Dues and outdated. Unions don’t provide much benefit anymore with all the regulation and Obamacare, etc.
Unions basically only exist in government, where they can milk taxpayers, and combine with the ruling party as a paid political force.
These were not people who got paid, these were people who were carrying for their own loved ones who suddenly found themselves in a union. And their "union dues" were being taken out of the Medicare, Medicaid and SSI checks that were suppose to be used to care for the patient.
It takes a special kind of louse to rip off the sick and dying for literally millions.
And so Michigan became a Right to Work state.
But the SEIU did not give the money that they had stolen back.
Sure, unions are popular with union leadership, organizers, stewards/representatives and slackers. The people who contribute the least to the bottom line in an organization.
Union = Thuggery and organized crime.
Based on personal experience.
Grandfather started a business in 1908. Teamster union in the 1930’s threaten and committed violence till the company became a union shop.
I saw first hand how the Teamsters and affiliates got paid off by my family after a strike was threaten. The drivers and affiliates found out in the 1970’s the fixed membership monthly amount became a percentage. The drivers got a raise then the Teamsters got a raise. Pretty much cancelled the raise for the drivers. The teamsters money went to the central pension fund which lent money to the casinos in Las Vegas.
Only 7% of the private sector workforce is in a union. Unions are a non factor.
As I understand it, based on the history of how employers were treating employees, unions were necessary at the time.
OTOH, I have seen unions protect employees who had no business staying at the company for the way they cheated the company, but hey, the union contract didn’t say they couldn’t nap on the job. I despise how the unions protect worthless employees.
I don’t know that that need is still with us.
Basically, if employers did right by employees, unions would fade away.
My experience with people that have negative opinions about unions are that they have never been able to get into one or have been in one and are unable to appreciate the importance of the inner workings of such a structured working environment. Labor laws and Unions exist because business owners tend to exploit human resources as much as they can to benefit the profit margin of the business. A non union worker will only make as much money as the minimum wage that it costs to replace him/her and that worker will often do the work of 2 or more people ie. a machinist will run 2 or more machines instead of one. The so called “prevailing wage” is often the only support a non union worker can lean on to argue his/her deserved wage and most managers will scoff at it. A union worker will make as much money as the collective bargaining power of the union tell the owner what the worker is actually worth to his business and that worker will do only the work of one person. ie. run one machine at a time. Union shops are pro-worker and at the same time not anti-management. Non union shops will almost always cut corners and the first people to get negatively impacted are always the workers. Union shops enforce rules that prevent workers suffering from such management cost cutting measures. Don’t want a union in your business? Pay your workers what they’re worth TO your business and respect them as human beings not human drones.
No union ever has, ever can or ever will create a single job.
Not one.
Unions protect idiots.