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Originally Posted by LabRat
Yesterday, I actually had 2 people come to my HOUSE (40 miles form work) to get me to sign the 'card' for an election. (I did not!!)
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There are limitations on organizing at work. By signing the card you are saying you would like to put it to a vote of employees, not joining a union. The need X number of cards to force a vote. Once they have that, then they start campaigning for votes. If they win the vote, then they start campaigning for members. Not all union "shops" are closed "shops". There are a myriad of laws, state and federal laws that govern what the company/union contract can entail, depending on the type of relationship between the company and the public/government.
Traditionally unions were a blue collar thing but in recent years more and more white collar groups have been organizing. It's easy to see why when you look at the stats for people in white collar jobs regarding the rise in hours worked, unpaid hours, unused vacation and sick time, decreasing benifits and pressure, pressure, pressure.
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There is also the point that folks who can't or won't do the job tend to leave.
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Unless they are connected....bosse's wife's nephew... then they stay and you get the boot just before your pension is vested.
A lot of companies are getting smart and slacking off the adversarial attitude. They have come to realize the people that know how to make the place more efficient is the people that do the job. They are looking for easier, faster ways to do it constantly and it's to the companies advantage to spread this knowledge around to all the employees. They are using Employee Involvement programs to do it, and they've been wildly sucessful. The auto companies found the bosses were giving orders that were actually detrimental to efficiency. The troops knew it but had no say. Now they do, the bosses listen and production/quality/efficiency goes up.