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DonovanDuVal · 12-20-2005, 01:18 PM

Where I work the management will only talk pay reviews if the union has more than 45% of the staff. There biggest struggle is to get people to realise that to be represented by a union takes involvement. Sometimes people get annoyed that non-union members get a 'free ride,' because the pay deal has to apply to them as well. But I realise that unions have to fight for all workers, not just the members. Given that our union isn't a strongarming organisation, I think that they do a lot of good work. Unions have had to adapt, as many of the bigger battles have been fought and won (or at least compromised on.) I think that it may be cyclic, and it's always the few, either in management or corrupt union officials that ruin the thing. When things get bad the unions tend to get an increase in members, so while they may be less necessary today, who knows what tomorrow will bring?

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DonovanDuVal Crazy Location: UK	Where I work the management will only talk pay reviews if the union has more than 45% of the staff. There biggest struggle is to get people to realise that to be represented by a union takes involvement. Sometimes people get annoyed that non-union members get a 'free ride,' because the pay deal has to apply to them as well. But I realise that unions have to fight for all workers, not just the members. Given that our union isn't a strongarming organisation, I think that they do a lot of good work. Unions have had to adapt, as many of the bigger battles have been fought and won (or at least compromised on.) I think that it may be cyclic, and it's always the few, either in management or corrupt union officials that ruin the thing. When things get bad the unions tend to get an increase in members, so while they may be less necessary today, who knows what tomorrow will bring? __________________ "I've been Donovan DuVal. Take care of yourselves, and each other."