Originally Posted by
Ellen
Don't forget to subtract your Union dues?
Less your union dues (5 years) x 2% = 10% . . . So conservatively you are only getting 7.5%. Using your logic. So to get your 17.5% less union dues the company will have to pay you 27.5% more over 5 years. Might as well close shop, it's cheaper.
If unions are so great why isn't Wal-Mart unionized? If unions are so great why are UAW union memers getting laid oof at GM, Ford, et el? There are many scholarly articles on unionization. The reason many unions WANT you to join is to help pay for union officer's salaries. . . YOU WORK, Then YOU PAY someone to tell you that you are getting a raw deal (read Dear Abby it's cheaper), then the UNION LEADERSHIP doesn't get their way with the comp[any, so they organize a strike, YOU STRIKE, the company goes out of business, and YOU LOSE YOUR JOB . . . It's nice to pay someone 2% a year to lose your job for you. . . Yeah, I guess that sounds fair.
Walmart is not unionized because management keeps it that way, they have about 10 J.O.'s working for them, and incidentally they are one the worse companies to work for at entry through middle levels.
You think you could bargain better without a union? You think you could take on the Orsteins and the Hoolas of the industry on your own? Their only goal is to maximize profits by cutting as much cost as possible...pilots are nothing but cost to them, aircraft parts are nothing but cost to them, I could go on for hours, but at the end you will still think you could work without ALPA. Good thing you don't work in the industry!