What exactly did I mean? A man who makes $125,000 per year but works as hard as 6 men who are slackers/bumps on logs (each making $125,000 per year to be bumps on logs) still only makes $125,000 per year... Management is powerless to reward his efficiency, his effort, his adherence to procedures, his results, etc... That would be "fractional bargaining" and result in at least a grievance if not a labor charge being filed with the NLRB
Unions destroy any incentive to work harder and EARN a promotion, because promotions are automatic, they are buit into contracts, and they cannot be given early, nor can they be withheld for reasons such as lack of qualification or lack of merit.
Okay, fair enough sentiment,...that's not what you typed earlier,...
What you typed earlier was people making $122,000 per year and demanding more were no more deserving of more than $122,000 than over paid baseball players,...
you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate,...
that's a look up,...
Apparently you haven't read a contract, lack of qualification is a bona fide justification
that and many others would be true,...
and there is a place in most unions for the worker who is happy at X rate of pay for Y number of hours and no ambition to be more than an X - Y kinda guy,...
and I really don't see a problem with that, the guy puts in a fair days work for a fair days pay,...
as long as there's work to be had it's a fair deal,...
I will grant you one thing is more difficult with a union,...
When you supervise them you have to do your job to get rid of a slacker,...
I could not just walk in and say, "You know what? Joe just ain't measuring up in my estimation, good bye Joe."
Nope, I had to do my job and objectively track, monitor, assign, evaluate, coach and counsel Joe,...
Sometimes when you actually take the time to do all that you realize Joe isn't really a problem, you just don't like him and that colors everything you sense about him,...
In those cases, it's good Joe has the union to keep it all fair,...
Besides, dealing with your union brothers ain't always rainbows and unicorns either,...
And better yet, you do not have to work where there's a union, there are other choices, you just need to prioritize yours,...
