Quote Originally Posted by jdfc View Post
I hate unions, at least your open about that, do they make your job/life harder ?

If it wasn’t for unions so many wouldn’t have any of the rights they have now, equality in the work place wouldn’t exist for a start, I could make a list of things the union has fought and won for employees but you wouldn’t be interested, we know there are some union reps that are in it for themselves but there are plenty that do for nothing more than seeing fairness
Unions don't make my job or life harder. I have no contact with them any union any more.

It's easy to say we wouldn't have this, that and whatever if it wasn't for whoever. Unfortunately that's just a subjective opinion and has no basis in fact.

Yes, the unions won certain rights for workers by negotiation and / or industrial action back in a time when industry was massive in the UK, but there is absolutely no empirical evidence to say these rights, and more, wouldn't have been given anyway as the world, and attitudes, progressed.

We should all be grateful for what those people did back then but remember the unions were corrupt and senior officials were in bed with the management, they were likely handed as much by management using common sense and realising they get more from happy employees than they do from disgruntled ones, than they did by negotiation.

Watch the true story Made In Dagenham to see how much the unions and management used to co-operate to keep the 'members' down. Until someone from outside their cohort took it upon herself to get the fairness employees deserved - equal pay (well, nearly) for women. The union was dead against it and won nothing. The women had to fight the union and the management to get what they deserved.