Comment by BolexNOLA
3 years ago
My buddy is a manager at a chemical plant, and your comment reminds me of a very astute statement he made recently.
“I don’t generally like unions. I’ve worked at both union and non-union plants. But anytime someone else complains about unions, I remind them that if they have a union at their plant, they earned it.“
When union plants are shuttered in favor of non-union plants, did they earn that too? Or does this logic only apply in one direction?
I think it's fair to say that most unions have been established as a sole result of proportional human effort, while the same cannot be said for the success of most businesses. There are many instances where an existing imbalance in power or resource ownership is a significant factor in a business' success.
His point is having a union established often means the problems were really bad.
Yes? Why wouldn't they?
Sounds like a manager's take on unions, at least he sounds somewhat reasonable. Good on him
Yeah, even as a very pro-union guy (film background) I couldn’t really take issue with that stance.