Originally Posted by
elfouquer
My wife has this crazy idea that unions are bad, and they are bad for business. I have tried every arguement that I can think of that without the union, life would be much worse. She even had the nerve to ask "If your company(9e) goes on strike, can't you keep working?" So I am asking anyone out there that might be able to provide some good arguements that I may not have thought of in order to change her mind. Please don't bash my wife as I love her dearly, she just has some crazy notions that need to be turned around. Thanks in advance.
In general your wife is correct. The unions of today generally drive productivity down to the lowest level that can be obtained from the worst worker.... so that then everybody is treated "fairly" on that expectation of work produced.
A prime example of this would be JetBlue. A non union carrier, that seeks to only hire the best employee they can find... and has just proven through dramatic and industry leading raises that unions do very little for pilots that do their job.
Now, if you find yourself a screw-up, being late all the time, calling in sick all the time, breaking company rules, filing more than your share of ASAP's to CYA... then you would benefit greatly from a union.