California: The Trouble With Unions
According to the NapaValleyRegister.com:
When I read the recent Register article about the service workers unions approaching the City Council for support in unionizing new hotel workers, all I could think was here comes trouble. I hope the City Council does not help them.
I think most people believe that unions counterbalance management in a sort of equal relationship, one side representing one point of view, the other another, and that it all balances out equally assuring fairness. But it is not an equal relationship, the unions soon grow to have more power than management and can control the entire situation to the point that the employer becomes harmed, even bankrupt.
I think most people believe that unions counterbalance management in a sort of equal relationship, one side representing one point of view, the other another, and that it all balances out equally assuring fairness. But it is not an equal relationship, the unions soon grow to have more power than management and can control the entire situation to the point that the employer becomes harmed, even bankrupt.
Let me first of all say that often times unions have done a lot of good, so I am not necessarily opposed to them in total.
But there are two main reasons for unions having an unfair advantage that it is important for people to understand. This happens in both private unions and even more so in government.
But there are two main reasons for unions having an unfair advantage that it is important for people to understand. This happens in both private unions and even more so in government.
The first reason is that labor unions all link together as a large unit, while the employers, be they government or private, have to act independently by law. If you can control the position of labor across a whole field of employment, say all the firefighters in the state acting together, then each individual local government is far out manned...click to continue.
