mull it over before I have a real opinion on it.
is your concern about consent?
I don’t know what it is tbh. I just have sirens going off lol
Unions are useful for a lot of fields, but once you get into fields that are highly specialized they only get in the way.
When a company relies on a small team of difficult to replace experts for the majority of their revenue, they either treat their employees well or they go out of business. A union in that situation serves no purpose.
Back when I was younger and worked regular jobs, I would have loved to join a union. Now? No way. A union would decrease my bargaining power.
Lmao bullshit. A Union is literally an equalizer when it comes to bargaining power. It's why they were created in the first place. You claim that being specialized in a field automatically makes you immune to wage stagnation, but if you as a worker(even in a specialized field) are dealing with a monopsony, you are fucked.
Oftentimes being in a specialized field is a double edged sword for your own wage too. Sure, there's not many of you for them to hire, but also there's not many of them for you to go to and if you piss any of them off, you're screwed out of any future job.
Unions should be mandatory for all career fields.
I’m not sure we can legally force people to join unions.
You can legally force people to do anything. That's how government works. But that's besides the point. Unionization is better for both members of the union and non-members since it raises the floor
I am very much pro union It’s just that this suggestion gives me a little pause.
It’s one thing to make a worksite a union shop, but I don’t know. Forcing people to join a union in order to have a job just raises a red flag for me. I need time to mull it over before I have a real opinion on it.
is your concern about consent?
I don’t know what it is tbh. I just have sirens going off lol
Unions are useful for a lot of fields, but once you get into fields that are highly specialized they only get in the way.
When a company relies on a small team of difficult to replace experts for the majority of their revenue, they either treat their employees well or they go out of business. A union in that situation serves no purpose.
Back when I was younger and worked regular jobs, I would have loved to join a union. Now? No way. A union would decrease my bargaining power.
Lmao bullshit. A Union is literally an equalizer when it comes to bargaining power. It's why they were created in the first place. You claim that being specialized in a field automatically makes you immune to wage stagnation, but if you as a worker(even in a specialized field) are dealing with a monopsony, you are fucked.
Oftentimes being in a specialized field is a double edged sword for your own wage too. Sure, there's not many of you for them to hire, but also there's not many of them for you to go to and if you piss any of them off, you're screwed out of any future job.
Making a union even more important I think.