Originally Posted by
rickair7777
That's the big conceptual failure most people have. It IS collectively bargained, union or not has nothing to do with it.
If you can prove that the bargaining agency (SIA) either was controlled by the company for it's own benefit to the detriment of the members, or that SIA failed to adequately represent certain members then you might have a case. Unions can (and do) get sued for the same sort of failings.
Proving in court that SIA is a company vehicle would by no means establish the same determination for SAPA although it might hint at the possibility.
Sorry,
Collective Bargaining is clearly defined by the NMB and several other government agencies. SAPA/SIA is funded by the company, for the company, and benefits the company. The legality of company funded unions was decided decades ago, and found to be illegal, in 1935.
"They were outlawed in the United States by the 1935 National Labor Relations Act §8(a)(2), due to their use as agents for interference with independent unions. Company unions persist in many countries, particularly with authoritarian governments."
But whatever you do, don't let the law get in the way of your opinion....