Not all companies need, want or could function with well-skilled employees. Not all employees are in a position to defend themselves through the courts. Not all employees can afford to take on their employers at all.
In short, there are too many circumstances where unions are useful to make it intolerably difficult to set them up. A simple majority seems fine, and if members of staff want to leave the union, then that's up to them, of course.
There are always pluses and minuses, but overall, especially in medium+ organisations, the benefits outweigh the negatives IMHO. The balance of interests and managerial power versus individual considerations are too far out of kilter
I _believe_ that the law in the UK is different for companies with under 50 employees in regard to union representation, etc. I'd be amazed if there was no provision for small business in the proposed USian law.
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Originally Posted by aceventura3
A job is not a marriage in my opinion. As Zig Zigler would say, always keep your saw sharp - meaning to always maintain the skills/tools you use to make your living - if you do you always land on your feet. See you at the top.  |
That's all well and good, until fate jumps in and fucks you in the ass.
Me @ 23, doing all as you suggest, thinking along similar lines... Diagnosed with a very rare cancer (so rare that stats on survival were... unreliable at the least, 50/50 survival after 5 years was the best guess - try living with that uncertainty everyday) and had my face disfigured a few times over several years. Mental instability followed (as it does in a VERY large portion of serious diseases/incidents) and that careerist path was completely derailed.
Ayn Rand is wonderful, if everything repeatedly goes your way.